Where to get stained glass cheep?
CarOneInc
Thanks in advance.
Jim
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Delphi's glass site (www.delphiglass.com) and Warner-Crivellaro
(www.warner-criv.com. Unfortunaltey, stained glass is not cheap.
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newspaper and other sale papers. You can often find great buys from people
who have glass that they want to sale for various reasons. When I first
started, I was lucky enough to find an ad that was for 5 sheets of glass for
$100. Since the ad was rather confusing as to what the seller really had, I
went to check it out. Turned out that what he actually had were 1/2 and 1/4
sheets. He just wanted them out of the way so he sold me 16 feet of storage
cabinets full of glass for $350! There is every color in the rainbow and
almost every manufacturer! The only glass I ever have to buy is the new
stuff that Spectrum puts out (rough rolled and artique)! Keep your eyes
open and good luck!
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Emerald Artworks
You don't find glass cheap! You especially don't find the desirable art
glasses 'cheap'.
If you want 'cheap' look to another 'craft'.
bob
direct from the factory.
If you are actually thinking about mail ordering glass, remember that
you can't see it before you buy it. Even it is somewhat cheaper, if you
buy the wrong glass it is a total waste of money.
Bite the bullet and see what you buy from your local small business
person. You will get exactly what you need and support a real local
person in a small , probably struggling, business.
Bob
Emerald Artworks
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>Bite the bullet and see what you buy from your local small business
>person. You will get exactly what you need and support a real local
>person in a small , probably struggling, business.
>
>Bob
What a concept..... support the local business. We usually have things
marked, practically giving them away. The average buyer "thinks" we are
ripping them off. I have developed the opinion over the years, let them buy
unseen glass and think they are getting this great deal. Only to have glass
they won't find a use for, when it wasn't to their liking after they
received from mail order. Eventually they will realize what they have right
in their backyard. When they decide to go to local supplier, they will look
and look only to find they had to close from lack of support. Hmmm back to
square one.
M. Hunt
havik
attitude does nobody any good. Perhaps the person was looking for some
honest advice. If "Emerald Artworks" cared anything about the
community of stained glass perhaps an explanation instead of berating
the individual would have sufficed...
Havik
Bert Weiss
If don't buy glass blind just because it costs less isn't honest advice,
I don't know what is. Local suppliers can give you advise that will
save more in the long run than paying less for the wrong items. I'm not
a retailer, I just believe in supporting local industry. If you think
that buying glass that you can't choose is a good idea, you must not
make very sensitive art works.
If you really want to save money you must buy glass in a small case lot
from a wholesale warehouse where you can choose individual sheets from a
full case of similar sheets. To do this you must buy whole or half
sheets depending on the manufacturer. You need to buy at least 10
sheets. When you are at this scale it is possible to actually save
money. Hobbyists are much better off getting their supplies from a shop
that will spend the time to educate them about the craft. Hobbyists are
actually the main reason art glass manufacturers can afford to produce
all of their fancy glasses. If only professional studios were purchasing
glass there wouldn't be much of a selection.
Bert
Bert Weiss Glass Studio
http://www.customartglass.com
Painted Art Glass
Custom Productions
Architectural and Sculptural Cast Glass
Collaborative Art Glass
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Emerald Artworks
>honest advice. If "Emerald Artworks" cared anything about the
>community of stained glass perhaps an explanation instead of berating
>the individual would have sufficed...
>
>Havik
>
>On Mon, 31 May 1999 12:46:57 GMT, "Emerald Artworks"
><emerald...@nfx.net> wrote:
I was being honest, and IF you really knew me you would know I care very
much for my customer's. To the point I encourage my regular customers who
enjoy great glass to order when I am placing crate orders. They are given
EXACTLY what it cost me. Therefore I make nothing. However I am ordering a
FULL crate. Which helps for the overall pricing per square foot on the
glass to be shipped. I have boxes and boxes of samples all labeled from
which we can view and compare to written description from the warehouse. I
also do not require they buy the full sheet or even1/2. I do remind them
that if they really like the piece they may not see it that way again.
Now you aren't getting that service from mail-order!!!!!!!!
High and Mighty I am NOT I know what it is to EARN a dollar and I try to
give these youngun's getting into this expensive field all the breaks I can.
MARY HUNT
Emerald Artworks
http://wwwoldva.com/emerald/index.html view some of my work and see great
glass in use!
Now Havik how about YOURSELF?????
Brian
tried to keep a good relationship with both of the professionals here, but
buying glass is just nearly impossible.
Dealer # 1 is a very good friend of mine. However, he is an old hand at glass,
and knows no new tricks. He uses only spectrum, and really isn't too concerned
with his art growing and maturing. He sells only his leftovers, and isn't
really too interested in ordering for others.
Dealer # 2 was very eager to buy for me, in full sheets. He also kept a lot on
hand, but still it was leftovers. Just better leftovers. I dumped nearly $300
with him, buying full sheets of kokomo. I bought it, trusting him to be
reasonable with his cut, and never asked for an advance price. He had to order
it before he would know, he said. It was tacked onto a huge order, it was four
crates total.
Afterwards, I figured my per foot cost, and it was in the area of $5 a foot. I
can get kokomo in easy to store and use partial sheets for closer to $3 a foot
at a nearby craft store, and mail order is still better.
Later, I asked him to order rondels for a project. I ordered four, once again
on faith. He said that it would be around $5 each; he had ordered others for a
window he was restoring, so he knew that price. I was hit with a $40 bill for
the 4 when I went to get them.
At the time, I was probably his only customer for supplies. I spent hundreds of
dollars with him, just to give him some business. I never left without spending
enough there for him to at least eat on that day. He was a new artist here, and
really struggling to establish himself. I figure when he sold me the rondels he
had a bill due or needed groceries.
Yep, buying from my local dealers is fun and profitable. I still prefer to buy
bulk selections of small sheet assortments and sort out the good stuff. I buy
1/4 sheets from catalogs, and go to the first dealer when nothing else will
do. I have not revisited the other.
Normataj
have any luck with addresses in the UK can you let us know Thanks Norma
havik
no more than a beginner and offer no advice that I have not tried
myself. I refuse to buy from rude individuals and actually have found
"cheaper" stained glass by shopping around (the same exact glass!).
All I suggest is that if you are posting, keep it civil and offer
helpful advice instead of belittling a beginner asking where he can
save some money...
Emerald Artworks
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>All I suggest is that if you are posting, keep it civil >Havoc
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>
>Well, now there you have it. Perhaps you should heed your own suggestion!
Hunt
el...@my-deja.com
travel over the pond from the US of A and shipping is expensive. I get a good
deal from a shop on the south coast in Bournemouth. They have a good range
and are very helpful - and give discounts on over 5 bits of glass any size. I
buy their cheaper cathedrals from about 3.00 pounds a sq foot which I dont
think is too bad.
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Diane Gough
Did somebody say cheap glass, Like Norma I'm also in the UK. Tell me if
you find any addresses worth knowing about!
>Hi Jim I am also looking for cheap stained glass to make up some windows if you
>have any luck with addresses in the UK can you let us know Thanks Norma
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el...@my-deja.com
http://www.stainedglass.co.uk. Though they are a retail shop and Id always
prefer to handpick what I want, they have posted supplies to me very quickly
when I couldnt get down to the shop.
Valery Izyurov
> Can anyone recommend where to order glass at the best prices?
Hi All,
I have a surplus of stained glass -
Amber, Green, Blue, Red -
at size 25cm x 25cm, thickness - 3mm.
I can sell it at $1 per sheet or low.
If anybody need this glass please e-mail me.
Best regards,
Valery Izyurov
Giampaolo Sammicheli
can you try to see at our site http://www.italiantaste.com
best regards
Giampaolo Sammicheli
Bren <MSCO...@email.msn.com> wrote in message
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> >Can anyone recommend where to order glass at the best prices?
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> >Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Jim
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ed_pot...@my-deja.com
<19990602080148...@ng67.aol.com>,
norm...@aol.com (Normataj) wrote:
> Hi Jim I am also looking for cheap stained
glass to make up some windows if you
> have any luck with addresses in the UK can you
let us know Thanks Norma
>
Hi Norma,
Try Kerry's Stained Glass Tel 01449 711198. He's
about the cheapest going. While on line why not
visit our new news letter:
http://www.stainedglass.co.uk
Bye
Ed
ed_pot...@my-deja.com
ed_pot...@my-deja.com
<19990602080148...@ng67.aol.com>,
norm...@aol.com (Normataj) wrote:
> Hi Jim I am also looking for cheap stained
glass to make up some windows if you
> have any luck with addresses in the UK can you
let us know Thanks Norma
>
Hi Norma
I suggest you speak to Kerry at Kerry's Stained
Glass telephone 01449 7121198.
While on lone why not look at
http://www.stainedglassnews.co.uk
Byee