tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9109722489703137282024-03-13T19:14:10.839+00:00VerrierA Glasgow studio working in stained glass,
kiln formed glass, acid etching, and sandblasting.Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.comBlogger282125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-91771626881209013662021-07-14T14:34:00.000+01:002021-07-14T14:34:05.915+01:00Heat Work and Degree of Slump Searching for a Relationship in Heat Work in the Slumping Range. Now I know why so little research is published that indicates a lack of any positive results. It is disheartening. There is no pointer to other methods or relationships. It is difficult to pick yourself up and try something different.Yes, this means that my testing for a relationship between time and Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com1Verrier55.8144838 -4.284663255.660138214918348 -4.559321403125 55.968829385081648 -4.010004996875tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-74299122744735798422018-11-08T23:35:00.000+00:002018-11-09T17:23:13.416+00:00New York City Installation
A little story by Ali Rogers about an installation far away from its origin in Scotland.
...so you know how your parents would tell you that one thing leads to another thing, and you never know exactly how a kindness plays out?
Well, please see the attached photo of a stained-glass piece....this was a closing gift from me to a buyer client, C.
C's day job is to hunt down Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Verrier Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-38775419796807370612018-03-18T10:46:00.000+00:002018-03-18T10:46:04.424+00:00West End RebuildI was called out to look at a door panel that had been broken because a delivery person decided to knock on the glass rather than the door frame. In doing so, he broke one pane and unshipped some others. The client and I agreed on a price. In removing it, it became apparent that there were even more broken joints than I noticed initially. When we got it back to the studio,Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com2Hanson St, Glasgow G31 2HF, UK55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-75809911718991463942018-03-11T09:50:00.000+00:002018-03-11T09:50:08.061+00:00SinkThe big aperture drop for the Willow Tea Rooms has been good experience for smaller projects.
I am in the process of helping to create an oval sink with a specific height, and dimensions at the top. Rather than creating a custom mould, it was decided to do a free drop to the desired height with a flat bottom to the sink.
View from above of the slumped blank
An aperture in the desiredStephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Hanson St, Glasgow G31 2HF, UK55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-39415547076948664092018-03-02T23:08:00.000+00:002018-03-02T23:08:36.184+00:00Willow Tea Rooms Baldacchino
Much of my time since December has been taken up with the planning, testing and execution of a baldaccnino for the Mackintosh Willow Tea Rooms restoration.
I don't know whether Mackintosh called the structure a baldacchino or not, but that is how it seems to be referred to by the restoration people.
Traditionally a baldacchino is an architectural structure over the altar of a church. Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Hanson St, Glasgow G31 2HF, UK55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-20051486426704351662017-12-11T09:02:00.000+00:002017-12-11T10:49:00.235+00:00Methodist Church, Kilsyth
Some time
ago, the Methodist Church in Kilsyth asked me to evaluate a circular window
from their old church.
The congregation
had decided that they needed to sell the too-large, too-drafty church building so
they could build a new one more suited to their purposes. They now wanted to make use of the glass they
had been able to preserve from the original building.
We went
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During the construction of
"Destruction", the Grenfell Tower fire occurred. This attempt
at housing and then improving the structure at lowest cost, led to a series of disastrous
decisions. In short, cost won over safety.
This is my inadequate response to
that disaster.
Tower (Urban Distopia 2) from above
"Tower" from the side
"Tower" from another side
Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Verrier55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-16902325874668280692017-10-25T07:00:00.000+01:002017-10-25T07:00:27.453+01:00Urban DistopiaPercolating away in my brain for some years has been a difficulty in finding a way of representing the destruction and violence at national levels. At each stage something prevented me from continuing with any of the ideas.
Now after a visit to a conference, where there was some discussion about both techniques and expression, a new vein of thought and its possible expression began. Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Verrier55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-26703244698188997322017-10-11T07:00:00.000+01:002017-10-11T07:00:02.618+01:00More Restorations
A delight for me at the moment is the start of a small restoration of some stair windows in a William Leiper designed house. These windows are fixed directly into the stone above a sloping roof. The owner took advantage of the erection of scaffolding to repair the roof to have me come to restore broken pieces of glass and to try to eliminate the amount of water coming into the house Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies, Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-27951448551320622052017-09-27T07:00:00.000+01:002017-09-27T07:00:03.212+01:00Float Glass Experiments
It is well-known in kiln forming circles that float glass is
inclined to devitrify with long, slow or repeated firings. I decided to try to take advantage of this
for a panel.
I shingled the strips of float and fired them at 835C for 10
minutes. I expected a striped result
with devitrified surfaces alternating with clear cut edges.
I didn’t get it, though.
Instead thereStephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-55892167321734843282017-09-13T07:00:00.000+01:002017-09-13T07:00:13.076+01:00Repairs in Clevedon
Even where regular maintenance is undertaken, there are
accidents. Doors seem to take the most
punishment. This house in the Clevedon
area of Glasgow was subject to damage.
Even though it is set back from the road and with a gate,
the glass got broken in a few places.
This is a large entry way with a grand hall behind it.
The door of course had a new break Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com1Stained Glass Supplies, Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-80465160808221337732017-08-30T07:00:00.000+01:002017-08-30T07:00:02.073+01:00Repair and Protection
An existing bathroom window needed some repair, as well as
consideration on how to keep the bathroom warmer. It is a large bathroom with the glass in a
steel frame.
The options seemed to be removal of the frame and installing
the reworked glass in a double-glazing unit or secondary glazing. The removal of the steel frame would require
a whole new frame to be installed. Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com2Stained Glass Supplies Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-78077134747620595692017-08-16T07:00:00.000+01:002017-08-16T07:00:16.678+01:00Loss of Painted Glass
I was called out to look at a broken door panel by a
landlord. The flat is in one of the currently less
wealthy parts of Glasgow. The request was for a repair or replacement.
The painted glass was broken from the lock across the whole
glass in several places. The options
were to make a copy or replace with plain glass. The landlord decided that it was too
expensive forStephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-31777187297847473432017-08-13T19:35:00.001+01:002017-08-13T19:35:20.449+01:00WorkmanshipIn trying to understand craft better, I have been reading a range of books and articles. In one of these, David Pye* talks about workmanship instead of craft or craftmanship.
Some elements from this book have a resonance for me, and I trust others:
"Designers have only been able to exist by exploiting what workmen have evolved or invented." p.17
"Material in the raw is nothing muchStephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-31366063630145593462017-08-02T07:00:00.000+01:002017-08-02T07:00:28.204+01:00Airdrie Mosque
I’ve been asked to assess a small chapel that has been
converted to a place of worship for the local Muslim community. It is based in a disused chapel that has been partially converted for immediate use.
Money is now being collected to do a complete renovation of
the building and it access to make it more suitable for the current
purposes. The building is listed by
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The community centre in Biggar has several windows in the
converted church’s upper hall. During a
storm, the upper portion of one of the windows was blown in.
Inspection showed that the storm had damaged the lower
portion too. It was decided to repair
and refurbish the whole window and do a few repairs required to the blue green
borders too. This work was conducted in
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A house from the 1920/30’s was being refurbished and
extended and needed its leaded glass at the front installed into new double
glazed units.
This was installed into wood in the traditional manner and
only needed refurbishment. There were
external storm doors to reduce heat loss.
However, other windows were installed in steel frames,
creating a lot of condensation to Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-77628028734057965462017-05-24T07:00:00.000+01:002017-05-24T07:00:00.358+01:00Domestic Cupola
I was asked to replace a discoloured and plain
cupola in a 1930’s bungalow.
It is lit from above both by a roof light and by internal
lighting in the loft space. This meant
that a design could be employed that would be visible both by day and night.
The brief was to bring something of the Arts Nouveau into
the design. The design could have been
the repetition of a Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-56829133887654521502017-05-17T19:29:00.000+01:002017-05-17T19:29:12.538+01:00Airdrie Town Centre
I have been remiss in letting people know what I have been
doing over the past many months. I will
now try to rectify that with more regular postings.
The town centre has a balustrade to separate the walkway
from parking below, and to keep people safe.
This has long incorporated a number of screen printed images
related to the activities in the town.
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Almost nine months ago while travelling through showers and sunny intervals, I came over the top of the hill from Berridale to see some of the bays surrounded by cliffs highlighted in the sun.
I have since been doing a few experiments to try to represent the view. Now I have produced the first two of the Headlands series that I am happy with.
HeadlandsI from the left
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This is done in a traditional style and is just before the flourishing of the arts nouveau in Scotland.Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies, Ltd55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-25171327888099214802016-04-04T08:00:00.000+01:002016-04-04T08:00:21.414+01:00Secondary GlazingI have had the opportunity to work on a stained glass window in a cottage located in Carstairs. The lintel over the door has the date 1762*. A lot has been done to the building since then, but it is good to see it standing.
My task was to repair four broken panes in the bathroom and establish secondary glazing on the outside. This is the only window that is not double glazed atStephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com1Stained Glass Supplies55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-54561280909723382042016-03-28T07:00:00.000+01:002016-03-28T07:00:16.748+01:00Bedroom PanelsThis commission was for a boy's bedroom in an old building which has been completely refurbished while keeping as much of the original as possible.
The brief was to provide a lighting feature that would form part of the partition between the bedroom and the bathroom. It needed to reflect sporting life, especially including tennis and football. Other than that, we were given freedom Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-84461315948483938592016-03-21T07:00:00.000+00:002016-03-21T07:00:18.749+00:00LaliqueRecently, I had the privilege to handle an original Lalique bowl.
This bowl had a chip in the rim. Removing the chip would return the value of the bowl to the original state price. There was a bit of pressure to get the chip ground and polished out without further damaging the item.
As you can see, I managed it to the owner's satisfaction.
The delight of this bowl is the use Stephen Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18043440528649354154noreply@blogger.com0Stained Glass Supplies55.8645396 -4.22637209999993555.8634256 -4.2288935999999353 55.8656536 -4.2238505999999347tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-910972248970313728.post-48736946627048988042016-03-14T17:23:00.000+00:002016-03-14T17:23:41.909+00:00Glass Bends for LightsAmong the interesting things that I get to do are custom bends for interior decoration.
This bend was custom in the sense that the glass needed to protrude from the apertures to form a rectangular protrusion that is most apparent when the light is off.
This is the finished and installed set of lights by the designer Martin MacGuire.
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