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Painting on glass
I was researching stained glass and came across a website that talks
about painting on stained glass: http://www.robbinsstudios.com The artist claims that she paints on the glass with ground up glass, and that this technique is a dying artform from the Renaissance. Is that true? I found some other sites about that talk about this: http://www.buildingconservation.com/...glasspaint.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14241a.htm Robbins work is undeniably beautiful. Can somebody give me a more objective view? What are the advantages of this technique versus other methods of painting used today? She cites Albinas Elskus as her mentor. Who is he? |
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There are several kinds of painting on glass
What she is talking about is painting with true enamels which are ground up glass and flux that must be fired at about 1000F to adhere to the glass. (Modern enamel paint is called that because its gloss finish looks like glass enamels) I am not sure it is dying, since you can buy compatible enamels for most kinds of glass from Thompson Enamels. Older than this is staining glass with silver compounds - also requiring firing - which is how the dark details of people's faces were put on colored stained glass windows - produces a yellowish brown shading. Several people paint on glass using ordinary enamel paint that does not require firing, including reverse painting, where the foreground details are painted first and the background last and it is viewed through the glass. -- Mike Firth Hot Glass Bits Furnace Working Website http://users.ticnet.com/mikefirth/hotbit46.htm Latest notes "goffperu" wrote in message om... I was researching stained glass and came across a website that talks about painting on stained glass: http://www.robbinsstudios.com The artist claims that she paints on the glass with ground up glass, and that this technique is a dying artform from the Renaissance. Is that true? I found some other sites about that talk about this: http://www.buildingconservation.com/...glasspaint.htm http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14241a.htm Robbins work is undeniably beautiful. Can somebody give me a more objective view? What are the advantages of this technique versus other methods of painting used today? She cites Albinas Elskus as her mentor. Who is he? |
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The artist has taken some "artistic liberties" with the facts.
Vic, do you mean: 'Elizabeth has mastered the intricacies of glass painting methods, and is an innovator in this area. Her knowledge of minerology and glass making has enabled her to reproduce colors and textures that have been lost to artists for hundreds of years.'. I'll bet those Phd ceramic engineers at Ferro and Johnson Matthey are lining up at her door to try and learn those lost secret recipes. "Gold and silver, imagine that!", as they shake their heads in wonder. I don't usually put down artists who are just doing what they do. but when they call themselves masters and innovators and drop the names of those who truely are masters and innovators, they set themselves up for criticism. And the mysterious colored enamels that she uses: they're probably not as permanent as the simpler oxide mixtures that her medieval brethren used, and that the 'handful' of modern glass painters routinely use for large scale work. |
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Maybe it is interesting to know that in the last century there were some
nice books on glasspainting, however they are from 1890 en further on but give details on painting more than the new books on the market now. Try to get them somewhere, they are wunderful to read. Unfortunately they are in German but even then they are worthwhile. Some of the books a -Handbuch der Glasmalerei by Friedrich Jaennicke 1890 -Die Glasmalerei Technik und Geschichte by Gottfreid heinersdorf 1914 -Handbuch der Glasmalerei Josef Wolfgang Fischer 1914 Publisher: Hiersemann- Leipzig Kind regards Jaro -- | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.686 / Virus Database: 447 - Release Date: 14-5-2004 |
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They might have them in the Rakow library at Corning. I'll ask next time I
get up there and maybe get a chance to look at them. Thanks for the tip Jaro. "Jaro" wrote in message ... Maybe it is interesting to know that in the last century there were some nice books on glasspainting, however they are from 1890 en further on but give details on painting more than the new books on the market now. Try to get them somewhere, they are wunderful to read. Unfortunately they are in German but even then they are worthwhile. Some of the books a -Handbuch der Glasmalerei by Friedrich Jaennicke 1890 -Die Glasmalerei Technik und Geschichte by Gottfreid heinersdorf 1914 -Handbuch der Glasmalerei Josef Wolfgang Fischer 1914 Publisher: Hiersemann- Leipzig Kind regards Jaro -- | --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.686 / Virus Database: 447 - Release Date: 14-5-2004 |
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