Making two new windows – left and right – to go each side of the existing image of Saint Chad in the middle (who was made some 30 years ago):
Left and right, you could just use unpainted glass.
But this wouldn’t really work, because the light would be uneven.
Horribly uneven …
A few months ago, a student from Illuminate, mixing paint for the first time, accidentally made “soup”.
That is, runny paint.
So runny it was uncontrollable – impossible to work with.
“Help! What shall I do?” they asked.
And we replied. Because that’s how we work inside our online courses: we help you solve your problems.
Not just while the course lasts.
Also afterwards.
Now, if this happens to you – that you accidentally make soup: sloppy, runny paint – in brief the options are:
But, suspecting from our student’s words that the answer was “more gum”, we made a short film just for them to give them confidence.
After all, you might think, if you have runny paint to start with, how can you thicken it by adding liquid gum?
This film you’re about to watch is not the film we made for our student.
It’s a new film.
We’ve given it more context.
It’s all part of the glass painter’s method – the method which we’re thrilled to share with you, because learning how to paint stained glass is such a wonderful experience.
It’s why we wrote a book.
The Glass Painter’s Method, Book 1 is ready.
There’s a brief silence from us while we finish work on our first book.
But anytime you have a question, you can email us, and we’ll give you the best information we have.
Publication date:
December 1st 2018
Formats:
Hardback (ISBN 978-1-9996189-0-2)
and ebook
Available from:
All good booksellers
and online e.g. Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords
When you buy a kiln, you also need a shelf (or shelves if there are several levels in your kiln).
But you don’t fire your glass directly on this shelf.
All this defines your quest: you want a non-stick, smooth surface which expands and contracts with your glass.