Wednesday, December 21, 2011

New Glass by J. Kenneth Leap for NJ TRANSIT



"Through to the Sea", by AGG Member J. Kenneth Leap was installed yesterday. This project, when complete will consist of over 1000 square feet of digitally printed laminated glass panels which will enhance the waiting areas and shelters at NJ TRANSIT's Lindenwold Station. The waiting area panels shown above depict the history of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad.


More images of the installation and the design are available here:
http://paintedwindowdesigns-lindenwold.blogspot.com/


Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Virtual Tour of Köln Cathedral


View a virtual tour of all the windows in the Köln Cathedral here:
http://www.koelner-dom.de/fenster.html?&L=1

Gerhard Richter




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:

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Call For Entries: Jesus Our Brother

http://www.ecva.org/artists/calls.html

This is a restoration approach not the work of censors!

Greetings from Paderborn!
...we discussed a recently finished project - it is an uncommon way of a reconstruction. So, we thought we can introduce this new approach to interested colleges.

The church of Lessines, Belgium had two stained glass windows, which were in very bad condition - some panels survived only as fragments. The missing parts had been so extensive, that we thought a historic imitation would not be the right way of closing those areas. At one point we discussed an unusual way of showing the new parts in an aesthetic way without interference the original. Finally we used a modern pixel-technique similar to a technique, which is often used in reconstruction and touch in of wall paintings.
In application for a stained glass window this was totally new for us. Attached you will find some pictures of our result.
We think it works very well and hope it inspires you in your future work.
We hope to see you soon.
Best wishes,
Markus Kleine & Steffen Holtmann






AGG member Robin Neeley


8 Steps to Jump-Start Your Art Career

http://www.artsyshark.com/2011/11/27/jump-start-your-art-career/


My Ideas Book - a Virtual Sketchbook

A simple online sketchbook to gather inspiration, generate ideas & kick-start creative projects.

http://www.myideasbook.com/Pages/Home.aspx

Interview with Rachael Welford

http://networkedblogs.com/qdfzR

Verrier - links

A Glasgow studio working in stained glass, kiln formed glass, acid etching, and sandblasting.
http://verrier-glass.blogspot.com/

This website from Verrier has sections on artwork, workshops, tips, and historic glass 

New to stained glass? Check out the TIPS especially the series on design with titles like:

Designing for Strength

Responsive Colour Selection

Beautiful Design Lines

Design Sources


and...
http://verrier-processes.blogspot.com/

Processes

Processes relating to mould making for glass, glass casting, stained glass working, kiln forming and other practices are described.

Finally...
http://verrier-glass-appreciation.blogspot.com/

Glass Appreciation

Friday, December 2, 2011

The Michelin Man

http://www.bibendum.co.uk/
Nancy Nicholson asked about this image and here is a reply from Tom Krepcio:

I remember seeing this image years ago, and was amazed that it came from 1911.
It's in a restauraunt in London. There is another one with bibendum on a bicycle.
They also have a pdf explaining some of the history of the windows,
Curiously, it does not mention (at first glance anyway) who did the windows, but it does say what posters the art is based on.