Tag Archives: stained glass videos

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Skylights

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The visit:

The other week, I visited the mansion where our 16 stained glass skylights went. If you’ll imagine an English version of Neuschwanstein Castle, you won’t go wrong. The skylights shine down brightly as you walk across the dark, main gallery.

But I didn’t stop my work today to tell you about us and the work we do.

The point is always you and your mastery of techniques.

So I looked through our archive, and I found you two good videos from a while back, showing you the techniques we used to make these 16 skylights.

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The Beastly Lion of Wolsey Towers

Episode #5

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Marking out the highlights

In previous episodes: undercoating, preparing the paint, tracing the outlines, and flooding (this fourth episode is password-protected: just sign up for the free email newsletter).

And now it’s time to prepare to make the highlights

In this 9-minute video, you’ll learn what you must do to make sure your highlights go exactly where you want them to.

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Working your Paint, Using your Palette

Stained-glass painting: watch this high-speed, time-lapse video:

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One of the biggest obstacles every glass painter faces – you, me, Stephen, everyone – is getting your paint just right. 

It’s all too easy to try to rush this task and make mistakes.

And one reason someone might rush the mixing is because they misjudge the time which the professional takes.

They imagine the professional gets it right in ‘no time’.

What really happens is, the professional might certainly rush the painting (because they can).

But they will never rush the mixing and adjusting (because no one can and also paint glass beautifully).

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The Beastly Lion of Wolsey Towers

Episode #4

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Flooding

Your video for today begins with a shocking palette; it’s the kind of mess I’d never normally suggest you leave.

In my defence, there’s not much gum Arabic in this particular batch of paint, so it hadn’t dried that hard at all. Also, it wasn’t long since I’d last used it – just an hour or so (not overnight). And that’s why, as you see, it doesn’t take me long to get my paint and palette exactly as I want them.

It’s always a question of knowing the consequences of things you do. I reckoned I could get away with it. And I was right.