Today’s video is about saving time.
Saving time is an unusual topic because normally our outlook is: time is here for each of us to do our best, however long it takes.
All the same, time is important. We must use it wisely.
And that’s precisely why we sometimes use short-cut methods to get us further than we’d otherwise be: so that we have more time for things which matter more.
Here’s one example in this video. We used it in the window which you see above. The time we saved meant we had more time for etching, painting, plating and for the complicated leading.
You’ve done so well!
You know, other people have dropped out.
And missed out.
But you haven’t.
It’s a good idea to look back and consider the ground you’ve covered …
#1 – no rushing, calm your mind: your painted glass may last 100 years or more, so take as long as you need to prepare the paint, load the brush and paint a line or shadow
#2 – a well-shaped tracing brush often looks like a rolled-up umbrella
#3 – hold your badger firmly (not weakly), and use it with conviction (even if you use it carefully)
#4 – you won’t paint a decent undercoat unless you take the time to give your hake a proper shape
#5 –
Episode #1
OK, something new. A mini-series. Starts today. 12 episodes. Each video will reveal a glass painting technique-in-use. And step-by-step you’ll see the methods we used to paint and stain “The Beastly Lion of Wolsey Towers”.
Watch episode #1. It’s here.
This is a detail from one of a north-facing pair of lancets we’ve just completed.
The theme for these two lancets – “At the going down of the sun …”.
(Opposite them, south-facing, a second pair, whose theme is “… and in the morning || We will remember them”. You can find the full poem here.)
And I want now to take time-out from the work I’m doing on some new designs to talk you through the techniques I used to make the poppies.
Maybe then, you too can use these same steps in the work you do.
