Saturday, December 14, 2024

Glassy Bevels!

I was told that I needed a catchy title and this is what I came up with.   

Following are close up images of the 1st stage of the beveling which will be easier to see each bevel.  I am showing these to explain how the bevels that I create are different from anything you have seen.  Typically when you see bevels in glasswork such as in entryways, mirrors, bevel clusters that stained glass artists can purchase, etc.  each bevel is a particular width and remains that width all around the shape.  




Quite a few years ago I was taught how to hand bevel and the width had to be the same all around the shape.  In the mid 1990s I was piecing together a panel with bevels that I had created and the design was flat due to each bevel being the same width all around the shapes and each one next to each other. I wanted more movement and depth to the design so I started playing with the idea of changing the width of the bevel from one side to the other and different widths from opposite sides of the shape.  This created much more movement and depth throughout the design.  This can be seen in many of the images I have throughout this blog as well as in my web sites isaacdsmith.com and stained-glass-creations.com

This additional light play as well as increased depth and movement adds to my purpose to Nourish Your Soul Through a Symphony of Light and Colour!

 

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Glass Beveling, Stage 1

 Today I started hand beveling the pieces shown in previous post.  This first stage entails getting the initial angles in the glass, grinding glass away to the width and angle desired.  



Because of grinding glass away there are tons of scratches in the glass which create the cloudy feel.  The next couple of stages will be more of a finesse in smoothing out/taking layers away to get rid of those scratches.  The second stage is smoothing followed by pre polish and finally polish.  

Sunday, December 8, 2024

Starting Fabrication Process of Stained Glass for Door

 I am starting the process of piecing together the stained glass panel:  





The 4 squares and 2 triangles will be hand beveled next to continue being able to piece together the design.  I am using zinc came due to the size of the panel.   I will show the hand beveling process as I proceed.  

Very exciting to be starting this process!