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Silver Stain – How to Shade

Stained glass painting techniques

Of course, when silver stain is mixed with water or vinegar, it just isn’t possible to shade it like you see in this photo here …

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Silver Stain – How to Blend

Stained glass painting techniques

It’s also useful to know how to blend several kinds of stain together like you see in this photo here …

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Silver Stain – How to Trace

Stained glass painting techniques

Mixed correctly and with the appropriate medium, it’s perfectly possible for you to trace long and beautiful lines with silver stain. Photo over here …

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The Spirits of Experiment, Design and Science vs. the Spirits of Economy, Waste and Risk

Stained glass paints
Stained glass paints, ceramic paints and silver stain

Someone might wonder: “Ceramic paints are cheaper than stained glass paints. They also come in many different colours. So is it possible to paint stained glass with ceramic paints, rather than the proprietary ones?” This is such a useful question because it has an interesting range of answers.

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Stained Glass Plating – Poor Craftsmanship or Not?

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“Plating” is the leading up of two or more glasses of the same shape, one behind the other. Here’s what E. Liddall Armitage has to say on the matter: “Some artists resort to plating and even tend to boast about it, but it is best avoided” (Stained Glass, Leonard Hill Books Limited, London, 1960, p. [...]

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Stained Glass Painting with Silver Stain – Why the Consensus (as so often) is Plain Wrong

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In which you will discover how to use silver stain to a most dramatic effect

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The Predictable Unpredictability of Silver Stain

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Silver stain

Nietzsche advocated living dangerously – once urging us to build our houses on the very slopes of fiery Mount Vesuvius. But it’s important not to go too far in this direction …

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Stained Glass Painting – Silver Stain

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Jeff Hitch e-mailed us from Mission Viejo in California with a question about silver stain: Can you please give me some tips on how to paint with silver stains? I have been using vinegar and brushes with no metal (since I understand there’s an active ingredient in the stain which corrodes the metal). They paint [...]

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