For the sketch design and cartoon, see previous post.
Painting-in-progress
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Category Archives: Studio Life
Sketch design and cartoon for new stained glass window
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Good Stained-Glass Design vs. Bad Stained-Glass Design
This is one thing you particularly need
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And it’s going to get full
Since your window lasts for centuries, you mustn’t fail on glass.
And that’s the point of paper.
But paper has its limitations
In particular, paper reflects light (whereas glass transmits it).
So for me it’s a bad sign when a client falls in love with a design:
- I don’t want a design that’s beautiful-in-itself …
- I do want a design that’s adequate for the journey.
This often means a lot of waste.
A lot of wasted paper
So, again for me, this is one sight which helps me understand whether someone is likely – in the end, after a lot of hard work and heartache – to prepare a good design.
This is it:
A full paper-bin
The Preparation You Must Do Before You Do The Work
Deliveries
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57 sheets of glass delivered to the studio since January: 33 from Germany, 8 sheets from France, 10 from Poland.
And – in 4th place – 6 (just six sheets: the pity of it!) from our own dear England.
Let’s say: 16 square metres in all.
And now, two months later, only a handful of the 57 sheets remains intact:
… while most of it is cut.