Stained glass only? Are glass-painters welcome also?

Relle

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Dec 30, 2002, 11:43:22 PM12/30/02

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Hi,

I've been lurking this newsgroup for a few weeks, and was wondering if
there are any glass painters out there, or are only stained glass
artists?

Thanks,
Relle

Steven D Richardson

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Jan 5, 2003, 3:40:58 PM1/5/03

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I look in here occasionally, too, and despite 20+ years of doing "real"
stained glass I find myself becoming interested in the paint-on stuff, too.
I have several sliding glass doors that have lost their seal and gotten
cloudy, and when I priced new ones it gave me a real shock. I'm pondering
whether I could buy some time by doing a little glass painting. Well, okay,
a LOT of glass painting. I haven't seen anything on that kind of scale,
though.
- Steve in St Louis

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Mike Firth

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Jan 5, 2003, 10:05:27 PM1/5/03

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Well, since nobody else has replied and this reply seems to me to be
missing the mark, I will say:
There are many kinds of painting on glass.
It is not a terribly popular activity.
Making "stained glass" windows by painting plastic on glass is NOT
glass-painting.
Among the kinds of painting on glass that I am familiar with are:
Painting on the front side of glass with enamel type paints, like
painting a store window or a canvas.
Reverse painting on glass with similar paints, which requires applying
the foreground first and working backwards - interesting depth.
Baked enamel painting, in which a special paint is applied and then
baked at about 5-600F for more durability.
Enamel "painting" the original use of ground glass enamels which are
applied to the glass and then fired at about 1000F - what replaced
complicated stained glass in church windows in the 1500's or there abouts.
And the original staining of glass with silver salts that turn dark when
heated and fused with the glass, producing the dark detail drawings, like a
saint's face, on colored glass.

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Mike Firth
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Carol Cohen

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Jan 6, 2003, 9:35:14 AM1/6/03

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> <Relle> wrote in message news:3e111fc8...@news.tpg.com.au...
> Hi,
>
> I've been lurking this newsgroup for a few weeks, and was wondering if
> there are any glass painters out there, or are only stained glass>> artists?
>
> Thanks,
> Relle

Yes, there are glass painters out there. Glass-enamels, reverse painting,
frontside painting. I myself use an epoxy paint with catalyst.

Carol Cohen
<http://www.carolcohen.com>

nJb

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Jan 6, 2003, 9:51:17 AM1/6/03

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I paint on and in glass with Paradise paints and fire them to 1450F and
the become part of the glass.

--
Jack

Steven D Richardson

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Jan 11, 2003, 5:49:01 PM1/11/03

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...which is why I only check in occasionally. I'm not sure who decreed that
glass painting doesn't include "painting plastic on glass" (?), but
literally "glass painting" is, well, painting on glass. With pigments in a
medium. Any kind. Different media for different needs. If the object is
to create eternal beauty then enameling or similar processes are the way to
go. But sometimes I just want to have a little harmless fun with the craft
store stuff when I'm in between "real" glass and beadmaking projects, or
make something to hang in a youngster's room without fretting about the time
invested if it should get broken. Casual glass painting isn't high art, but
it's a nice change of pace, and the techniques and materials are accessible
to a lot more people with a lot less investment. I wouldn't look down my
nose at that. A little harmless fun now and then never hurt anybody.
- Steve Richardson
No store, no furnace, no business, no Web link - just a hobbyist

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Bobby Trendy

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Jan 14, 2003, 1:23:13 PM1/14/03

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Relle,
I seriously suggest that you ask Moonraker's opinion on wether or not
you should be accepted by the glass community and allowed to post
messages to this forum.
Sincerely,
a concerned onlooker.

Moonraker

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Jan 14, 2003, 2:49:24 PM1/14/03

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Dear Concerned Onlooker,

Having been convicted of *Practicing Usenet Without Having A Clue*, it is
now the judgement of this court that you surrender to your 3rd grade teacher
all computers in your possession, go stand in a corner until you "do" get a
clue, and be silent until further notice.

You may now resume your favorite position with your lips locked firmly on
Kristian's butt.

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Mike Aurelius

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Jan 14, 2003, 4:11:38 PM1/14/03

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hehehehehe

Javahut

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Jan 14, 2003, 6:33:38 PM1/14/03

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> hehehehehe
>
>

Play nice children.

nullo

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Jan 14, 2003, 9:55:14 PM1/14/03

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Ya got a good sense of humor, I'll give ya that. I even started to laugh.

Bobby Trendy

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Jan 14, 2003, 10:53:29 PM1/14/03

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Quick to assume. Hair-trigger assumptions tend to make one look
foolish. I happen to have AGW-286 #5 for my eyeballs. Go back to your
"David" and "Mona Lisa".

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Moonraker

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Jan 14, 2003, 11:39:36 PM1/14/03

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Don't give up your day job in favor of a gig as a comedian.

You WERE trying to be funny, weren't you?

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