| The Studio
handles both original commissions and restoration work and is
equally skillful in religious or secular/commercial objects as
well as modern designs with an emphasis on fused glass.
There are apprenticeships lasting two months
(January - February; March - April; November - December) and
two lasting one month (May, August and October). The topics
covered are listed below.The scheme is of particular benefit
to both amateurs and professionals working in stained and fused
glass. English is spoken in the studio.
Techniques, materials, tools
Design of cartoons and patterns
Glass cutting
Experience in using and matching different types of glass
Basics of painting: grisaille, enamels, media, tracing, matting;
Ancient and modern techniques
Leading, soldering and cementing
Kiln operating
Glass fusing
Combining leaded, fused and painted glass
Frames for stained glass
Installation on site
References
You may have seen the article on our workshop in the Fall 1993,
Spring 1995, 1996, & 1997 and winter 2004 edition of "Stained
Glass Quarterly", and "Glass Craftsman" April/May
and Aug./Sep. 2002.
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