Hi John and all, I have just been reading a book on "Glass Painting". It is published in England. They talk about the adhesive leading as well as a material they call "pipe and pee" which, apparently is a thick vinyl squeezed from a tube or cake decorator's cone which dries, then is peeled and placed on the surface of even curved surfaces and then painted inbetween as you say. The inbetween paints, it says, can even be craft acrylics. I thought about the sundial possibilities as I read. Sounds like an easy way to try it out.
Edley. > Hello All: > > I've been meaning to tell you about two very beautifuland easy techniques > Iread aboutfor using > stained glass to make a sundial. To my knowledge nobody has ever made a > sundial using either > of these innovative methods. > > In the gorgeous book called "Stained Glass Workshop" by Italian Maria di > Spirito, (English > translation, 2001 Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.) she describes the "Collage" > and the "Mock Stained > Glass" techniques. Both of these assembly methods are a little easier than > the traditional leaded > stained glass method because there is no lead came used for assembly. Also, > unlike traditional > leaded glass windows, these windowsare completely waterproof and very durable > in comparison. > > UsingThe Collage Method, cut pieces of glass, similar to the pieces of a > puzzle,are glued to a > pane of ordinary clear window glass using a special epoxy. No space is left > between the joints and > the pieces fit tightly together. You may have seen tables made using this > technique. If you look at > the magnificent Blue Dial (Dial 10)on the SGS website, you will see a new > photo, just sent to me > by Mike Cowham of the wonderful restoration work that was just done to repair > all the cracks.I > strongly suspect that the collage method or a derivation thereof,was used to > repair the broken > glass since you'll see the repair lead from theprevious restoration is no > longer there. > > TheMock Stained Glass methodlooks fun andseems like anyone could do it. Just > take a pane > of ordinary window glass and lay it flat on a table with the patternunder > it.There is a special lead > strip you can buy that has adhesiveon one side. You just stick it where > youwant to see lead. > You don't have to cut glass or solder anything.The mock lead strips are like > little pools that you fill > with different colors of the specialtransparent paint. You let it dry and I > swear, only an expert > could tell that it's not real stained glass! I have a feeling that this is > the technique they use to > mass-produce all those fake Tiffany glass lamps that you see everywhere. > > Anyway, for those of you who feel intimidated to try real leaded stained > glass for your sundials, > you might want to explore using these twoeasier techniques. > > John > > 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 -
