This really is just a follow up of my tests which were carried out for glass slumping in a recent post. I have just finished silvering these pieces ,they are for a pub called The Rose and Crown in Chichester. They are brilliant cut and acid toned, the glass is bevelled and I have slumped them to a m...

Raymond and Mark . Thankyou for those very kind compliments. It means alot to me. It's great to share what we do. Rick Glawson taught us that. Ray, I remember when I visited your studio in 94. I came away with a lot of inspiration that day. Thanks for sharing your talent and work with me.

Dave

Joe. Thankyou. Its nice to have some time to experiment. Its always a challenge to make these signs and to share the outcome on this website. I appreciate your comments mate........ Dougy boy here is the formula I used for bending my glass .Now this may need to change for a bigger piece but it sound...

Kelly those pictures are very nice. I have been wanting to sit down and learn how to use my camera. One of these days.......
Very Nostalgic shots !
Thanks for sharing.
Dave

Doug. I would love to have come out and done these workshops. I probably left it to late with the first one as there was only 8 people to commit to a workshop at that time and for the second one I was waiting to see what was happening down with Gary in Virginia. I will now plan these for next year a...

Well thankyou Ron. I appreciate that. If you get a chance I would recommend a visit to The Bullseye glass Co. So much to learn in glass fusing ,very cool stuff going on in these glass techniques . You can still use it for signwork also. Let us know how you go Ron.
See you
Dave

Well thanks Doug and cousin Kent. All fired up to slump glass now, just returned from a slumping and fusing course in Bristol UK. Had a great time and learnt loads of techniques,well recommend this type of course. They were saying in Bristol that a great course to go on is one in Portland Oregon at ...

Thankyou Kellly. They are always good fun to do and share with all of you talented folk on this forum. I am off on a Slumping/fusing course on Saturday and Sunday ,I did a course in Northern Ireland about a year ago on big fused glass panels, tommorrow we are making plates and jewellery should be fu...

Hi again everyone I made a couple of these glass curved signs as a test for a possible job here . I made one for Larry White and one for my wall in my studio. First I acid etched a matt finish onto flat pieces of glass, then slumped them between stainless steel curves to make a half round shape. The...

Roderick. I had 7 images but forgot that most of what I had back then was taken using a small throw away camera and I remember now filming the entire glass at P.T Copperpot with my camcorder. I Hope what you see is ok for you. I have also some great footage of Rick and all his work at Fine Gold on f...

Roderick.
I took about 10 shots of Ricks glass at Universal. I will scan them for you and send them over.
Dave

Thanks Pat. I bought the glass from a company in London part of the Liverpool group of Pearsons Glass they specialise in all the church glass and unusual glass makes. here is there link http://www.pearsonsglass.com/ They told me it is hand made in France the glass has bubbles and lines in it you can...

My first one took a while Kelly ,by the time I had worked out which wheels I wanted to use it was about 4 hours cutting and 3 hours polishing the others were a little quicker. the star bursts are easy. I use a diamond wheel for these, they rip the glass out real quick then I change to a stone wheel ...

Hi guys. Just finished four little glass panels of brilliant cutting into flashed blue glass. I have only everdone star bursts which are straight forward with mitre cuts, these four were difficult to make due to the shapes of the leaves and the size of them. I made a few mistakes with one panel but ...

Check this out on youtube. A signwriter hand painting a canal boat. And he's quicker than a computer! Dave http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G86C6yK1Ucc&mode=related&search= and this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpN3TK1xJpA&mode=related&search= Here he is working freehand backward...

Thanks Kent. I agree, the Ketchup gives it a modern twist!
Dave

Thanks Kent and you guys. As you know there is always something else around the corner to learn ,you just can't do it all . I have just returned from Prague, a nice 4 day break with my wife. The weather was great and also the food and drink. So much Art Nouveou there especially a massive Alphonse Mu...

James. The collectors use that term from time to time over here just dawned on me reading your post , I also remember Rick using that term ROG. As for the flakes depending how big they are if some of them have curled you may have a bit of task flattening them out if at all. The varnish if thin enoug...

I Finally took some photos of the cut glass I fitted a few weeks back. The frames were in a bad state after 100years of thick paint, I managed to get them looking new again. You can see in one of the photos from the inside where the design will carry on down to the bottom large panels including the ...

Hi James. Are you talking about Reverse On Glass? (ROG) If you are I have had success with w-w window spar varnish with a small amount of terpentine mixed in. I have used it on 1900 pieces to re-attach the loose paint. I mainly try and keep as much as the original paint .Remove really bad flakes tak...

Looks like you guy's are going to have some gilding fun up there with Mr Studden and Mr Weber.
Happy Gilding!

Dave

Hello Robert I made some tests a few years ago with different acid types such as Hydroflouric acid and soda crystals ,this formulation gives a white tone which I tested for chipping and found it much to smooth for this process. I also tried ammonium bifluoride mixed with warm water to dissolve the c...

Thats a great idea Pat. that will work well. I will do some testing times first. Infact the artwork is very detailed so I could just lay leaf over the back after slumping.
I start that in a few weeks time. would still be interested in your other ideas when you get time here.
Thanks Pat.
Dave

That would be worth ago Pat ,thanks for the tip again! I have a bent oval piece to make inside the pub at some stage which is acid etched and cut. Some of the line work will be black outlines. I was wondering if there were any techniques that anyone knows about for making the artwork and transfering...

Robare The glass is 1/4''plate ,I did kilnfire them to 560 degrees and held them at that temprature there for 10 minutes. I then let them cool to room temprature before opening the kiln. I have opened to early and cracked test pieces before ,so you got to just forget them and let the kiln do it's th...

Pat .The smell in the morning of HF is like bad eggs ,I must get some of the same acid as yours, sounds like your pouring out perfum there. I can't stick the smell, I usually etch outside. Even then I wear a mask and goggles. Thanks for your help on Skype back along with the misting acid I finally m...

Crikey Moses! When the big ones break stand out the way Larry. Thanks for all your comments on my work - very much appreciated, this is a great site to share our work and ideas. These next images I took tonight to show you how this piece looks after todays acid etching. This panel has no date so ins...

Hello I have just finished these brilliant cut acid etched glass panels for a pub over here. It is one of 6 panels for the frontage of the pub, daylight will be passing through them hence the way I took the photos .I have taken some step by steps of the process for Sign Business but just wanted to s...

Thanks Kelly

The man was a genius! I like is work very much, my wife and I are going to Prague for 4 days in April I will be visiting the Mucha museum to see his work .
How long did you go out there for Cam? I'm Looking forward to it...
Dave

Nice looking piece Roderick. They always look great the big pieces
Keep up the good work mate!
Dave