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justthemaid
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Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Original Post - Sep 25, 2007 - 12:58pm PT
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Well, I'm gearing up for my winter art shows and I thought I'd share (if anyone gives a rat's ass).
I've been toying around with some new techniques. Well- actually it's an old technique but you don't see it any more in modern stained glass work.
I'm using a type of glass called 'flashed' antique. It's a handblown glass that has a thin coat of color over a clear base. Advantage- you can carve away the color in varying degrees via engraving, sandblasting or acid etching.
1st step:
After creating the initial drawing- mask off a positive and negative with contact paper for sandblasting.
The left piece is red flashed. The right piece is a light blue flashed.
After the large chunks of color are removed I went in and did some shading on both layers.
The blue layer gets baked in the kiln to 'fire-polish' the hazy grit from the sandblast off. This makes it clear instead of white and also smooths out the surface so I can add a little paint to darken the stems. It gets fired a second time to set the paint.
The final result. The two layers together.
Pick some glass for the framing. I tend to design from the center out adding layers till it looks good. I also like to recycle. There's some 125 year old glass mixed in there.
The finished piece (please excuse the crappy photo). Electroplated in copper. The blue layer was actually added last after the electroplating to prevent any chemicals from getting between the layers.
The original inspiration photo by Dirtineye:
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Sep 25, 2007 - 01:11pm PT
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Wow, that's some nice artwork. Beautiful stuff.
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Tarbuster
climber
right here, right now
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Sep 25, 2007 - 01:11pm PT
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Art transports!
Thanks for the ride...
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 25, 2007 - 01:12pm PT
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Super nice meeting you too (Blinny(s)).
Y'all are good folk.
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justthemaid
climber
Los Angeles
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 25, 2007 - 01:17pm PT
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Quote Jody: "Not the same thing but I remember as kid going to historical places like Jamestown, VA etc. and watching the people blow glass in the furnace and make plates, glass, etc. like in the "olden days"...Is your process similar?"
The flashed glass is still made in the old manner you describe.
A glass blower gets a gob of clear. Rolls it in the color he wants the flash to be. Blows a big torpedo-shaped bubble. Cuts it lengthwise and rolls it flat to make a sheet.
Pretty cool eh?
I'm no glass blower so I just buy the finished sheets.
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Jay Wood
Trad climber
Fairfax, CA
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Sep 25, 2007 - 01:23pm PT
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Beautiful.
Cool to see what you started from. Light is magic.
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dirtineye
Trad climber
the south
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Sep 25, 2007 - 02:31pm PT
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I can't wait to get my royalty fee!!
I cleverly and shrewdly negotiated 25 cents and a warm tootsie roll for every one she sells.
Soon I could be living the life o Riley, except that now she claims she's gonna start doing her own pics and cut me out!!!!
Oh, the humanity!
Nice work there, Muppet Maiden, can't wait to see where these go for you.
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