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    Stephen Byrne

    Designer, glass painter, writer

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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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    Mouth-Blown Glass

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    Do it yourself (D.I.Y.):

    When people visit the studio where we paint our glass, they often ask me if we also make our glass.

    In the old days, I explained that, no, we don’t make our own.

    Instead (or so I used to say), we journey to a glass blower near Birmingham who still blows those subtle tints of antique glass we like to use.

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    Glass Paint: The Challenges And The Joys

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    An article we wrote

    The editor of ‘Artists & Illustrators’ asked us for an article about the challenges and joys of stained glass painting.

    Now his readers already use brushes with considerable skill. But, of course, they work on paper or canvas etc. Not glass.

    We had just 500 words or so. Here’s the article we wrote for them.