So I mixed my glass paint 9 days ago as I describe here. And one thing often worries people when they first learn how they should mix a big-sized lump (not a tiny teaspoonful), is:
Won’t it dry out?
Well, yes it will dry out in normal circumstances.
That’s why …
This is what you need:
Which represents a large sum of money. This is because you can’t do glass painting on the cheap – because if you get the cheapest, or if you don’t get what you really need, you’ll simply waste your money.
It’s just the same with teaching and instruction. Yes there’s a huge amount of high quality free information on this site. But beyond a point we must all invest in ourselves by paying in some way for the knowledge we need.
Bad brushes loose their hair.
Bad kilns ruin your glass.
Bad teachers don’t tell you the inside details which make the world of difference to your success as a glass painter.
Therefore invest in yourself. It’s fine if this takes time. After all, your beautifully painted glass can last for centuries.
On the checklist, click on an item to find out more:
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.
Continuing our short series on how we glass painters can sometimes escape – or do I mean, disguise? – the leaden bonds which hold us.
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