Tuesday, October 28, 2008


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Original PresSTICK stays stuck on edges--won't roll up or scoot.
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It's easy to use! Just transfer your pattern using a #2 pencil to draw on your light table or go high tech and transfer your pattern from your computer. Pattern size doesn't matter. Software patterns are usually broken down in 8-1/2"x11" pieces--just keep feeding in the 8-1/2"x11" PresSTICK. Once transfer is done put the pieces together and tape the seams together on the front. Smooth out the uneven lines and begin cutting your design out using regular lead or foil pattern shears. If your shears get sticky just clean them off with Goo Gone.

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Monday, September 1, 2008

Putting The Pieces Together


On the cover of a maaag-a-zine! Sure, it happens to rock stars, olympians and movie stars. Oh, and movie stars and their babies!!
It doesn't often happen to us salt-of-the-earth stained glass artists. Well, I was fortunate enough to have it happen--but not by me searching it out. I learned there are always things going on behind the curtain that we're not aware of and made privy to.


This was the case for me after building 33 windows for a newly constructed Arts & Crafts style cottage on Lake Michigan. An unbelievable opportunity may avail itself to us only after we have done our due diligence and are ready to receive it. I'll go over the steps that led to the cottage (and my windows) being published in Old-House Interiors magazine. The story of the cottage construction was not just any story, but the cover story for that month's issue of the magazine.


The single most excellent event that has happened to me as a stained glass artist. It all started when I was approached by "Charlie". He wanted me to do a stained glass window for him but he wanted me to build a prototype using his specifications. Another local artist had done a prototype window for him and it was not what he had asked for. I really learned the importance of giving the client exactly what they want. Which means you may have to search and search to find the correct materials for the project. When the client asks you for diamond lites don't give them squares turned on point. That means that each lite will be longer than it is wide and look like a diamond. Capiche? (Understand?) My Dad used that word all the time when I did work for him.

Okay, anyway, "Charlie" also wanted me to use 3/4" wide lead came. As you know, that is not a commonly used lead came width, but as you also now know, give the client what they want. Rebar was also to be used in each window as each was approximately 26" wide and 60" long. Each pane was to be clear double strength glass. Each stained glass window was to be overlayed onto the thermal pane Pella windows installed in the cottage. Pella even made and attached the molding strips needed to hold my windows in place. That was HUGE as it saved me the work of trimming out each window with molding strips, once I began installing the stained glass. But the factory installed strips still had to be notched out so the rebar would fit and the molding strips would sit flush against each stained glass window.


As you create diamond lite windows, each has to be constructed to such exacting measurements. Necessary, so when you are looking at them from a distance every, I mean every, line is straight. And I'm talking about as many as 50-75 lines matching up with the one next to it. Straight up and down lead line would be tough enough, but each lead line for a diamond lite is built on a diagonal. So, in next month's newsletter I'll tell you about the step by step construction process.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Putting The Pieces Together Newsletter August 2008

Hey Glass Artists--how are you all doing?

Thank you very much for your purchases in the past. Take a look at our new inventory and see if you can find something you need at a great price. We offer free and combined shipping and try to stay competitive with our prices because as gas and milk and bread keep going up that leaves less and less for your creative stained glass artwork.

We're all on the precipice of the stained glass movement. Do you feel it? All kinds of things pulling at our creativity. You may be struggling for some type of clarity. This newsletter is called Putting The Pieces Together. We're going to talk about the clarity that comes to the stained glass artist when they have a great studio name to go by. What is in a name? Be it your studio name or your eBay user id. I imagine your parents put some serious thought into your name. But some of you may still be working with the moniker "I'm a stained glass artist". That's great that you now look at yourself that way, as a artist. But how great is it to have a studio name for yourself?--whether you started your work in the garage, the kitchen, or the converted bedroom.

My stained glass work started in the basement. Of course, I minimized it as the basement studio or my glass studio in the basement. But once you start working with students inevitably they want to know how you got where you are. Wanting to be an inspiration for their future growth instead of saying--yeah, I toiled in the basement, I used it as the basis for my studio name. My goal was to have a storefront to work from. But before my mind could go there I had to have a name to put on the sign in front of my stained glass studio.

So it went like basement studio, studio in the basement, studio basement??? There was Cutting Edge, Jagged Edge, PTPT, Burt's Studio. But I wanted the name to represent my beginnings and the growth I'd accomplished but not be narcissistic. So if you've got a great family history (3 Generations Stained Glass), a town name that you've always liked (Broken Arrow Stained Glass) or something that goes to your core. Something that's as easy to talk about as it is for you to take a breath of air. Then you have found some clarity about who you are as an artist and what your studio name represents. Having this will allow you to remain on your stained glass precipice and continue putting the pieces together.

Thanks again for your past patronage and I wish you all well in the abundance of stained glass endeavors which are surely coming your way.


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Monday, June 16, 2008

PTPT Newsletter June 2008

http://myworld.ebay.com/studiobglass/ Thank you very much for your purchases in the past. Great news! We have new items in our Store! Take a look at our new inventory and see if you can find some great deals. We combine shipping and we try to stay competitive with our prices because as gas and milk and bread keep going up that leaves less and less for your creative hobby.
This newsletter is called Putting the Pieces Together. What I will talk about, or write about, or email about is what has worked for me in the studio. Little shortcuts or ramblings about what makes my life easier while I'm Putting the Pieces Together. One I like to use with my students begins in the next paragraph.
In the morning, do you pick the colors of the clothes you wear? And they are color coordinated, right? Then you know color. And you can explain that to others? You have my permission to use these same analogies with your students and clients. Have you ever seen ice form on a window in the winter? How did that look? Would gluechip glass work if you were trying to replicate that look? As stained glass artists, or artists, in general we see things differently than others. And when we explain it in a practical manner people almost always say--what do they say? You know. After they ooh or ahh, they say "I never thought of it that way". Don't minimize your abilities! You have a keen sense of observation.
If you have been to my site you have seen the lighthouse rendered in stained glass. Click on studiobglass the next time you visit and there it is. This was designed from a photograph (before digital was prevalent) the client handed to me. It is the White Shoal Lighthouse in St. Ignace, Michigan. Right across the Mackinac Bridge between upper and lower Michigan. Google White Shoal Light if you'd like more details.
Anyway, I started that project by making a black and white copy of the photograph. Black and white because it is easier to trace. I like to make an 8-1/2 by 11 copy first and then make a nice tracing (cartoon) of it. At that size there is not alot of paper to move around the drawing table. Once you have an accurate tracing, make a nice clean copy. Because there are erased lines and thick and thin lines, I make another copy to make a final tracing. Once complete, make a copy of your final tracing and head to the local copy shop (or coffee shop and rest your eyes) and enlarge your design to the client's specifications.
This is a good time to talk about 'sacrifice lines'. These are lines that are needed to make glass cuts realistic while sacrificing some detail from the stained glass piece you are creating. Like, how do you work one lone fluffy cloud into a azure blue sky? A few ways, actually, but if you want it out by itself in the sky you'll need a sacrifice line to work it in. Or you'll have to cut the middle out of the piece of glass you're going to use for the azure blue sky. This can be done but is not very practical because it will surely break during the process. This will make a good stopping point until next time. Please stay tuned. Thanks again and I hope to see you soon.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Tuesday, April 15, 2008












My first blog ever! One more big step in bridging my digital divide. Hello everyone who do this like it is their second nature. Mostly those of you a few generations younger than me. My nieces for example. I plan to write about my past and current adventures in stained glass but with this ADD thing my mind may drift onto anything that pertains to putting the pieces together.


But right now I'm having an ADD moment. There was an AVP Volleyball Tournament in Miami on South Beach and it was the most unbelievable thing to watch. There were players who will be part of the Beach Volleyball Olympic Team this year. The Olympics, I found out, start 08/08/08. That is freaky, oh-eight oh-eight oh-eight. Anyway, there was some kind of power displayed by both the men and the women. Basic premise of the game is: hit the ball in the sand, in a place where the other team can't get to it, to do the same to you. The harder the hit the better chance you have. Then if you can hit it hard and put in an open spot in the sand, all the better, the faster you will get points.


I've put in pictures of the men's and women's winners. The women are Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh. Both are past Olympic champions. The men's champs were Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser. Todd and Phil are with the children. Kerri is pictured with some hot guy she pulled from the crowd. I really like her--she was very friendly and approachable. She reminded me of my sister who was always that way. Misty May is pictured in action with her partner.

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I really couldn't say it any better! Underneath their cool, calm and collected exterior, Taureans differ greatly from all the other signs of the zodiac. Taureans manage to discreetly stay apart from the crowd, even though they have a well-earned reputation for being socialisers. They will let others get close, but only so close as they want them. Some claim that trying to get your point across to a Taurean, should they not want to hear you, is rather similar to talking to the trees – they simply won't budge. And, there is no such thing as an open-book Taurean. Their feelings, fears and desires often run far deeper than anyone around them would guess. Like the butterfly that chooses to remain hidden in its cocoon until it is ready and prepared to emerge, so the true Taurean spirit remains hidden behind a veneer of day-to-day activities. That's why Taureans are sometimes regarded as snobby, withdrawn, boring, or even sulky.