Jerry that is beautiful work on your kit! Makes me want to do more to mine! My husband bought me a machinist's box from harbor Freight a few years ago for about $100, & it weighs a ton. But I bought a very old one from my Grama's neighbor, a Gerstner, for $75, a little smaller, & has lots of...

My dentist has given me free fillings, & is a great, funny guy. Thought I would give him something to thank him. http://www.letterville.com/album/BullBoard/SNOW_GLASS_1.jpg Wanted to add, I posted this pic on another forum & saw that the word PAINLESS was not real visable in the photo. So, I...

I used a sponge on the background Roderick. I still need some practice at it, & more Smith's Cream with it too, I think I tried to cover too much area all at once & it was setting up on me fast. I guess the next time I will try my airbrush. I haven't tried that on glass yet. So many things t...

Thank you Kelly, the cat is actually brown, the chipping was done in mica powders, my first experiment with them, & a gem in the center of the C. The perfume words were done in 23 K, the florishes around the cameo in 12 k. Danny acid etched the perfume letters for me, then sent me the glass to f...

I will be working on some other glass pieces this weeknd, so I think i will give them a try.

Thanks Kelly!

Such good news!!!! Thank you Kent! Now, this may be a foolish question, but...the oil colors I have here are actually tubes of Griffin Alkyd Colour. Not sure if they are REAL oil colors, but I have always liked usiong them. Will they work with the size also?

Thank you all. Mike that was really interesting, what you mentioned about using oil colors & varnish. I have oil colors, japan dryer, but no varnish. The closest I have to varnish is shellac & slow & quick size. I will check with Ron Percell, & if he doesn't have any, I will check ou...

Where can I find transparent ink to buy for shading in reverse on glass? Sorry, did a search, could not find any answers. Thanks!

Frank, I LOVE your pen & inks! That is pretty inspirational to me, haven't done any in so long!

Dave, that is just so beautiful!!!! It is fun to just sit & examine closely everything you have in it. And I love the sketches too. I am sure Chuck must be so happy with this. I met him at Noel's in October, & he is such a very nice guy. I was just thinking about him this morning when I put ...

I have some pieces of ceramic tile used for walls, about 5" square each. Have you ever heard of anyone making trivets out of them? You know, hot plates for dinner on the table? I am wondering if surface gilding would hold up under the heat. Also, the One Shot paint itself. Would it hold up as w...

Wow! This is fascinating! This is Indiana Jones material! I would LOVE to see one of those in real life, what treasures they are!

I can picture kent Smith with his Indie hat on, on the trail of #13!

Erik, I think your work looks real nice! I am glad you posted this, because I can learn too, from wehat they are telling you. I do not have Ivory, I just used my GREEN Palmolive..oops! And your face smiling behind your pic made me smile! What a happy guy! Had to add...My great Grandfather came from ...

I will skip the silver idea with the etched glass, then. I am doing a gift for someone & I am laying the piece out, trying to think of how I will do it. There are so many things to choose from! As for etching on the job I am bidding on, I won't do that. It will be on a window, fairly high up also.

That just blows me away. That is amazing & beautiful! I am going to ask something here, at the risk of seeming really ...un-knowledgable? :) I have one of those glass etchers by Paasche. I do not have all the equipment or knowledge that you have, Dave, or many of you. But I am wondering if I cou...

Thank you John. I will have to check out that brush. I wonder what my work would look like, if I did it as you do "scratchboard", or pen & ink, with crosshatching & such in it. I am pretty excited! Another new thing to try! Soon as I get my Boise Whiskey piece framed I will post it...

Got it! Found Bruce's website & found this info on the pictorial.... Engraving a Design This is the oldest method of imposing a design in glass gilding. It was used exclusively in Roman times and was also the standard into the 14th-15th Century. First described by Cennino Cennini, it is simply a...

Found this on the net....
http://www.goldreverre.com/signgallery/ ... close.html

I believe the artist was Bruce Jackson?

A customer has emailed me this photo & wants to know if I can do something similar with a photo of their building. How was this done? hope I can get the pic on here....

Thank you Dave. I sure am looking forward to seeing these pieces when you post them. Just when I think I am finally "getting it" with leafing on glass, I am faced with angel gilding, & now cutting! The possibilities are endless, I suppose. I think I will stick to the "plain 'ol le...

Dave, I am new to this. What is Brilliant cut? I have no idea how glass like this is cut, but it is so beautiful to see.

What a truly elegant piece!!!!!

What a nice sign Scarlett! And what a beautiful place to put it too!

I love your name, & also the way you talk!

I have to ask this...what do you mean by green? You mean when the glass is thick enough that it has that greenish color to it, like when you look from the side of the edge?

Thank you, that explains a lot. I picked up a wonderful piece of glass form my small town hardware store, maybe the size of an old door transom, & I wanted to gild it & do something special on it. I can see the glass is very old, it has slight crease lines in it. I guess I ought to avoid try...

Thank you very much Mike, that is all VERY helpful. I guess I need to purchase a blacklite! I appreciate your help.

I have been doing searches on this site for different subjects & printing much of what I am finding. I will try to ask for only what I cannot find.

Don't know if I titled this correctly or not, but the thought occured to me that maybe there are special circumstances we need to watch for, like tinted windows, or maybe something in the glass that may cause the gild to fail? Are old storefront windows the same as the newer ones? I am just beginnin...

Thank you dave, that is good news. Noel used Liquin made by Windsor Newton at the workshop but I had none on hand. Also, I always wanted to try Smith's Cream & Bob & Pat from Big City Signs in Johnstown just sent me some to try! I have used Lindseed oil to blend artists oil paints & also...

Has anyone tried to use Penetrol to blend One Shot on reverse glass painting? I have used it to paint on a normal surface to get a nice blend, but not on glass.

I did a test piece the other day, & it looks really good so far.

Wow! What a wonderful opportunity to learn!!! We covered screen printing, chipping, water gilding, learned how to lift glass gold with wax paper to surface gild on the glass, use of varnishes, transparent screen ink, I also have to add....a LOT of thinking backwards! Noel & John were GREAT teach...