Tuesday, September 24, 2013

The big project for 2014

 Done
 Done
Almost finished on the viewing side, still needs patina on the solder .


 The glass is finally cut and fitted and ready
to go . Now to figure out how to assemble .
 And in this photo, the window is being
leaded up, a real tough job if I say so
myself, the technique's are being invented
as I go...... sorry, no books to explain
what to do next, its somewhat of a experiment .

 Here we have a layout of some of the glass, its
been cut and fitted along with some beads
that will be set around the girl . The sharp object
is a lead cutter .

Here we have some of the lead lines ready to
process , they are being cut buy hand [ mine ].

This is a example of glass painting .
Eventually this piece will be the central part of
a leaded glass window .
     The painted lady is a Alphonse Mucha design
just perfect for my Art Nouveau window .
 Above is the second step in painting, ready
to fire, only brown and white so far .
 Above is the burnt orange ready to fire .

On the right the final product, with real gold and
platinum fired into the glass , also shading .

And below, the pencil design in detail, it
will have many chunks of glass, really
heavy lines of lead [ lead sculpting ] and
a few other tricks .
Progress as of 3/12/14

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