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Here is a sneak peek at a piece I am working on. It's basically a scratchboard technique on glass. I really like the old world look it has.
I wish I had taken the time to take a picture of it before I added the colour, as it had a whole different look. I used bronze pulvers so it has a metallic look that is somewhat heavier than it would have been if I would have used mica powders, and it would have made a very nice effect with a water colour wash behind it as well. It's something I have been really interested in exploring for a while and I am very pleased with the outcome. The leaf and stem are not quite as predominant in real life, although I wish I had made them darker, there is a lot of difference in the look of it in different lights. I may end up going in and removing those parts and redoing them, we'll see how it plays out when the whole thing is done.
Is there a name for this method?
This is a trial run for a style that I am hoping to do a table top with.
I believe there is no shame in failure. Rather, the shame lies in the loss of all the things that might have been, but for the fear of failure.
Thanks Kent,
Verre Eglomise is a term that seems to be used very freely when referring to reverse glass work, often used to encompass the whole field. The word eglomise translates to "French, past participle of églomiser to decorate a glass panel by painting on its back" and the word verre as glass. I guess that makes the general use of it legitimate. I've always thought of it as reffering more specifically to the practice of scratching an image out of a gelatin gilded piece of glass. There is a explanation of that technique on Bruce Jackson's site for those who are not familiar with it. I suspect when you refer to it as a form of Verre Eglomise you are referring more specifically to the second technique. I'd be interested in seeing some examples of this being used in the past as I am sure it must have been. Can you direct me to any?
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Kelly very nice job. A lady called Frances Binnington now ( Federer) visited me a bout 4 months ago from London. She specialises in Verre Eglomise. She said she made it out to one of the Conclaves in the 90's. Tony Segal told me about her work while at Larry's .Tony took her course in New York I think. Do you remember the panel he did at Larry's Deadman meet real slick piece of work.
I like the colours you have in these pics.nice work!
Dave
The Society of Gilders have a number of specialists in the field although Frances is the best known. If you go to the site, there are members with links and good definitions on the site itself. When I was teaching a class in Philadelphia, I sat in on one and the scratching technique was very much a part of the process especially on antique styles.
Well I finished the piece and am very pleased with it. Once I have it framed I'll post the finished product. This involved a little more "art" than what I have done on glass in the past and I think it is a direction I would like to go. I got into the sign business through being an artist and it has kind of replaced art in my life and I have missed it.
Thanks for the links Dave and Kent. There is some interesting work there. I particularily liked this site http://www.christiansonlee.com.
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