Finished Painted Panels

jacqlemon

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« on: December 01, 2008, 01:27:25 PM »

I posted awhile back some small pieces of traditional stained glass that I had done. They were my first pieces. Since then, I have finished two panels and thought I would post pictures of the final results. The border for the face panel was excruciatingly detailed and took forever using a fine brush. I used float glass for the outer border and did two or three washes and then did a speckle finish on it. Since I had not thought out a design for these "test" pieces when I first did them, I had to make the borders fit the original piece. All in all, I'm pretty pleased with them, except I would do the cabachon border in the bird piece differently next time (not enough depth). I think painted glass looks best with lead so that's what I used for construction. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

By the way, I have all of Peter McGrain's dvd's on painting. The technique is good but, remember, he has a very loose style of painting. He readily admits that he does not like to spend alot of time tracing and shading so I was able to use his technical advice and adapt it to my own style (which is kinda obsessive-compulsive).

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Tod B.

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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 01:48:33 PM »

I like 'em.
If you're new to painting, you're off to a great start.
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« Reply #2 on: December 01, 2008, 01:54:13 PM »

The face painting is awesome. cheer

Did you enjoy yourself doing these pieces? Great work cheer


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« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 01:55:23 PM »

Very Pretty. Well worth the effort on the border.


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« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 02:13:48 PM »

These are Awesome! You have talent girl!


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« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 02:28:26 PM »

Great work. Love the borders. wink thumbs up


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« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2008, 03:03:34 PM »

Obsessive-compulsive looks good on you!
I like your background touch especially in the border work...


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« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2008, 03:08:40 PM »

Impressive indeed!


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« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2008, 07:12:06 PM »

Thanks so much for the feedback. I checked out some of the websites ya'll have and was quite humbled by how lovely your work is!

Glass painting is a real challenge - especially with the powder paints and water/vinegar/gum arabic. It was a bit of a learning curve for me to paint "backwards", in other words, to remove paint rather than add it in the shading and highlights. I did find painting with oil and powder easier (the small bird panel) and got a watercolor effect quite easily. On these panels, I used water and oil in separtate firings on both of them. If I were to do them again, I would cut down on the multiple firings by getting my tracing lines and first mat right the first time. All that being said, adding more paint and refiring is irresistible to me - sometimes its hard to know when to stop. I am now trying to learn fused jewelry. My first batch was good but the firing schedule for three layers took about 6 hours in a small 120v kiln. I programmed the kiln for 6 segments, including 2 annealing segments. As a newbie, perhaps this is overkill? Also, they spread out much more than I would have liked. Should I reduce the hold time when it reached 1465? Hopefully, I can get the benefit of your experience.... thanks

Jacqui


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« Reply #9 on: December 01, 2008, 08:31:47 PM »

They look great!!! cheer

Hard to believe that you just started.

I really want to try this one day...it looks pretty fun.


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« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 02:16:47 AM »

Oh Jacqui,

Thanks so much for posting these again. I loved them the first time and an even happier to see them framed so wonderfully.
good job

As to the jewelry fusing. Post a thread we can walk you through some of the basics.

Glass likes to be 1/4" thick. So if you fuse a single layer the sides will rise up. Double layer will about maintain its shape. Triple layers will spread out. Four spread out even more. It's about volume of glass and wanting to be 1/4" thick.

I don't think you need 2 anneal segs. Go to Bullseye if you are using 90coe glass, or Spectrum if you are using 96 coe, and down load their "firing guide".