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Dear Jen, thanks very much for that! Sorry for late reply. Actually the photo is just an example, but the other pieces will be the same - black/brown paint on transparent glass, but less medieval! (: (No silver stain) The piece in the photo is mounted with a glass pane directly behind, painted thinl...

Hi Jen, thanks for the reply! Sorry, by opaque, I actually just meant standard glass paint (i.e. not enamels/ transparent) I'm using the Reusche weather resistant colors range on clear float glass. To make the idea clearer, here is a photomontage prototype I made. The roundel would mounted with four...

Hi, interesting thread! I'm wondering, have any of you used edge-lit LED panels in your lightboxes? If so, how far away from the dispersal glass/ acrylic did you put it? Do the dimmers have a wide range? I'm currently trying to design custom lightboxes for some roundels painted with regular opaque p...

Dear all, thanks very much for your kind comments, really appreciate it! I'm really happy with the piece - it was a wedding present for my cousin, who was very happy indeed with it. Re your questions Jen, yes it's on float glass. I used yellow & orange silver stain mixed with copper sulphate, as...

Hi all, well I've had a few delays, but I finally finished my first piece recently. It's a copy of the "Game of Quintaine" roundel in the Met's cloisters in NYC. So, as promised to Don, here it is! I'd be interested what you all think. Cheers, Sasha

Thanks Don, yes, I guess, probably the painting had something to do with it too! I guess tests are the answer indeed. By the way, at a glass shop I went to recently, they fire their painted glass in a long and wide electric kiln with a floor lined with heat resistant padding that looks like white fo...

Dear Bert and Don, thanks very much for the replies, very helpful! I'll try to test the kiln, and change the schedule. The pieces have very thin line work. I'm wondering about the tonal loss issue too. I'm sure it's always variable, but typically for you, would tonal loss increase with the temperatu...

Hi there, a new firing question if I may! Well, after being a happier with my 2nd firing, I showed it to a professional glass painter here in Germany who said it was overfired, that the glass had warped, gained too much texture. This also explains why the tonal loss in the lines was roughly 40%. But...

Hi Don, only fired some tracing so far, so not much to see yet! Its a fairly slow project, but I'll put something up once I've done a bit of matting! Cheers, Sasha

Dear all, thanks for the info! Thanks for the acetone tip, Charlie. A follow up on the firing/ whiting issue, where after firing my glass was ghosting/ picking up whiting on the posterior side. I did a new kiln test, after first cooking the whiting in my home oven for a few hours to remove moisture,...

Hi there, thanks Don & Bert for the helpful responses, appreciate it! Don, re the cleaning, the acetone seemed to leave a kind of residue, so I gave up on that quick! The ethyl alcohol cleaned better, with less residue, but afterwards there was a fair amount of resistance to tracing, as if there...

Dear all, thanks for all the useful info! A few side questions if I may! 1) I've done similar tracing on 1/8" float glass, and spectrum 96 fusing glass. If I want a glossy sheen, is it possible that the ideal soak firing temps for the glasses may be very different? Is it better to fire differen...

Dear all, thanks very much for your info and replies! Don, Jen, thanks for the firing info, I think understand your firing procedure better now. I have thought about using enamels/ lower temp paints at some point so the info is useful. But to clarify, my original idea was get some extra tonal depth/...

Hi, many thanks for your help Don, really appreciate it! Re the backpainting, if I understand you correctly, then firing with both sides painted and unfired is not a typical practise, it being more reliable to fire each side seperately? And, when you say that firing with paint down is a calculated r...

Hi, great forum, I’ve found a lot of useful info! I’m learning stained glass painting here in Germany at the moment, mostly under my own steam as there aren’t many courses! I’m using Reusche weather resistant paints. I have some questions, which I couldnt find answers to. I’d really appreciate it an...