Hello Carl:
What a surprise! I didn't know you do stained
glass! Your design is historically interesting and unique in that it is
the first design I have seen that uses small different colored glass pieces to
show time divisions smaller than 1 hour. (white and grey for 1/2 hours and dark
green and light green for 15 minute markings). In the past, these markings
have always been painted onto the chapter rings. Very nice! Just out
of curiosity, did you decide on a metal gnomon baseplate based on my Oxford Dial
design? If so, that's fine. It's a great solution to prevent glass
breakage.
Also, yours is the first sundial to be made
completely using the copper foil method. (Your co-patriot, Brian Albinson
made one that has some copper foil mixed with lead). Since it's pretty
cold up in Canada, the copper foil method is probably ok to use even though
there is no protective outer pane. But the experts say that copper foil
doesn't hold up in high temperatures and humidity as well as lead and is
not normally used as an exterior pane. Since you are attaching the
gnomon directly to the metal in the glass, I'm assuming that you will not be
using a protective outer pane of clear glass. I'll be interested to hear
how well it holds up over time.
But I just see drawings in the webpage. Is
the sundial finished and installed yet? If so, I would like to include
photos and a description of it on the SGS website at www.stainedglasssundial.com
If you have photographs, please send me your best
high resolution original photos. I will include links to your email and
website if you'd like. Also, please review, correct and fill out the
following information and return it to me with the photos:
Designer: Carl Sabanski
Delineator: Carl Sabanski
Glazier: Carl Sabinski
Date: 2005
Original Location: Lat: ?° N; Long: ? °W. building: ?, City?, Province?, Canada
Present Location: ?
Orientation: vertical, due south
Size: 115 cm. (45 in.)
Adornment: ?
Mottos: none
Date: 2005
Original Location: Lat: ?° N; Long: ? °W. building: ?, City?, Province?, Canada
Present Location: ?
Orientation: vertical, due south
Size: 115 cm. (45 in.)
Adornment: ?
Mottos: none
Inscriptions: none
Condition: ?
Comments: Tropical flavored pattern has 144 pieces of glass and the brass gnomon is mounted on a brass disc at the centre of the dial to prevent glass breakage. First stained glass sundial known to have been made using the copper foil Tiffany assembly method. Solder unions are colored with copper patina. Also, this is the first sundial we have seen that uses small different colored glass pieces to show time divisions smaller than 1 hour. (white and grey for 1/2 hours and dark green and light green for 15 minute markings). The hour numbers are painted on the glass.
Websites: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/tsp/stained_glass_sundial.html
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Condition: ?
Comments: Tropical flavored pattern has 144 pieces of glass and the brass gnomon is mounted on a brass disc at the centre of the dial to prevent glass breakage. First stained glass sundial known to have been made using the copper foil Tiffany assembly method. Solder unions are colored with copper patina. Also, this is the first sundial we have seen that uses small different colored glass pieces to show time divisions smaller than 1 hour. (white and grey for 1/2 hours and dark green and light green for 15 minute markings). The hour numbers are painted on the glass.
Websites: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/tsp/stained_glass_sundial.html
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl & Barbara Sabanski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Sundial Mailing List (E-mail)" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 6:06
PM
Subject: Canadian SGS - Eh!
>
> I have just completed work on a stained glass sundial. I think that it has
> turned out well and I have received some positive comments about it from my
> friends. It has a tropical flavour and with the temperatures dropping down
> to -40°C around here we can use some tropical.
>
> It is a vertical direct south sundial and is about 115 cm (45 in.) in
> diameter. It has 144 pieces of glass and the brass gnomon is mounted on a
> brass disc at the centre of the dial. The gnomon can be seen through the
> glass quite easily. I used the copper foil method of construction. I like
> this method better than lead came as it is possible to use smaller and more
> intricate pieces of glass. After cleaning up the solder lines I stained the
> silver coloured solder with a copper patina. It seems to make the glass
> stand out better. The hour numbers are painted on the glass.
>
> There is still a "bug" that I have to work out of the dial but one good
> thing is that it is "virtually" impossible to damage it.
>
> If you would like to see the dial I invite you to visit the following page:
>
> http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/tsp/stained_glass_sundial.html
>
> Carl Sabanski
>
> The Sundial Primer: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/tsp/tsp.html
> Sundials of the World: http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/sotw1.htm
> The Pinawa Heritage Sundial:
> http://www.mts.net/~sabanski/sundial/sundial.htm
>
>
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