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    Stained Glass Restoration: One Big Mistake I Almost Always Make

    Restoration (vs. conservation)

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    When I restore a broken piece of painted glass – restore it: so I mean when I “re-paint” it, not glue it, which I call “conservation” – there’s a big mistake I almost always make.

    I say “almost”. Really though I should say “a mistake I always make – and then, just in time, I catch myself, start again, and do things properly”, thank goodness.

    I want to tell you more. I want to – confess. But not just because my full confession may help you. (I can’t pretend I’m quite so selfless.) No, if I’m honest with myself, I’m fed up with this mistake I always make. It will be wonderful if, the next time I restore a broken piece of painted glass, I avoid this foolish error and get things right immediately.

    So maybe – maybe! – by setting this down before your eyes, I’ll help myself.

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    Last-Minute Nerves

    It also happens to those at the top of their profession

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    Last week I was in London. I was there to discuss a set of designs we must prepare next autumn for windows we will make in 2016.

    And so, leaving myself sufficient time between meetings, I called in to see a dear sculptor friend of mine.

    He’s hugely talented. Famous too: successful. You’d probably recognise his name.

    But despite his vast fame and talent, one look told me how upset he was. Anxious. Agitated.

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    Grip

    How to hold the tools you use

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    There are some things it’s best you see. Yes indeed, there are some things it’s best we show you so you see them quickly with your own eyes (because it would take hours and hours for you to read about them).

    Stained glass painting - how to grip a badger