Conserving historic stained glass

2015-10-08 Thread John Pickard
Good afternoon, At various times there's been discussion about stained glass dials. This recent ICOMOS book may be of interest. “Stained-glass: how to take care of a fragile heritage?”, Proceedings of 9th Forum for the conservation and technology of historic stained-glass is now available

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-05 Thread karon
Lead also has to be stretched as I remember from dabbling in stained glass many years ago. Karon Adams Accredited Jewelry Professional (GIA) You can send a free Rosary to a soldier! www.facebook.com/MilitaryRosary www.YellowRibbonRosaries.com From: Simon [illustratingshadows

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2011-08-05 Thread John Carmichael
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RE: RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-05 Thread karon
-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of sun.di...@libero.it Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 1:07 PM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: R: RE: mock stained glass sundial ... glass is always a little bit liquid. Very old windows are slightly wider at the bottom than the top

RE: RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-05 Thread karon
Carmichael Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 2:00 PM To: sun.di...@libero.it; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: RE: mock stained glass sundial Another possible explanation could be that antique glass panes were always hand rolled and had highly uneven thicknesses within the same sheets. Nowadays, most

Re: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread fer de vries
Eindhoven, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E - Original Message - From: Mike Shaw To: ka...@karonadams.com ; 'John Carmichael' ; sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 5:28 PM Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial If you are going to allow your

Re: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread Mike Shaw
I wrote: If you are going to allow your shadow to pass through two panes of glass, will refraction start to become important? Fer replied: It is significant I suspected as much, but my maths is not good enough to do the calculations. I had an idea some time ago to use double glazing as a

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread John Carmichael
...@onsneteindhoven.nl] Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 1:29 AM To: Mike Shaw; ka...@karonadams.com; 'John Carmichael'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial Mike, Your question: * If you are going to allow your shadow to pass through two panes of glass, will refraction

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread karon
[mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Carmichael Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:13 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial Thanks for checking on that Fer, making a drawing, and for correction my assumption. You taught me not to assume anything! I have

Re: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread fer de vries
, Netherlands lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E - Original Message - From: John Carmichael To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:13 PM Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial Thanks for checking on that Fer, making a drawing, and for correction my

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread John Carmichael
be. Follow my thinking in these two examples: Let’s say you have two faux stained glass sundials painted on the inner panes of glass, and both sundials have the same small air gap between the inner and outer panes. But one sundial is ten times bigger than the other sundial. Wouldn’t the amount

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread karon
! www.facebook.com/MilitaryRosary www.YellowRibbonRosaries.com From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Carmichael Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 7:04 PM To: 'fer de vries'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial Hi Fer

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread John Carmichael
, August 04, 2011 4:15 PM To: 'John Carmichael'; 'fer de vries'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial But, John, if you have a larger window, the glass is thicker and the space between both panes would be more, wouldn’t it? that means not only is your refraction error

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread karon
about in books about Vintage Homes back when I sold houses. BTW, I wanted to ask you. for a beginner in stained glass. Would you recommend copper tape or leading? Karon Adams Accredited Jewelry Professional (GIA) You can send a free Rosary to a soldier! www.facebook.com/MilitaryRosary

Re: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-04 Thread David Bell
Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial But, John, if you have a larger window, the glass is thicker and the space between both panes would be more, wouldn’t it? that means not only is your refraction error larger but, since your angles arcs take up more space, the error is easier

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread John Carmichael
could attach the gnomon directly to the glass or the metal came without using support struts. From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of karon Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 6:15 PM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread karon
I like the Nodus option. I can attach that to the Window Frame and go from there. Is that the design you used for the frog? He was cuteG I am not doing real stained glass on this, I am actually going to paint the window itself. So, the design will be on the inside pane of the double paned

FW: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread John Carmichael
Karon- Yes, the frog dial has a point-in-space style- a nodus. I have one comment about glass painting your faux stained glass.. I'm sure you know that the best glass paints are vitrious kiln-fired paints that require several coats and firings to get good coverage. But it's hard to do

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread John Carmichael
It’s insignificant. From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:29 AM To: ka...@karonadams.com; 'John Carmichael'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial If you are going to allow your shadow to pass through two panes

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread karon
That sounds like the best way to go. I was pretty worried about brush streaks and how to make them into artistic parts of the design. This would have been MUCH easier if I had done it before the window was installed. I could have done the well style faux stained glass. The one where you use

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread karon
: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 10:06 AM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial Karon, have a look at http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_EGP.html and search for dial 8 and dial 50. Both are dials on a windows without a proper gnomon or style

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread karon
; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial It’s insignificant. From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:29 AM To: ka...@karonadams.com; 'John Carmichael'; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-03 Thread Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
...@comcast.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:37 AM To: 'Mike Shaw'; ka...@karonadams.com; sundial@uni-koeln.de Subject: RE: mock stained glass sundial It’s insignificant. From: Mike Shaw [mailto:jmikes...@ntlworld.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 8:29 AM To: ka...@karonadams.com; 'John

mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-02 Thread karon
Ok, so I have the insulated windows but I want a stained glass sundial. So, I plan to paint a sundial on the window frame using glass paint. The only problem is, I cannot actually mount the style to the window. So, I want to back check with you guys. what I am thinking about doing is, paint

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-02 Thread John Carmichael
Karon- We might be able to help better you if you give us a little more information. Will your stained glass sundial design require a polar axis style (a triangular sheet or angled rod) or a point-in-space style (also called a nodus)? What can't you attach the style to the window glass

Re: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-02 Thread Simon [illustratingshadows
a real SG dial plate and gnomon. Simon Wheaton-Smith www.illustratingshadows.com Silver City, New Mexico W108.2 N32.75 and Phoenix, Arizona, W112.1 N33.5 --- On Tue, 8/2/11, karon ka...@karonadams.com wrote: From: karon ka...@karonadams.com Subject: mock stained glass sundial To: sundial@uni

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-02 Thread karon
It is a double insulated window so I don't want to attach anything directly to the window. If I did attach to the window, it might cause the vacuum to break. Even if it didn't, it could void the warranty. I had considered doing a real stained glass piece and hang it inside the window

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-02 Thread karon
I had actually hoped you would be one of the folks to reply. I love your stuff. One of the things I want to do is learn stained glass. I dabbled in it, very lightly, like, little toe dabbling about 23 years ago. Then I was married and had kids. Didn't want shards of glass around the houseG so I

RE: mock stained glass sundial

2011-08-02 Thread karon
: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:11 PM To: sundial@uni-koeln.de; ka...@karonadams.com Subject: Re: mock stained glass sundial Having worked with SG for some 35 years I might suggest three things. 1. The gnomon can be any reasonable distance from the dial plate, however, the style when extended must

New Stained Glass Sundial Installed

2011-07-13 Thread John Carmichael
Hello Dialists: One of America's only accurate stained glass sundials was just installed in a private home in Boulder City Nevada. I wrote and article about it for the British Sundial Society after it was constructed but before it was installed: A http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/Bulletin

A Stained glass Sundial with a Magnetic Gnomon Article

2011-06-07 Thread John Carmichael
For those that are interested, John Davis kindly made my BSS Bulletin article- A Stained glass Sundial with a Magnetic Gnomon available online as a PDF doc at http://www.sundialsoc.org.uk/Bulletin/Bulletin-23ii-Carmichael.pdf Thanks John D! John L. Carmichael Sundial Sculptures

RE: New Stained Glass Sundial- Finished!

2011-01-30 Thread Jack Aubert
Beautiful! Particularly the traditional fly. From: sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de [mailto:sundial-boun...@uni-koeln.de] On Behalf Of John Carmichael Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 2:50 PM To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Cc: Glass List Subject: New Stained Glass Sundial- Finished! Hello

New Stained Glass Sundial- Finished!

2011-01-29 Thread John Carmichael
Hello Friends: My new stained glass sundial is finally finished! The client picks it up next week and will permanently install it in his living room window at his home in Boulder City Nevada. It measures 2 x 3 ft (or 61 x 91 cm). It took twice as much time to complete as I thought it would

RE: New Stained Glass Sundial- Finished!

2011-01-29 Thread GINO SCHIAVONE
John,So whimsical. So wonderful! I think the world is a better place. Gino SchiavoneThe Schiavone Studio1337 Gusdorf Road, Ste JTaos, NM 87571 From: jlcarmich...@comcast.net To: sund...@rrz.uni-koeln.de Subject: New Stained Glass Sundial- Finished! Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:50:04 -0700 CC

A stained glass projection dial?

2009-09-26 Thread John Carmichael
Have any of you see this odd structure in the Giardini at the 2007 Venice Biennale? I'm trying to figure out how this might function as a sundial. If it is a sundial, it might be classified as a stained glass projection dial. My best guess is that when the colored projected image of the circle

Re: Improved Stained Glass Sundial Website:

2009-04-10 Thread Roger Bailey
Hi John, Thanks for the note. We appreciate the effort, skills and expense that you and Dave have dedicated to this and your other sundial sites. Regards, Roger Bailey From: John Carmichael Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 10:43 AM To: 'Sundial List' Subject: Improved Stained Glass Sundial

Improved Stained Glass Sundial Website:

2009-04-09 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All: Over the past three months, Dave Bell and I have spent hundreds of hours making major improvements to the SGS website at: (educational) Stained Glass Sundials: http://www.stainedglasssundials.com/ http://www.stainedglasssundials.com Have a look! Here are the improvements: 1

Rare Stained Glass Sundial Located

2009-01-14 Thread John Carmichael
Hi guys A reader of the Stained Glass Sundial website just wrote me to say that she found wonderful photos of the original Skull Dial on The British Museum Website. This is a good find. Until now, I think that the only photograph we have seen of this dial is a blurry, out of focus photo

Re: Projection Stained Glass Sundials

2008-11-11 Thread Mac Oglesby
; boundary==_NextPart_000_0033_01C943E5.4150DCC0 Content-Language: en-us Dave Bell has just posted photos graphics of two unique Stained Glass Projection sundials. I know of no other dials quite like these. Webpage: http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_SGS3

Projection Stained Glass Sundials

2008-11-11 Thread John Carmichael
Dave Bell has just posted photos graphics of two unique Stained Glass Projection sundials. I know of no other dials quite like these. Webpage: http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_SGS3.html Dial 411 - The Fountain of the Hours Dial by Mario Arnaldi and Gianni

help find stained glass sundials

2008-06-08 Thread John Carmichael
Hello British Dialists in particular: I received a letter awhile back from Mike Cowham. He searched through Eden Lloyd (Mrs Gatty) and found a few more references to six old Stained Glass Sundials that we have never seen. If any of you feel so inclined, you might want to help us investigate

Re: GalleryGlass: was Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-15 Thread Edley McKnight
Thanks Peter! This looks like one of the ways I will go. Best Wishes, Edley Dear Edley, Another try at attaching the thumbnail. best wishes, Peter --- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

GalleryGlass: was Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-14 Thread Peter Mayer
Dear Edley, Another try at attaching the thumbnail. best wishes, Peterattachment: tn_Stained_Glass_Dial.JPG--- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-11 Thread Peter Mayer
please. Thanks! Edley. Dear Edley, John and the List, After a discussion on the list a few years ago, I went out and bought several bottles of different colours of GalleryGlass, plus leading strips, etc. It's designed to create plastic stained glass, is quite easy to work

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-10 Thread Peter Mayer
Hi, I've now installed EasyThumbnails on my new laptop (It's freeware: http://www.fookes.com/ezthumbs/). I generated the pattern for the dial in Shadows, laid it under the transparent sheet one uses to work on. The motto I created in a word processor and printed to an overhead

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-10 Thread Peter Mayer
Dear Edley, John and the List, After a discussion on the list a few years ago, I went out and bought several bottles of different colours of GalleryGlass, plus leading strips, etc. It's designed to create plastic stained glass, is quite easy to work with and seems perfect for impermanent

RE: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-10 Thread John Carmichael
I found a couple of good photos of my faux SGS presentation at Oxford. If anyone wants to see them, let me know off list and I'll send you the files. (Dave's too busy at the moment, or I'd ask him to post them) By the way, if you use the Kodak Backlight Film, print your graphic on the rough

RE: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-10 Thread John Carmichael
- Original Message - From: John mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Carmichael To: 'Edley McKnight' mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ; 'Sundial mailto:sundial@uni-koeln.de Mailing List' Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass Hi Edley: For the same

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-10 Thread Edley McKnight
of GalleryGlass, plus leading strips, etc. It's designed to create plastic stained glass, is quite easy to work with and seems perfect for impermanent dials. If I can find the software to shrink it, I'll attach a picture of a vertical dial I made using GG. best wishes, Peter Mayer Quoting

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-09 Thread Richard M Koolish
Theater lighting gels are plastic sheets that come in a large variety of colors and are inexpensive. I don't know if they will stick to windows or would work in a computer printer. Rosco is one of the major brands. ---

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-09 Thread John Carmichael
Hi Edley: For the same reasons as you have, a few years ago, I wanted to know more about clear plastics for making faux stained glass sundials. I also wanted to use this plastic to make fake plastic stained glass sundial reproductions for my display presentation at the BSS meeting in Oxford

Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass

2007-08-09 Thread Roderick Wall
: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: Re: Plastic Fake Stained Glass Hi Edley: For the same reasons as you have, a few years ago, I wanted to know more about clear plastics for making faux stained glass sundials. I also wanted to use this plastic to make fake plastic stained

Re: Stained Glass Sundial References

2007-08-08 Thread Edley McKnight
The later could be changed every so often in order to compensate for time variations. I've not found any myself, so far. I hope you and yours are doing well! A busy season! Edley. For those of you who really like stained glass sundials: On the SGS References page at: http

Stained Glass Sundial References

2007-07-25 Thread John Carmichael
For those of you who really like stained glass sundials: On the SGS References page at: http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/references.html Dave Bell I have added links to copies of the most important references for stained glass sundials (with the owners' permission

Memorial Chapel Stained Glass Sundial

2006-10-24 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All: Supposedly, in the gorgeous Memorial Chapel at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis Minnesota USA there is a stained glass sundial built into its magnificent dome ceiling. See website at: http://www.lakewoodcemetery.com/f_welcome.htm I called the director and he said

Re: New Projection Stained Glass Sundial

2006-10-15 Thread John Carmichael
Would it be more correct to call it an "aperture nodus dial"instead of a projection dial? - Original Message - From: Th. Taudin Chabot To: Sundial List Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: New Projection Stained Glass

Re: New Projection Stained Glass Sundial

2006-10-15 Thread Th. Taudin Chabot
, John Carmichael wrote: Would it be more correct to call it an aperture nodus dial instead of a projection dial? - Original Message - From: Th. Taudin Chabot To: Sundial List Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2006 12:52 AM Subject: Re: New Projection Stained Glass Sundial

Re: New Projection Stained Glass Sundial

2006-10-14 Thread tony moss
John Cramichael wrote: I thought you may like to see a large new stained glass projection sundial installed in the roof and floor of the Montlake Public Library in Seattle What a wonderful idea, which really brings the notion of telling time by the sun into a very public arena

New Projection Stained Glass Sundial

2006-10-13 Thread John Carmichael
Hello dialists: I thought you may like to see a large new stained glass projection sundial installed in the roof and floor of the Montlake Public Library in Seattle Washington. Woody Sullivan and I helped the artist, Rebecca Cummins with the technical aspects of her design. She had seen

Re: Stained Glass

2006-09-13 Thread John Carmichael
Hello Jack: Yes!You can use clear colored glass to project a tinted image onto a wall or floor. But as others have stressed, you must use clear "cathedral" glass, not milky "opalescent" glass. You could make two types of projection dials with stained g

Re: Stained Glass

2006-09-13 Thread John Carmichael
p.s. I should mention this. When selecting stained glass for a projecting dial you should avoid using glass that is textured or streaky (an incomplete mix of cathedral and opalescent), or has any imperfections(air bubbles, waves, etchings, dimples, etc). It should be smooth and flat like

Stained Glass

2006-09-12 Thread Jack Aubert
John, In your work with stained glass, have you found it possible to do anything useful or interesting using colored glass to project tinted shadows? I know that sunlight coming into a church through a stained glass window can project colored images on the floor. But from what I have been able

Re: Stained Glass

2006-09-12 Thread Brian Albinson
Jack I have found you have to be careful when selecting stained glass for sundials. The gnomon will not throw a shadow on transparent glass, but transparent glass will will project a coloured image on the floor. When you look through transparent glass you can see objects behind it clearly

Re: Stained Glass

2006-09-12 Thread Simon \[illustratingshadows
There was another reply to this post with which I concur. I have worked glass for just about 30 years. Being a Brit I grew up with old church glass. Stained glass windows as in old churches were worked with three applications. 1. Black tracing and brown matte: fired at 750C were designed

The Shuttleworth Stained Glass Sundial

2006-03-01 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All: Don't worry, I won'tannounce the SGS of the monthevery month unless the dial new and interesting, but I thought you would like to see the new Shuttleworth stained glass sundial since we discussed it here a few weeks ago. If you recall my earlier posting on it, I was trying

Two New Stained Glass Sundials

2006-01-22 Thread John Carmichael
Hello all: Dave Bell has now posted photos and information on two new stained glass sundials on the SGS website Image Archive at: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials_SGS3.html Scroll down to the bottom of the 21st Century SGS for more information more photos. One

Stained Glass Sundial Original Photos

2005-12-04 Thread John Carmichael
Hello Friends: Over the past few years, several of you have asked me to send you the original photographs of sundials posted in the Image Archive of the Stained Glass Sundial website at http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/sundials.html You needed them for your special

Conserving and restoring stained glass

2005-08-08 Thread John Pickard
Hi folks, Some of you may be interested in this announcement that I received through Australian ICOMOS Guidelines for the Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass18 July. The revised guidelines by the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA) are now available in electronic format in

Stained Glass Sundial Gnomon Mounting

2005-02-07 Thread Fritz Stumpges
Title: Stained Glass Sundial Gnomon Mounting Hi John and all, I would think that making a solid metal frame for Stained Glass Sundials would be the best method for securely fastening the gnomon and for protecting the Stained Glass pieces. Here Ive shown a frame made for a 24 X 36

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Gnomon Mounting

2005-02-07 Thread John Carmichael
Title: Stained Glass Sundial Gnomon Mounting Hello Fritz: Nice Drawing! Yes, your idea will work well, but only with certain design patterns wherethe center of the dial (where the hourlines meet, not the geographical center of the panel) is located near the top frame

The Iwan Kahn Stained Glass Sundials

2004-11-18 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All (particularly the Germans, Swiss Austrians). Thanks to Fred Sawyer whosupplied the Hans Behrendt videotape and transcript on modern 20th Century stained glass sundials, and Rudolph Hooijenja who translated it, Dave Bell I have now posted photos and information on all twenty

Stained Glass Sundial Inventories Posted

2004-07-21 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All: On the Stained Glass Sundial website at www.stainedglasssundials.com at the bottom of The Image Archive main page, we have now have posted two tables that show the Archive's current inventory count of glass sundials. One list shows how many sundial windows we have and is categorized

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-12-02 Thread GinnyandHalB
John, I'll keep you informed of my progress. Hal

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-12-01 Thread John Carmichael
Hi Terry: It's funny you should mention Frank L. Wright because he was an avid designer of stained glass windows. There's a whole book of his patterns that are often copied. He had his own style which is now called southwestern. It looks a lot like a Navajo design with a lot of art deco

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-12-01 Thread Terry Dixon
stained glass with a triangular theme. The theme was repeated in the leaded stained glass in the door. A description of the programme can be seen at: http://www.homeandleisure.co.uk/bigbuild/features/mackintosh/index.html I don't know if it will ever get to the State but you deserve it as payback

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-30 Thread terry . dixon
John, As an amateur, occasional contributor, I would also like to thank you for putting so much effort into producing such an inspiring site. Two of my other inspirations are Architect/designers Renee Makintosh and F L Wright. I am considering designing and building a stained glass sundial

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-30 Thread John Carmichael
Hi Ginny Hal: I've been getting so much email that your letter slipped by me! I'm really thrilled that you are going to undertake a stained glass sundial. You are the first person in NASS, other than me, who has even indicated a desire to make one. I hope we can get more people like you

Stained Glass Dial

2003-11-28 Thread Colin Davis
There is a request by John Carmichael to get a new picture of the dial in Litchborough church ,I have been today to get some .please contact me John to see how I can get them to you once I've had a look at them Colin Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 52° 14' N 0° 52' W 23 NN1 5ST Northampton -

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-27 Thread John Carmichael
of glass is VERY IMPORTANT! Clear colored glasses must be used for projection dials and opalescent glass must be used for normal stained glass dials. Opalescent glasses will NOT work with projection dials! thanks John - Original Message - From: Thibaud Taudin-Chabot To: [EMAIL

Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-26 Thread John Carmichael
Hello all: Dave Bell and I have completely redone the Technical Information Page of the Stained Glass Sundial website with all new graphics and lots of very useful technical details. This took us three months. With the help of several glass artisans, and knowledge I've learn from my stained

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-26 Thread Dave Bell
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, John Carmichael wrote: Hello all: See the new SGS Tech Page at: http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/TechInfo.html or SGS Home Page at: http://www.advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass/ p.p.p.s. In front of everybody, I want to thank Dave

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-26 Thread GinnyandHalB
John and David, You've done a great job. I spent a number of years designing and making satined glass panels which adorn some windows in my home, and many years developing anyses for sundials. My goal for next year is to design and build a leaded (stained) glass sundial. Thanks again, Hal

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Tech Info

2003-11-26 Thread Dave Bell
a leaded (stained) glass sundial. Thanks again, Hal Brandmaier Thank you! Glad to see you're planning a glass dial; that's one of the main purposes of the Website, to increase interest and promote new examples. Dave -

Fw: Stained Glass Classes

2003-11-20 Thread John Carmichael
Hello all, Mike Shaw wrote because he's having trouble locating a stained glass class. If any others are looking, this info may help. - Original Message - From: John Carmichael To: The Shaws Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 6:42 AM Subject: Stained Glass Classes Hi Mike: Don't

Designing Stained Glass Sundials

2003-10-15 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All: (I've added more info to this list so it's not a duplicate of a previous email) I have some helpful information I'd like to pass along to those of you who may design a stained glass sundial someday. I'vejust finished a designfor an SE decliner with the technical help of a few

Fw: Dial 5 - stained glass sundials page

2003-10-06 Thread John Carmichael
will group it together with the other Gyles dials of the late 1600's. - Original Message - From: Chris Pearson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: Dial 5 - stained glass sundials page Hello - I have just found your excellent page on stained glass

Re: Dial 5 - stained glass sundials page

2003-10-06 Thread John Carmichael
Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass - Original Message - From: Chris Pearson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: Dial 5 - stained glass sundials page Hello - I have just found your excellent page

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-30 Thread John Carmichael
Arizona, USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com Stained Glass Sundials Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass - Original Message - From: Peter Tandy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de Sent

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-30 Thread Peter Tandy
Dear John and Dave, Congratulations on a great piece of work. I have no complaints about the way the photos are framed - I think it's very suitable. But if I were to get pernickety I would just ask that the headings in decsriptions (like Provenance, location, size etc etc) could be

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-29 Thread Claude Hartman
Many thanks to John and Dave for such a splendid piece of work!! Claude Hartman -

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-29 Thread Dave Bell
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Thibaud Taudin-Chabot wrote: John, That is a nice piece of work. I saw my name mentioned under projection dials. Small correction: I am not Canadian, but Dutch and I am living in the Netherlands. Thibaud D'oh!! Sorry - it's fixed! Dave -

Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-29 Thread John Carmichael
Hello All: Finally Dave Bell and I have "finished" the Stained Glass Sundials From Around the World website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass All the information and photos that we've received has been posted. We've changed things so many times I've lost co

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-29 Thread RKriegler
! Halleluja! Best wishes Reinhold In einer eMail vom 29.09.2003 17:00:57 Westeuropäische Normalzeit schreibt [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thema: Stained Glass Sundial Website Datum: 29.09.2003 17:00:57 Westeuropäische Normalzeit Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Beantworten: sundial@rrz.uni-koeln.de An: sundial@rrz.uni

Re: Stained Glass Sundial Website

2003-09-29 Thread Thibaud Taudin-Chabot
John, That is a nice piece of work. I saw my name mentioned under projection dials. Small correction: I am not Canadian, but Dutch and I am living in the Netherlands. Thibaud At 16:06 29-09-2003, you wrote: Hello All: Finally Dave Bell and I have finished the Stained Glass Sundials From Around

Re: Poor Mans Stained Glass

2003-08-16 Thread Fred Sawyer
Subject: Re: Poor Mans Stained Glass Hi Ken: I agree with you. How can a sheet of plastic cost so much I wonder? But Istill want topractice withthe plastic to hone my Glass Eye 2000 designing skills and for stained glass sundial testing. Maybe I'll just use cheaper acet

Re: Poor Mans Stained Glass

2003-08-16 Thread John Carmichael
Hi Ken: I agree with you. How can a sheet of plastic cost so much I wonder? But Istill want topractice withthe plastic to hone my Glass Eye 2000 designing skills and for stained glass sundial testing. Maybe I'll just use cheaper acetate for my experiments. Next year in Oxford, we

Re: Stained Glass Sundials

2003-08-10 Thread John Carmichael
To: Pippin Michelli, Ph.DArt History with Michellihttp://www.ariadne.org/studio/michellie-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Dr. Michelli: I'm so glad you appreciate the work we are doing to promote the construction of more rare Stained Glass Sundials and that you are going to include them

Fw: Stained Glass Sundials

2003-08-10 Thread John Carmichael
John L. Carmichael Jr. 925 E. Foothills Dr. Tucson Arizona, USA Tel: 520-696-1709 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sundial Sculptures Website: http://www.sundialsculptures.com Stained Glass Sundials Website: http://advanceassociates.com/Sundials/Stained_Glass - Original Message - From: Pippin

Fw: Stained Glass Sundials

2003-08-10 Thread John Carmichael
- Original Message - From: "Pippin Michelli" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "John Carmichael" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:01 AM Subject: Re: Stained Glass Sundials Hi John Thanks for the answer - glad your project is safe. I hope you approve of

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