The Questions of Glass Painting
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Williams & Byrne are designers, painters, and restorers of stained glass. Now preparing the full-sized designs for new windows in a castle.
The Questions of Glass Painting
1y ago
It’s been ages since we posted new videos and newsletters. There were good reasons for the silence, but what we want to tell you now is that we’ll soon be sending you new videos and newsletters again – if, that is, you’d like to get them. What we plan to do is cover two distinct ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
The hound’s paws In this episode, David paints new paws, and we discuss how much a project costs. You can download the video here. Have no fear: the hound will return later in the year. Meanwhile, if you own our book, please will you write a short review on Amazon or iTunes – one of ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
In which I attack the work I’ve done thus far Three quick reminders: These aren’t teaching videos. Our aim not to analyse a technique and give you step-by-step instructions. Instead, in these videos, we want to show you how we work in real life. We also talk about the wider issues. A “talbot” (hound) was ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
Cutting the highlights Let’s march forward into 2020 with the next episode in which you see the huge number of highlights which David cuts, and also glimpse some lovely cross-hatched highlights: You can download the video here. Please leave questions in the box on this page here. And see you next Friday for episode 5 ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
Strengthening, flooding and spottling Continuing a 6-part series. None of these are teaching videos. Their purpose is instead to show you how we work. We film the video. Then we watch the video together and discuss the points which jump out at us. Episode 1 is here, episode 2 – here. As soon as you’re ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
Tracing Full disclosure: this video is 23 minutes and 17 seconds long Here’s episode 2 of The Talbot Hound. If you haven’t watched it yet, episode 1 is here. If you want, you can download the video here. If you have a question, please use the Comments box on this page here. Episode 3 next Friday ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
The undercoat Here’s what made us realise we had to film these episodes for you: a few weeks ago, someone commented on one of our short YouTube videos. I see what’s happened here. The video title had raised their expectations. It suggested they could learn a skill like how to paint stained glass (true) in ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
Part 2 Last month you saw an email we received from David. He asked about mixing a small quantity of glass paint – our usual approach being to mix a lot of paint, enough to keep us going for a week or fortnight. David wrote: Hello Gentlemen, My question is : How do you mix ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
Part 1 Hello Gentlemen, My question is : How do you mix up small quantities of paint for just 2 or 3 small suns … … on white opalescent glass. This paint may not be used again for several months. Do you throw out what you don’t use? Save it? Thank you. Totally enjoyed your ..read more
The Questions of Glass Painting
4y ago
Sorry, Rosemary, this is shockingly late: you asked us about plating: … and we’ve been so busy in the studio, it’s only now that we can sit down and answer your question. You might plate one piece of glass behind another for several different reasons. For instance: This is the only way to achieve the ..read more