New Video from our friends at Williams & Byrne

The Master & the Beast – a new Documentary about Kiln-Fired Stained Glass Painting
Two full-length demonstrations of the ‘single-firing’ method

The ‘single-firing’ method: you’ll save time and money. And your glass will also look much better …

‘What will I learn?’ In this documentary, you’ll learn about undercoating, tracing, strengthening and shaping, shading, flooding, highlights and softened highlights, painting on the back of your glass, plus – using oil and propylene glycol. All in just one firing – this looks much better, and it also saves you time and money

‘All that in just one firing?’ Yes – including all your shading, which is amazing

‘What exactly will I see?’ You will see two full-length demonstrations from start to finish
Details HERE: http://www.realglasspainting.com/

Sacred Art Pilgrim

Kohan's collage inspired by stained glass & mosaic

I stumbled upon this website while researching reverse glass painting. While there is no "stained glass" to be  seen here, site author John Kohan explores the Christian sacred art of many cultures, often trying his hand at working in those techniques. His writings about his journey is compelling. Here is some of the work Kohan has collected on his website: Sacred Art Pilgrim

Romanian reverse painted glass icon

Cuban graphic art

Mexican woodcut

Video: Debra Coombs paints "Menfolk"

Enjoy this 6 minute video of AGG member Deb Coombs painting in her tranquil Vermont studio.

Visit Debra website: http://coombscriddle.com/home.html

Workshops in Italy

IKO studio is a stained glass studio in Italy which began life in Rome, before moving to the lushious green Umbrian countryside, near Orvieto. The studio was founded by stained glass artist, Diego Tolomelli who having achieved over 10 years of experience working with some of the most prestigious stained glass studios in England, returned to Italy.

Workshops in traditional techniques including leading and glass painting are offered: http://www.ikostudio.it/en/

Ellen Mendelbaum: New Website

Stunning new website showcasing AGG member Ellen Mendelbaum's architectural stained glass & paintings
Visit: http://ellenmandelbaum.com/

Gerhard Richter

http://www.gerhard-richter.com

4900 Colours (2007) is composed of 196 panels, each of which consists of 25 squares. Each individual spray-painted enamel square measures 9.7 x 9.7 cm and each panel of 25 squares is supported by Alu-Dibond. 

The panels can be arranged in 11 core configurations (each using all 196 panels), ranging from multiple smaller grid combinations of various sizes to just one large-scale work. The 11 variations are presented on this and the following pages. 

The order of the coloured squares is based on chance, having been generated randomly by a computer programme. The 11 configurations were selected by Richter and there is no hierarchy among them. 

Richter started work on grid paintings as early as 1966, when he reproduced industrial colour charts as used by paint manufacturers. In 1971 the element of chance was introduced into his compositions, with the distribution of colours randomly decided, although there remained a white grid between the colour fields. 

Grids comprising a variety of numbers of squares were produced at this time, from 4 Colours (Catalogue Raisonné: 353-1, 1974) to series of works using 1024 and 1025 squares (also 1974) and even as many as 4096 squares in 4096 Colours (CR: 359, 1974). It was in this same year, 1974, that Richter first removed the grid in favour of direct contact between the colours. After an interval of 33 years, Richter returned to grid paintings in 2007. 

4900 Colours and the earlier grid paintings have certain formal similarities with Richter’s Cathedral Window (CR: 900), which he designed for the south transept of Cologne Cathedral. The work, which consists of approximately 11,500 squares of glass in 72 colours, was unveiled in 2007. Some of the brightly coloured square panes were arranged randomly, while others were selected in response to the architectural context

Lucie Boucher's GLASSCAPES

Editor's note: Lucie sent me these images with a nice message attached...

Hi Ken, attached are a couple of pictures of the glasscapes I painted using the techniques you taught me last year. Just thought you might like to see what I am finally able to do thanks to your teaching.

So thanks J

Hope you and your family are well.

Best,

Lucie Boucher

Stone Ridge Glass

See more of Lucie's Glasscapes here:

http://www.stoneridgeglass.com/html/representational_designs.html

Helen Whittaker

http://www.helenwhittakerart.com/figurative_stained_glass.html

Paris wall painting installation video

SUPAKITCH & KORALIE "Euphorie" Paris from Raphaël Hache on Vimeo.

A New DaVinci

http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/2011/11/new-da-vinci.html