Monday, July 13, 2009

treble clef




Stained Glass circular window
















Stained Glass favorite model
















FUSING BASICS - JUNE

The last Fusing Basics workshop for the 2008-2009 season met at Martin's Glass House in June for a huge blowout session. Everyone tried to learn as many techniques and make as many projects using those techniques as could possibly be done in just three hours!



In photo from left to right: Joyce, Anne, Nancy, Jo Lynn, Karyn, Sue Ann and Kay.

Creations included 6" square or round plates... but Anne chose to shape hers into an oval persimmon, and Joyce made a very "outside the lines" abstract hanky votive out of many pieces of iridized scrap glass.

Clockwise at left, starting at "noon," are Joyce's hanky vase, Jo Lynn's contour abstract, Anne's persimmon and Karyn's contour flowers.

There were an assortment of other creative designs using all kinds of glass elements such as dots, stringers, noodles, vitrigraph and frit - you name it, it was used!

Some plates were full fused, some contour fused. Individual photos are shown at the bottom of this post.








Unfortunately, I forgot to take individual photos of the finished plates, but everything else is here!

In photo - from left to right - includes plates made by Jo Lynn, Nancy and Kay.













We ended up with quite a collection of very fun night lights and a sun catcher... Jo Lynn experimented with "weaving" strips - and there was a great assortment of imaginative designs by everyone!

Back row night lights, left to right, made by: Sue Ann, Joyce and Karyn. Front row night lights and sun catcher, left to right, made by: Anne, Jo Lynn, Nancy and Kay.



... and a handful of pendants were made with channels and fine silver wire for hanging, and cabochons to be hung on pendant bails.

Back row, left to right: Jo Lynn's dichroic glass cabochon with frit, Sue Ann's dichroic pendant with fine silver wire, Karyn's dichroic and iridized glass cabochon.

Front row, left to right: Joyce's transparent abstract pendant with channel, Nancy's dichroic glass cabochon, and Nancy's dichroic glass pendant with channel.



Enjoy the individual photos - before and after - below. Just click on each image to make it larger to view more detail.




















Wednesday, July 1, 2009

abut glass painting art

PRETTY Vintage Watercolor Painting Church Plein Airabut glass painting art
Reverse painting on glass is an art anatomy consisting of applying acrylic to a allotment of glass and again examination the angel by axis the glass over and attractive through the glass at the image. Later the painting on glass advance to Italy area in Venice it afflicted its Renaissance art. Since the mid of 1st aeon painting on glass became advantaged by the Church and the dignity throughout Central Europe. Throughout 19th aeon painting on glass was broadly accepted as folk art in Austria, Bavaria, Moravia, Bohemia and Slovakia. Unfortunately, during the inter-war aeon (1914-1945) this acceptable "naive" address fell about to a complete abeyance and its methods of acrylic agreement and structural blueprint had to be re-invented by accumulation acrylic and oil paints. Therefore the painting on glass becomes a accustomed alternative for refurbishing a fresh abode congenital in a acceptable rustic style. The painting can be astute or abstract. Astute about-face paintings are added arduous to actualize as one must, for example, in painting a face, to put the adherent of an eye on the glass afore the iris, absolutely the adverse of accustomed painting. This appearance of painting is begin in acceptable Romanian icons basic from Transylvania. This anatomy of painting is additionally alleged as about-face glass painting. Recently this appearance of painting is accepting acclaim units delineation of Hindu deities abnormally in Southern India. These consistently absorb ample bulk of Gold acrylic and colors like red and blooming for the gem stones adorning the deities. Acrylic acrylic is the frequently acclimated painting average and these absorb actual attenuate brushes and minute workmanship. This appearance of painting could battling the acceptable Tanjore painting in the advancing years with its beautiful address and abundant bottom costs in the abreast future.

PRETTY Vintage Watercolor Painting Church Plein Air

Beautifying a clay pot

Glass Etched Jar