A new project: Iggy Pop stained glass
The original album cover art for Iggy Pop's "Brick by Brick"First, I measured the window at the clients house. Then, I had an oversize black and white photocopy made. I picked out the glass to be as...
View ArticleAssembled and cemented
Over Labor Day weekend I finished assembly and worked a putty inbetween the lead and the glass, which is called cement but it isn't the same stuff they make sidewalks out of.
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I let the cement dry for a few days and I rubbed the lead came with a patina. That makes the lead darker and therefor less noticeable in the overall design. ALWAYS WEAR LATEX GLOVES WHEN USING PATINA,...
View ArticleHeart Association benefit show
I had to put the Iggy window on hold for a very short time to finish this piece. It's going to be in the Heart Association benefit show at C2 gallery in the Front St. warehouse the last weekend in...
View ArticleArtist Spotlight: John La Farge
If you would like to see morewww.museumsyndicate.com/artist.php?artist=384
View ArticleGetting close
Almost finished! What doesn't make sense is I took both pics from my camera phone but one of them the resolution stinks. Hmmm? Check back shortly for the finished pieceI take that back the resolution...
View ArticleJesus with a smoke and a beer
In the spirit of full disclosure, I found this on google and the artist is unknown. Now there's something you won't see on Sunday! What brand do you think he smokes? Kool, Camel, Marlboro, or wait...
View ArticleArtist Spotlight: Wim Delvoye
Amazing pieces from an amazing Belgium artist. These are actual stained glass pieces created by attaching x-rays to the glass. He calls this body of work "Gothic Works", if you look at them closely you...
View ArticleIt's Finished!!
Wow, that took way too long. Besides needing to be more disciplined in my approach, it turned out well. I know she's is going to flip when she sees it in person. I've been showing her progress pictures...
View ArticleNew Tom Waits portrait idea
I salvaged some frames from a church project and have been kicking around ideas for what kind of glass pieces to put in them. After several false starts, I've come up with a portrait idea involving one...
View ArticleNew Commission piece
A painting by John William Waterhouse titled "Hylas and the Nymphs", it's going to be roughly 24 x 36 and fit into a dining room window that has a thick sill. It will always have reflected light during...
View ArticleArtist Spotlight: Xia Xiaowan
Google is a wonderful thing. Occasionally I will search Google images for new ideas for Stained glass. After digging through thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands, I come across something fantastic....
View ArticleI'm Alive!!
Yeah, believe it or not, I'm finally back at it and making some progress. I've been Beer Geeking out and although not nearly taking as much of my time, writing music reviews for a magazine a friend of...
View ArticleCut piece #92
When I cut the glass for a piece, I number the pieces with a sharpie. One, to see how many pieces actually go into it. And two, in case they get mixed around I will know exactly where they go within...
View ArticleHomebrew store logo piece
The best beer store in the Miami Valley is opening a separate store front for beer, cheese, wine, and soap making supplies. I was looking at the logo on their website one day and thought the design...
View ArticleCut piece #165
L & J told me not to hurry on completing this piece but it's still going to be awhile before it's done. Just missing the section to the right of the guy and some overlay pieces to simulate bodies...
View ArticleCity of Kettering Commission
http://www.ketteringoh.org/newweb/departments/cultural_arts/cularts_cs_glass.phpSubmitting my resume for this soon. Crosses fingers
View ArticleWaterhouse stained glass progress pics
I've been more productive over the past few weeks, it's almost assembled.
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