James Lethbridge
Stained glass was the first new technique that we learned in second year, and it coincided with our Inspiration brief. I had done initial research on a few artists for inspiration and James Lethbridge was one of them.
For my stained glass 'cartoon' (accurate template for the glass to be cut to), I simply photocopied a page of my sketchpad on which I had drawn one of James Lethbridge's pieces, and using the lines within the drawing, separated it into sections which would then be the pieces of glass.
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I worked on the glass in a variety of different techniques; the first being screen-printing (black), which directly transfers an image onto glass. I chose sections of the drawing that would be screen printed, as I wanted build the image up in layers, and I decided to leave the text on, as it would then be a working drawing, and I thought it would add to the sketchiness.
The second layer was silver-stain (yellow/brown), which I think adds a depth to the glass:
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Close-ups:
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Leading Up...
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The finished piece:
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I'm really happy with how this panel has turned out, particularly the bottom half simply because of the colour and the depth that has been created with the layering effects.
A Second Stained Glass Window!![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ2_dg8ZCFrMtJHQfCOYv3RSi4-aJkpx2S5syAmlF8I9NgikLqGCjJNrge03eNzrxncRuThJtmIccowH15kJ0PaLuwV2Wxz-LU7MG2SFRRN-3-w7uPgnjUXoXVKElTe7DtBHywf9Kv/s320/SAM_2684.JPG)
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As I liked the bottom half of my first stained glass panel so much, I decided to blow up the same drawing I had used initially and do another panel just of this section on a larger scale.
I used the same processes; screen-printing, silver-stain, sandblasting and engraving:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6k5HY381Z1ujKV3rXitdd_L08LLV3pGifbDvjjLj1ft6AOmEIfCpF4dAqz5yvrccaide52vFmtDtkc7MbXnDofEAoKAxpYo0SNFS0DCodWbnX5QZbWB266Zt-O_SMC804KGcDHU6/s320/SAM_2692.JPG)
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These photos below were taken on a wooden table rather then the white background on the photos above because it shows up the sandblasting and engraving where the previous photos don't.
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The finished piece:
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I much prefer this one to my first attempt, I think the first one had a bit too much clear glass on it whereas this one has much more going on and is vibrant and exciting.