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REAL CHIPPED GLASS PANEL
On a single piece of plate glass or American crystal execute neat black letter ; and a shade of burnished silver leaf. On a second glass panel (same size) have a local monument works sand blast the surface, return it to the studio and apply an even coat of hot strong cabinet glue to sand blasted surface and place in a warm room - 80 or 90 degree temperature. As the glue hardens, the chipping starts; when completely chipped and dusted, "size" in Fat Oil - over night. Next morning gild in aluminum leaf and press down with plush covered stencil roller, or large wad of used cotton; then rub to a high burnish. Next fasten the two plates together with friction tape - to be framed in special deep rabbited frame. Resulting in a chippped glass job having the appearance of single plate job by Rawson and Evans.
Last edited by Mike Jackson on Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:01 pm, edited 3 times in total.
Mike Jackson / co-administrator Golden Era Studios
Vintage Ornamental Clip art
Jackson Hole, WY
Frank wasn't too specific about the kind of glue to use in this process. I wonder how many people tried this technique back in the '50s using these instructions? Frank was at least aware of all the chipped glass done quite a few years earlier by the Rawson and Evans company.
Mike
Mike Jackson / co-administrator Golden Era Studios
Vintage Ornamental Clip art
Jackson Hole, WY
Scrolling down you will find a link that has information about the books he wrote as well as the publisher for his last book. With the authors name and publisher, do a search on an online book dealer such as Albris (http://www.alibris.com/) or Amazon.