I’m looking into the hobby but need to know the dangers of working with the lead. Thanks!
Mail this postThis is a good demonstration on the process of making stained glass.
Making stained glass art requires cutting out the individual pieces of glass from a pattern, smoothing out the rough edges of the cut glass and foiling the pieces together before soldering. Understand the process of making stained glass with helpful instruction from an experienced glass artist in this free video on glasswork. Expert: Shanon Materio Contact: www.mcmow.com Bio: Shanon Materio is the owner of mcmow Art Glass Studios, one of the largest instructional studio facilities in the US Filmmaker: diane jacques
Mail this postCan anyone help me find schools or universities in Germany where glass art is being taught?
Mail this postI want to learn to do stained glass art and I’m starting to research it. One thing I don’t quite understand is if most crafters buy pre-colored glass, create their own (with chemicals) or paint their glass. I’m also looking for more info on framing the glass as an actual window as opposed to framing for hanging.
Mail this postI want to do some glass art with my teens. There were some materials that my husband use to use that would simulate stained glass. It was a black substance that you “draw” onto the glass, let dry and then paint. Anybody know what I’m talking about?
Mail this posti’ve taken a sudden interest in glass art. does anyone have any good sites about information and history or about different artisans?
Mail this postArt Nouveau is was an international movement and style of art that was established around the turn of the 20th century. This style of art is characterized by highly stylized flowing curvature forms such as floral and plant motifs.
Art Nouveau etched glass is an art form where these stylized shapes and forms are etched into either frosted or plain glass that results in contrasting floral and plant shapes and spirals.
This Art Nouveau style of glass art was depicted by Louis Comfort Tiffany in his stained glass projects such as windows and lamps.
Emile Gallé is considered one of the most outstanding glass artists of the Art Nouveau period. Creating glass art using various techniques which included etched glass, his glass was very elaborate. Nature inspired many of his his designs, which were mostly floral, some with foliage. Some included landscape decorations and some even had a strong Japanese influence. He developed a technique for the production of cut and incised flashed glass and enameled designs, enhanced by bright colors and transparency of the material.
Galle made vases and lamps in two distinct qualities of glass – one that was a one of a ind art glass, and the other, an industrial design that could be replicated.
Collectors pay big money for Galle’s art glass masterpieces that display the marriage of art, nature, and technology.
If you want to enjoy the flavor of some magnificent traditional Dutch food, be sure to visit the exquisite Brasserie Schiller, which is a hundred years old Art Nouveau building fantastically adorned with etched-glass panels.
Early models featured etched- or cut-glass fonts and shades. Your parlor lamp incorporates two design styles popular at the turn of the last century. Its scrolled, wrought-iron legs and embossed, copper-plated, brass font are indicative of arts-and-crafts-style … The opal glass globe’s hand-painted floral motif typifies lingering interest in the naturalistic Art Nouveau movement, and probably was made by the Fostoria Shade and Lamp Co. or Mt. Washington Glass Works.
Mail this postCut Crystal And Hand Blown Glass Of European Quality Insures A Cherished Gift
Quality cut crystal from Europe can be a treasure trove for the discerning buyer. Exquisite hand blown glass and cut crystal manufactured by master craftsmen in the Slovak and the Czech Republic is now becoming more available to the western market. Today, cut crystal of anniversary gift and heirloom quality is just one of the many glass products to choose from.
Although the Czechs and Slovaks are not the only skilled glass producers in Central Europe, few rival them in artistic range and expertise. Hardly a street in Prague is without a shop window that displays luxury cut crystal or fine hand blown glass. Visitors and tourists find breath-taking works of art exemplified in hand cut crystal and mouth blown glass.
In Bohemia, the craft and art of glassmaking goes back over 600 years. Often a family tradition, the craftsmanship of glass is highly specialized from artwork to glassworks production. Today, Czech glass is still one of the European heirloom treasures to look for and select that "perfect unique gift."
After the collapse of the Communist Socialist system in 1989, state ran
glass factories in Czechoslovakia started down the path of privatization. More and more, they became free to make their own business decisions on which kind of glass they wished to produce and offer to market. Importers from the West also have more choices on goods and glass manufacturers as they are no longer required to go through state specified channels. The result has made world-class custom glass products from Bohemia, readily available to the world economy.
Collecting glass is an obsession to some. Locating and acquiring antique glass collectibles can be as exciting as finding new heirloom cut crystal from the shops of master craftsmen. From crystal chandeliers to colored decorative glass, Czech and Slovak pieces have become more sought after as centuries pass.
Heirloom crystal pieces can be cut to look like a faceted diamond in appearance. Leaded crystal is not the only top grade cut glass, some of the most elegant and expensive cut glass, in the world, contains no lead in it at all. Quality is reliant on the manufacturer and skill of the craftsmen rather than the type of glass produced.
Glass gifts are part of the civilized culture. Royalty often designated custom decorative glass pieces be made for occasions. Today, cut crystal has not lost its allure. Anniversary glass gifts can be cut crystal pieces or hand blown items. Cut crystal is selected for any anniversary year, but very often the 25th Anniversary gift and again for the 50th Anniversary present. Culinary and kitchen items have become popular for glass gifts of distinction. Gourmet kitchens often show off imported olive oil and aged vinegar, in decanters and cruets. Recently in vogue are glass-within-glass decanters of oil and vinegar. Their unique quality lends them to be an exceptional gift of European style and design.
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James Zeller writes for gift shopping blogs sites. Here is a selection of elegant cut crystal that he found and a unique & creative collection hand blown glass.
There are, it seems, two very distinct classes of Mary Gregory glass: that made from about 1870 to 1939, when manufacture was almost entirely by hand and pieces were blown either freehand or into a mould in glassworks both in this country and in Bohemia, now the Czech Republic.
Michal followed In the family’s footsteps by attending University of Hartford school of arts where he developed an interest in hand blown glass. Realizing this was his love, he moved back to the Czech Republic to attend the Kaminicky.
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