Art

Now you can create your own custom photo pendants for yourself or friends! In this easy tutorial you will learn how to create one-of-a-kind pendants using your own digital photos, pictures from a...

Learning to cut mirrors is a useful technique for crafters and designer in a multitude of mediums. Mirrors can add an extra dimension to a mosaic design and can also be used to enhance a stained...

If you have photos sitting around the house or in boxes, one of the best ways to make use of them is to frame them. Framing a photograph is not only a great way to decorate a house, but it helps...

Wooden windows lend a beautiful, classic look to a home. Keeping them looking and functioning at their best requires attention to detail when you paint them. The exterior side of your windows will...

Stained glass windows can have a very positive effect on a church and those involved in church services. Although the beauty of the window should not be the focus of the service, the structure and...

Many beginning artists make pencil drawings of water glasses to study shape, form and the effects of light and shadow. This is also a common object drawn in comics and cartoons, so this type of...

Hand blown glass ornaments are highly sought after and collected because they are handcrafted pieces of glasswork that are made with the centuries-old lampworking and glassblowing techniques. Many...

Colored lights can be used for decoration in holidays, parties, and gardens. They make great night lights, garden decor, and conversation pieces! You can help set the mood by filling your room...

This article will explain how to apply glass frit to a lampwork glass bead. It would best serve those who have basic skills creating a lampwork glass bead.

Different types of wine are served in different shaped glasses, because red wine needs exposure to air while white wine needs to stay chilled, but the typical wine glass will feature some...

Through the use of traditional acid etching and automated laser techniques, artists and interior designers continue to push the aesthetic possibilities of carved glass. While carved glass still...

Mirrors are made of chemicals which form to make liquid silver, which can then be painted on to a piece of glass to make a common mirror. This chemical process can be complicated and dangerous....

Named for French interior decorator of the late 1700s, Jean-Baptiste Glomy, Eglomise painting is done in reverse on glass. This technique has been adapted over time and is called reverse glass...

Frosted glass ornaments are more fragile than clear glass ornaments because the surface can be easily scratched, stained or chipped off leaving the ornament ruined. Sometimes frosted ornaments...

Preparation for painting around windows is important, whether you are repainting the interior or exterior with a spray gun. Taping off areas to avoid paint transfer is the best solution. Leaving...

Glass blasting is a method of designing glass pieces by means of etching, and it requires the use of special abrasion equipment. Abrasion is no longer popular in designing glass, but if you are...

When photographing a glass bottle, make sure your flash is turned off to prevent a glare on the surface of the bottle. Discover how to properly photograph a glass bottle with advice from a...

"So, you want to create something with Stained Glass?" Stained glass is an expensive [hobby?] investment, but I would not trade all the hours I have spent, designing,...

The daguerreotype is an early photograph (1840 to 1855+) in which vapors of iodine, later bromine and chlorine, were used to deposit silver halide particles onto a surface of polished silver. The...

Painting French doors presents its own challenges. French doors can be heavy, and many are designed with dozens of small glass panes. But with the right brush, and a bit of patience, you can...

Art glass comes in many different forms. It is used primarily for ornamental and artistic display purposes. Often found in vases and costume jewelry, art glass is widely available from craft...

Color Magic products are a line of stains that can be painted onto a variety of surfaces for craft and decorative purposes. They come in several varieties and textures, including opal,...

Mosaic art can be seen in art history dating back more than 4,000 years. Artwork from this time period included pebbles and various colored stones making up simple patterns of color. Tesserae--or...

I like candles but I don’t like to spend all my money on them so one day I was planning around with my candles and I found a way to make a candle from my other candles it was very simple and the...

Paperweights are stunning, handmade glass objects that may contain anything from swirls of color to realistic-looking plants. Originating in Europe in the 19th century, paperweights made their way...

I use the polarizing filter to reduce reflections when I want to minimize the reflections off of glass or water in an image. However, there are times that you may want to use the reflections to...

There are several craft activities that you can do with glass balls. Glass balls come in several sizes. Some are more familiar than others, like marbles and Christmas ornaments. Crafting with...

Neon gas is the first primary inert gas used to produce neon sign colors and results in red colors when electricity is applied. Argon the second primary inert gas used to make neon sign colors and...

This technique works with tight curves. These are pieces of glass where the curve is radical enough that the tips of the glass break off using conventional methods.

When we have a window with a lot of straight lines, we use a t-square cutter to cut perfectly straight lines. When windows have no curved lines, we often build the windows without needing poster...

To learn to cut stained glass, it's helpful to begin with the proper tools. We start with a good quality glass cutter.

There was a panel that we built which had a weakness in a long thin section. We built several of them and they would sometimes crack at the thin point of the glass. So to keep that from happening...

We get requests for instructions on how to install glass quite often. It sometimes presents us with a dilemma, because as you're doing an install, it's often difficult to stop and take pictures....

When we worked on a recent project of four transom windows for Kent Walker, one of our favorite architects, we wondered if we could paint leaves on some of the big panels. This would allow us to...

We've been working the whole year on planning for the candy windows that the Provo Arts Council sponsors each year at Christmas time. I was in charge of getting a globe for the moon in our...

Once, I left a window to be cleaned for over a month. It was made with clear artique glass, so all imperfections showed up and the flux that had sat on the panel left the glass looking cloudy...

We use many chemicals in the stained glass studio. It's sometimes helpful to review how they are best used and when they should be used. This helps us achieve better (and safer) results.

Sand-blasting stained glass requires as much pre-planning as any other stained glass project. Select your glass and your pattern before starting.

We sometimes find it useful to put 1/8" "U" zinc around a panel. It can be used as a permanent frame on panels where the gap between pieces of glass on the edge are less than...

This is an edge panel that went with two other windows. You can see the entire piece installed by going to http://www.gommstudios.com/stained-glass-gallery1/bailyhour/bailyhour.htm The top edge...

We try to encourage designs that are not only beautiful, but practical as well. Occasionally a client wants something that challenges us and we need to add additional reinforcing to strengthen the...

We recommend that windows which exceed 3' by 4' in size be reinforced to prevent breakage. If a window is 3' by 3', it might not need to be reinforced, that's usually a judgment call based on...

To cut a window without using a pattern will save you a good deal of time if the design is fairly simple.

When creating stained glass, it comes in handy to be able to use tools to cut multiple pieces so they are uniform each time. It's quite easy to create a jig for cutting beveled stained glass, and...

This panel was built to fit an existing opening, but when we arrived to install the glass, some additional framing had been added, so the panel no longer fit. To solve the problem, I first...

I felt like a transom window I was building was wrong, but each time I checked the measurements we took, they were right on. When we showed up to deliver the windows, it was obvious that it was...

When we work with Candace, a designer of note in Salt Lake City, she loves to have us build windows with "French" diamonds. In another article we showed how to cut the glass in that...

When building French style windows, we need to cut many diamond shaped pieces and it would be tedious to draw around a pattern piece for each one. So we came up with a system for cutting them...

Last month we showed how to repair an Art Glass window. To see the article go to July-Repair. Now that our pieces are cut and foiled, we're ready to solder them into the window. But there's an...

Recently a friend's little boy got excited chasing the cat and we ended up with some damage to one of our "Women Of Faith" panels. All but one of the sky pieces were broken and all but...