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| William Lyalds the Younger stained glass | 9/7/2009 |
Q: My family and I just moved into a historic home with stained glass windows. The historical ...
A: I am so sorry that I don't know anything about William Lyalds the Younger. And I've looked in all ...
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| Face Painting | 4/1/2009 |
Q: I do have the book "The Art of Painting" which is good but fails to go into skin color ...
A: There isn't ONE answer. The choice of glass, for example, depends of course on the intended color of ...
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| leaded glass | 3/10/2009 |
Q: Can you give me the details of any short courses in how do stained glass and leaded glass. Are ...
A: There are certainly various places in the UK where you can learn how to make leaded lights. Can you ...
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| glass kiln use | 1/25/2009 |
Q: I need some advice on a difficult firing program. We have undertaken a project of a window which ...
A: Bill - Thanks for asking us our views. (1) Different makes of glass each have different annealing ...
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| Panting Stained Glass Zinc Metal Frame | 11/27/2008 |
Q: Can you tell me the best method and type of paint to use when finsihing a metal zinc frame. I was ...
A: I am so sorry but this is largely outside of my experience. What I can say is that when I paint ...
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| stained glass windows | 10/23/2008 |
Q: my friend is really interested in learning how to make stained glass windows, im having trouble ...
A: Rachel, I am sure it will be possible to find somewhere, but I would say that, if a better place is ...
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| glass paints for fusing | 10/20/2008 |
Q: Our stained glass store recently bought a glass paint kit from Reusche to start fusing new designs ...
A: Good question! Briefly, there are indeed guidelines. But it's also true that, up to a certain point, ...
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| gas kilns | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I'm interested is buying a kiln for painting on glass. All the kilns I've come accross are electric ...
A: I'm not sure what country you're in, but here in the UK one can certainly get gas-powered kilns in ...
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| Stained glass supplies | 6/5/2008 |
Q: I am looking to purchase lead for my project. Are there specific makes of lead or will lead from any ...
A: There are differences in lead came depending on the maker. Ours is hand-milled by a mand called ...
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| creative options for window repair. | 5/19/2008 |
Q: Is there any way to hide a crack on a stained glass window? The window is about 15 years old and the ...
A: Without seeing the window, I cannot be specific. Sometimes we have hidden a crack by attaching a ...
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| painting & firing milk glass | 5/14/2008 |
Q: I am a porcelain artist. Recently someone gave me some beautiful milk glass plates. I want to ...
A: I must start by saying that I haven't worked with milk glass. We ourselves most often work with ...
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| Painting technick | 4/26/2008 |
Q: After this, I will try to swich to the mentioned paint, but for this I also need your help. Never ...
A: Anna, It is fine to ask a lot of questions, but, for me to answer them, I need to send you some ...
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| Glass painting technic | 4/25/2008 |
Q: Im using for painting the glass Heraeus H31 pigment but I don't know what is the best solvent for ...
A: Anna, I am very sorry to say I do not have any experience of this kind of paint. We use paints from ...
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| Light Box | 3/31/2008 |
Q: I would like to build my own light box. Can you please advise on how I go about this? I've noticed ...
A: Jess. Various points. (1) The light box needs ventilation. You can ventilate either by drilling ...
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| fusing & painting large panels/windows | 9/6/2007 |
Q: Your studio is wonderful and thank you for continuing the art of glass painting. My question is as ...
A: Paul, Fusing is outside my knowledge. But 2 key factors are (1) the compatability of the different ...
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| How to charge for stained glass lamp. | 8/7/2007 |
Q: Since I'm a hobbyist, I purchase all materials with a retail price. Now someone I know asked me to ...
A: I cannot answer your question completely but I hope I can help a little. If you're making lamps ...
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| soldering | 7/29/2007 |
Q: Could you give me any tips on how to make the finished soldering stay nice and shiney and silvery ...
A: Jane, Thank you for your question. This is a little bit outside our experience because, in the ...
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| Repair | 6/23/2007 |
Q: I have a stained glass window at our church that had a rock thrown through the middle of it. One ...
A: This may be a simple job, but it may be a complicated job. Without seeing the site, I cannot say. ...
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| reinforcing stained glass "internally" | 5/22/2007 |
Q: I am wanting to reinforce stained glass windows which do not contain any straight lines in the ...
A: Jet, would you consider reinforcing the lead by soldering over it? This is what you do. Assemble the ...
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| Kiln temperatures | 4/14/2007 |
Q: I want to get a kiln so I would be able to learn to do painting on my stained glass. I am after a ...
A: there, For firing glass paint, you won't typically need to go higher than 680 centigrade / 1260 ...
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| Church window center piece broke | 11/30/2006 |
Q: One of the center pieces in our stained glass window is broken, they are put together with lead. ...
A: Sara, In principle, the answer is yes, but it calls for care and experience. Sometimes it is better ...
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