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Kelly Thorson
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Articles on glass techniques

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Here are a couple of good articles that explain some of the history and techniques ofacid etching and brilliant cutting and glass painting
There is also a link to a directory of stained glass craftsmen.
The articles were writen by Rodney Bender who is an course director at the Swansea Institute in Wales which offers an applied arts and science course called the Welsh School of Architectural Glass. I'm sure some of you knew this, but I'd love to hear more on it. Dave? Doug? Anyone else?
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Doug Bernhardt
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Post by Doug Bernhardt »

Hi Kelly.... I recognize all of the glass pieces on the first page of Rodney Bender.....and have seen them or at least really close cousins in the flesh. The first looks like flash glass with sturdy acid etching (quite dangerous) and the others, a process which our buddy Smitty describes so well in the recent issue of sign business..although with the exception of the Princess Louise piece (second) is only 2 stage acid. Pretty cool stuff and you must be spending WAYYYY too much time on your computer! A great book on the subject is by Mark Girouard called "Victorian Pubs" Quite easy to find an extremely helpful on the subject of Victorian pubs in general as well as his research material.
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