Repairing A Broken Stained Glass Panel 

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Glass Artists Newsletter - September 2011 More Newsletters You can read our current newsletter here on-line each month, free of charge. We hope you will take the opportunity to let your stained glass artist friends know about the newsletter and if you have students, encourage them to read it. If you'd like a reminder when a new issue is published simply send us your e-mail address. In the meantime, we welcome your input and support. Let us know if you have tips and techniques or product information you'd like to share. We've met with several people about jobs that we'll start on next month. It's been fun doing all the designs. I'm surprised that time just slips on by so quickly. We gauge our lives from Christmas to Christmas. So, we're thinking about ornaments and planning to build some fun things. We got to spend a weekend at Sundance with friends. We ushered for The Three Musketeers at The Covey.   We recently repaired a window for an artist friend who had some unique ideas about how it should be done. She wanted to be able to remember the damage, while having it fixed.    Repairing A Stained Glass Panel For An Artist   We got the damaged window and had to be careful because much of it was falling apart. Here, I have it on a workbench ready to remove a broken piece of glass. I de-solder the piece being careful not to damage the surrounding copper foil. Then I trace the space so I can cut out a replacement the exact size. I then cut out the pattern, transfer the design and cut the glass. The foiled piece fits right into place. Note the difference. The Artist/Owner wanted us to replace the glass with clear so she could "honor" the broken history of the panel. Here you can see the replaced piece with wide outer bar along the edge of the panel. There are still several pieces to replace. Here most of the pieces have been replaced and outer bar surrounds the panel. But it still felt weak so we added reinforcing to the panel. Copper re-strip was used and attached to the top of the existing solder joints. In this shot, you can see all the reinforcement necessary to strengthen the panel. We talk about the different choices we made as the repairs were made to the window. The colors are vibrant and the window is much stronger. It ought to last a long time! ARTICLES   VIDEOS  LINKS   Email:  david@gommstudios.com

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