Today we discussed sourcing materials for our project, and how ambitious we would like to be.
We chose to design our panel based on window 64 of the Chartres Cathedral which depicts the story of Noah. The Cathedral, dedicated in 1260, is a beautiful example of the scale and richness of medieval stained glass. We have selected a small portion of that massive work, a Wheelwright, representing the Guild of Wheelwrights who funded the construction of window 64 in concert with the Coopers and Carpenters.
We are limiting ourselves to construction of the piece, considering glass making and lead came producing to be unnecessarily early steps for the purpose of our project.
We are planning to source material from local glass art studios, but are also scrounging material from an uncle. We have learned already that glass colours at the time were limited to a deep blue, green, saffron, red, purple, and neutral.
Personally I am hoping that we can find a kiln so that we can actually paint and fire a piece or two of glass to go into the larger whole. These painted pieces would most likely be the face and dress of the wheelwright. Unfortunately kiln time may be out of our reach, but here's hoping!
We are limiting ourselves to construction of the piece, considering glass making and lead came producing to be unnecessarily early steps for the purpose of our project.
We are planning to source material from local glass art studios, but are also scrounging material from an uncle. We have learned already that glass colours at the time were limited to a deep blue, green, saffron, red, purple, and neutral.
Personally I am hoping that we can find a kiln so that we can actually paint and fire a piece or two of glass to go into the larger whole. These painted pieces would most likely be the face and dress of the wheelwright. Unfortunately kiln time may be out of our reach, but here's hoping!
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