When leading goes wrong
I’m not bitter but, in this country, a great quantity of medieval stained glass was destroyed by the twin ravages of Thomas Cromwell and the English Civil War.
Stephen Byrne
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There’s a useful forum called AllExperts.com – the “oldest and largest free Q&A service on the Internet” where we answer questions on stained glass painting from around.
So last week we got a interesting question from Montreal …
Piet Mondrian and Stained Glass
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Here’s an interesting story from our our colleague, Ebel Rispens, who lives in Groningen in The Netherlands.
It’s in response to our recent post about sunlight and stained glass design.
Ebel writes:
It’s a fact that Piet Mondrian never ever made or designed a stained glass window.
And do you know why?
He refused to have anything to do with stained glass because he thought it was one of the ugliest things that anyone could do with colours …
Silver Stain
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Jeff Hitch e-mailed us from Mission Viejo in California with a question about silver stain:
Can you please give me some tips on how to paint with silver stains? I have been using vinegar and brushes with no metal (since I understand there’s an active ingredient in the stain which corrodes the metal). They paint OK but they just don’t flow as well as other types of paints. Also, I can’t get them to gradate very well. Can you help?
Yes.