Stained glass window collage plus#
Stained glass window collage windows#

Dark cyanotypes were often placed directly next to white maps in a method I usually don’t employ in my collages. Getting a glow from paper takes some planning as well. You can see from the multiple layers of colored pencil that I changed my mind several times when planning Cosmos.

And mistakes mean you sacrifice your favorite monotypes, cyanotypes or maps. What looks good at 24 x 18 inches might look uninteresting at 36 x 24 inches. Planning for such a large work is different from smaller collages. Large-scale work needs careful planning I used a tonal study and a full-sized cartoon to plan for Cosmos. The pattern is a global projection that is usually viewed horizontally, but I decided to place it vertically, as with most stained-glass windows.

Stained glass window collage plus#

I limited myself to three tones of blue, plus some white and a hint of orange. I took away half of the lines, allowing large pieces of my collage elements to be viewed. To create Cosmos, I modified a huge 36 x 24 inch monoprint plate I had used for other collages. This collage was inspired by stained-glass. Monoprint collage with cyanotypes and vintage maps, 36 x 24 in, $900 ($1,300 framed) Tonight I’m starting another one for some of the glass found at the One Twenty Main house.What if you have artwork with the brightness of stained-glass on an interior wall? And what if it could be made with lightweight paper instead of heavy glass? My monoprint collage Cosmos has the look of a modern stained-glass window, with blues and oranges that make me think of Marc Chagall. I think it does need a small plaque or something saying “glass excavated at the 61 Park Farmhouse” just so our guests will know that it all came from the property. I might use a chain to hang it in front of a window: I am really pleased at the outcome! I can’t wait to find a place for it at the Sixty One Park Farmhouse. I just placed a small bead of glue on each contact point of each piece of glass. I only used about 1/2 a tube for the entire window. One option was to pour a resin onto the window to adhere all of the glass but I didn’t want to lose the clarity of the glass or any of the embossed labels so I decided to glue each piece individually using e6000 industrial glue: Just make sure to wear safety glasses! Adhering Glass to the Window: You can also put entire bottles underneath a towel and break them apart. I just put a towel down on the ground and carefully used a hammer to chip pieces away. There were a few pieces of glass that were too large or had pieces on them that stuck out too far.

Stained glass window collage windows#

Next I laid out enough glass to cover one of the windows in an interesting collage layout: I took some old windows and cleaned up the glass and applied a fresh coat of paint: There were only one or two pieces that I could not get clean! As I started to lay out the glass I thought these pieces would make a beautiful stained glass window so I decided to try to piece together a simple version of my own.

The next resort was to carefully scrub with a pumice stone.

After soaking most were bright and clear after a good rinse:Īny really stubborn stains I removed with a paste of Bon Amiand a sturdy toothbrush. Once the outer layer of mud was removed I made a mixture of Borax, Windex concentrate and water and let the pieces soak for a few days. To clean the pieces I soaked them in a bucket of water overnight to remove any caked mud. Most of the glass I collected had been underground for so long that it was covered in dirt and mineral deposits. Many of the pieces have beautiful embossed history on them, like this piece of a soda bottle that reads “Hickory, NC”:Į6000 Adhesive Collecting and Cleaning Old Glass: The variety of glass is really amazing and the colors are beautiful: I did the same thing for the Sixty One Park Farmhouse. Every time it rains something else is uncovered and I have so far collected every piece to see if I can piece anything back together. I’ve found perfume bottles, milk glass cold cream bottles, old whisky bottles….many intact but also just endless amounts of broken glass. Since we started excavating at our One Twenty Main property I’ve been collecting the most amazing glassware and glass fragments.