Comments on: The Tale of the Stained Glass Designer and the Naked Scientist http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/ Kiln-fired stained glass painting - fire less, paint better Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Geoff Caldwell http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-2366 Geoff Caldwell Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:34:26 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-2366 I'm a glass beveler, and another myth is that beveled glass and sunlight can start a fire. Indeed years ago a court case in Texas was decided when a judge ruled that a beveled glass hanging had indeed caused a fire! Of course this is nonsense, the bevel produces a prismatic effect which separates the light into its wave lengths (colors), It is a lense concave or convex ( forget which) which focuses light enough to start fire. People have been asking me about the thickness question for yrs. I give them your answer, though I must confess that the part about came gap, cement, and less (no) water had not occured to me. Carry on glass men. Geoff C. I’m a glass beveler, and another myth is that beveled glass and sunlight can start a fire. Indeed years ago a court case in Texas was decided when a judge ruled that a beveled glass hanging had indeed caused a fire! Of course this is nonsense, the bevel produces a prismatic effect which separates the light into its wave lengths (colors), It is a lense concave or convex ( forget which) which focuses light enough to start fire. People have been asking me about the thickness question for yrs. I give them your answer, though I must confess that the part about came gap, cement, and less (no) water had not occured to me. Carry on glass men. Geoff C.

]]> By: Stephen Byrne http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-/#comment-71 Stephen Byrne Sun, 10 May 2009 14:01:35 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-71 Hi Maurie, Thanks for your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the interview. Yes, I also find it interesting how wrong ideas can all too easily become accepted as conventional wisdom. At which point it becomes difficult to challenge them. Another example - one which we are forever arguing against - is the idea that you cannot paint on top of <em>un</em>fired glass paint. We read it time and time again in glass painting books. And it's just plain wrong. There's a germ of truth in it, but not much more than that. The real truth is that it's actually <em>easy</em> to paint layer upon layer of paint on top of earlier layers of unfired paint. It just needs to be done in a particular way! Thanks again for your comment. Hi Maurie,
Thanks for your comment. I’m glad you enjoyed the interview.

Yes, I also find it interesting how wrong ideas can all too easily become accepted as conventional wisdom. At which point it becomes difficult to challenge them.

Another example – one which we are forever arguing against – is the idea that you cannot paint on top of unfired glass paint.

We read it time and time again in glass painting books.

And it’s just plain wrong.

There’s a germ of truth in it, but not much more than that.

The real truth is that it’s actually easy to paint layer upon layer of paint on top of earlier layers of unfired paint. It just needs to be done in a particular way!

Thanks again for your comment.

]]> By: maurie angelo http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-69 maurie angelo Sun, 10 May 2009 00:26:23 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-69 Fascinating! These interveiws should be summarised - nay immortalised - in the form of a limerick. I would do it myself, but I can't think what rhymes with "old stained glass". Many thanks for this concise explanation. I must let my son know the truth, because <em>he</em> put me on the wrong track when he was a teenager and knew everything! Fascinating! These interveiws should be summarised – nay immortalised – in the form of a limerick. I would do it myself, but I can’t think what rhymes with “old stained glass”.

Many thanks for this concise explanation. I must let my son know the truth, because he put me on the wrong track when he was a teenager and knew everything!

]]> By: Stephen Byrne http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-/#comment-72 Stephen Byrne Fri, 08 May 2009 17:19:12 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-72 Hi John, I'm glad you found it clear. I think it's so interesting how there are often several moreorless plausible explanations for a particular observable phenomenon - and then how one "explanation" takes the lead in the race, even though it may not be the correct one. Especially with the internet, ideas can spread like wild-fire. But of course that also means that true ideas can spread. So there are a great many benefits to be found in mass-produced media, provided one can scrutinize them adequately! Hi John,

I’m glad you found it clear.

I think it’s so interesting how there are often several moreorless plausible explanations for a particular observable phenomenon – and then how one “explanation” takes the lead in the race, even though it may not be the correct one.

Especially with the internet, ideas can spread like wild-fire.

But of course that also means that true ideas can spread.

So there are a great many benefits to be found in mass-produced media, provided one can scrutinize them adequately!

]]> By: John Zappulla http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-68 John Zappulla Fri, 08 May 2009 12:25:05 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-68 Clear, concise, and to the point! What an excellent explanation. It dispelled my incorrect beliefs regarding the thickness of stained glass and why it would be placed at the bottom. I guess I am spoiled, working in today's mass produced media. Thank you "Professore" Stephen :0) Clear, concise, and to the point! What an excellent explanation. It dispelled my incorrect beliefs regarding the thickness of stained glass and why it would be placed at the bottom.

I guess I am spoiled, working in today’s mass produced media.

Thank you “Professore” Stephen :0)

]]> By: Stephen Byrne http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-/#comment-70 Stephen Byrne Fri, 08 May 2009 08:11:33 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-70 Hi Martin, A stained glass naked scientist - now <em>there's</em> a coincidence. Mind you, the proposal is still in its very early days. Here it is. We have been approached to design a pair of lancet windows which depict some of the inexpressibly beautiful scientific truths and numerical relationships that underpin the evolution and operation of the Universe. This is for a <em>church</em>. The idea is that these great empirical and number-theoretical truths - <em>not</em> the traditional arguments for the existence of God - actually give us a special way of knowing of God's existence. <em>They</em> reveal the Mind of God. So what I am saying is that we may yet design that stained glass Naked Scientist. Hi Martin,

A stained glass naked scientist – now there’s a coincidence.

Mind you, the proposal is still in its very early days.

Here it is.

We have been approached to design a pair of lancet windows which depict some of the inexpressibly beautiful scientific truths and numerical relationships that underpin the evolution and operation of the Universe.

This is for a church.

The idea is that these great empirical and number-theoretical truths – not the traditional arguments for the existence of God – actually give us a special way of knowing of God’s existence.

They reveal the Mind of God.

So what I am saying is that we may yet design that stained glass Naked Scientist.

]]> By: Martin Parsons http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Martin Parsons Fri, 08 May 2009 07:45:43 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-67 Perhaps you should now design a 'Naked Scientist' as part of your portfolio! I'm sure you could come up with some interesting interpretations! Perhaps you should now design a ‘Naked Scientist’ as part of your portfolio! I’m sure you could come up with some interesting interpretations!

]]> By: Stephen Byrne http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Stephen Byrne Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-63 Maybe it's because we all have a natural affinity with glass? Maybe it’s because we all have a natural affinity with glass?

]]> By: Gloria Duerst http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Gloria Duerst Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-62 For a ray of bright sunshine just keep coming back to this blog: you guys are <em>so</em> funny. You just cannot beat British humor! I'm from Wisconsin ... also thickening at the bottom. And it does seem to be with age. Hmm, this is a tough one. For a ray of bright sunshine just keep coming back to this blog: you guys are so funny. You just cannot beat British humor!

I’m from Wisconsin … also thickening at the bottom.

And it does seem to be with age.

Hmm, this is a tough one.

]]> By: David Bird http://www.realglasspainting.com/stained-glass-science/2009/03/11/tale-of-the-stained-glass-designer-and-the-naked-scientist/comment-page-1/#comment-66 David Bird Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:20:03 +0000 http://www.glassanddesign.com/?p=1129#comment-66 Yup, you know it! Yup, you know it!

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