I do overglaze
painting. This piece started with a white glazed vase. I painted
my cat , Boskie as well as a turquoise band at the top and
bottom of the vase with china paints that were kiln fired to
1480 F . I then covered the top and bottom band with the
Jurgen Crystal Clear lacquer paint
and after it dried, I covered it with Violet luster and
fired that to 1380 F . This allowed the previous turquoise
underpainting to show through the now violet crystal patterns.
The white background was also covered with the clear crystal
paint and then with Mother of Pearl luster. It is difficult to
see in the picture but it has a subtle quartz crystal visual
texture to it.. The piece was then kiln fired one more time to
add the gold. I LOVE this stuff!!!
Honorable Mention
By Deb Dayhoff of Chantilly, VA
The attached photo is a stained
glass window for Grace Fellowship Church in Chantilly, VA.? The
eliptical window measusres 5' at the bottom and the rectangular
piece is 4' x 8'. I used the
lacquer based colors with the
liquid lead to produce the stained glass.? The grapes in the
top window carry a theme in our church which is derived from
John 15, "I am the Vine and you are the branches."? The bottom
piece represents our mission statement, with the Holy Trinity
represented in the 3 rings at the top, the cross and the dove.?
The design is original and the completion of the project was a
collaborative effort from members of our church.? What a
fantastic product you provide to give such stunning results.?
When the sun hits this on Sunday mornings, the color is
breath-taking.
2006 Contest Winners
Grand Prize
by Michael Herman
and Suzanne Hokanson
Michael Herman and Suzanne Hokanson
Architectural Glass Solutions
Cornwall, NY
Best Metallic Item
by Holly Watkins
Here's my entry for your contest called Tiffanyesque. I
used some metallic gold in the leaves & some metallic
silver in the water and clouds. Clouds are a mix of frost
& metallic silver...always trying something new! The
"frame" is an old metal window.
Holly Watkins
Reno, NV
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by Marci Blattenberger
I do overglaze on
porcelain .. I start with a piece of porcelain that has been
clear glazed, I then apply the clear Crystal lacquer to it.. and
after it is dry , I wipe on lusters and then kiln fire them to
approximately 1380 F ,,,,The lacquer burns away and leaves the
luster in the crystal patterns... I also paint the piece first
with china paint, kiln fire to 1480 F , then apply the crystal
lacquer and after it is dry , I apply a dark luster and fire ...
The under painting shows through the over layer of luster.
The roses on the
magenta and purple bowl were painted in china paints and kiln
fired...
I LOVE this stuff!!!
Marci Blattenberger
Hendersonville, TN
2005 Contest Winners
We
would like to thank all of you that entered our annual glass
Painting Contest.
Grand Prize
"What
these photos represent are five life-size recreations of
stained glass windows, three of which represent scenes from
the Nativity and two which represent angels. The three
nativity windows are 8 feet by 4 feet; the angel windows are
roughly 6 by 3. All windows are back-lit with self-contained
fluorescent lights behind panels of painted plexiglass and a
translucent light diffuser. In creating these windows, I
used lacquer glass paints (every color offered), gallons of
liquid lead, hundreds of the plastic eye droppers, about 80
of those little glass bottles and a bunch of lacquer
thinner."
by John Doyle
of Washington, DC
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"here is a table top I made. I used a mixture of the lacquer
paints and the crackle paints along with your leading. I
don't know if you can tell but it's a double paned piece of
glass and I injected water in between. it's a super cool
effect in person!"
by Lisa Grant
of South Boston, VA
Best Stained Glass Window
"The work uses your
laquer-based
paint and liquid leading. Each piece is airbrushed on 32in
diameter (16in wide) 1/4in plain plate glass. The glass is
inserted into the doors of a chest of drawers."
by Tom Wolf of
Virginia
Beach,
VA
Summer 2004 Contest Winners
Contest Grand
Prize Winner
Barbara Reed
The colors that were used are Dark Green, Red, Opaque White,
Opaque Black, Royal Blue, Lemon Yellow, Clear Texture, and
Crystal Clear. Flat marbles were used for the accents on the
Crystal Clear to give it a little more dimension.
Contest Winner
Alyson Mulvany
Used:
Jurgen's waterbased glass stain and industrial alkyd
(lines) on salvaged window 34" x 28"
Spring 2004 Contest Winners
We
would like to thank all of you that entered our Spring Glass
Painting Contest. We had a lot of excellent entries and it was
very difficult to choose the winners. We look forward to a great
Summer Contest!
Grand Prize winner...
Created by Lisa Grant of South Boston, VA
Used a variety
of Jurgen Paints and Liquid Leading.
This is a
sculptural piece entitled, "self-portrait:fridge" which is a
1953 GE fridge upholstered entirely in tempered glass which
was stained with Jurgen stains, then smashed and used to cover
the entire fridge. I then used floor grout to fill in between
the pieces and flocked the entire inside with spray velvet
flock
Best Stained Glass Window
Created by
Barbara Reed
Used in this
picture were Crystal Clear, Crystal Turquoise, Black Opaque,
White Opaque, Royal Blue, Red, Brown, Dark Green, Lemon , and
Frost
Jackson and Agnes He from S. Setauket, NY
are
our July 03' grand prize winners for their
picture above. They used our water base glass paint for this project.
Jody Melton from Winston, GA is one of
our honorable mentions
Bonnie Vasarab from San Jose, CA is our
other honorable mention
Manuel Xavier is our April 03' grand prize winner for our
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