A while back, I received a call from a person who needed some guidance on color selection for a window she was making using one of my designs. The designs in the pattern book are all in black and white. It had been many years since I created the pattern, so I, also, wasn’t sure where the color breaks should be, particularly where the hair in this portrait of a Victorian woman would be. So I made two copies on a copy machine of the design, just in the same size as the book’s page. I used colored felt pens to quickly color in the areas that I was sure of. Then I colored the parts that could be hair one way on one page and another way on the other copy. Both looked good and so it could go either way. You can do the same thing, yourself, if in doubt about colors. You don’t need to be neat or color perfectly. A very quick rendering of your color choices should be enough. In the above case, it took less than 15 minutes to color both pages and get the color information requested.
Stained Glass patterns – Selecting Colors
Posted in Uncategorized on 10/26/2009 08:15 pm by carolynrDichroic Musings
Posted in Uncategorized on 09/07/2009 01:21 am by carolynrDichroic Glass is so beautiful that working on it is a form of meditation and prayer. The stunning colors and the chance designs set the mind to stillness. I’m pulled into the workroom daily. When I feel a little stressed or off-center, an hour or two spent with the glass brings me into clearmindedness. Actually this same effect of being with glass held true before I ever knew about dichroic glass. The stained glass pulled me in the same way and I would go into my studio very early in the morning to feel the cool smoothness of the glass and to cut and form it into beautiful windows or lamps and admire its colors with the streaming light through it. The brilliant yellows of Desag opalescent were, perhaps, my favorite of all.
Hello world!
Posted in Uncategorized on 08/25/2009 05:00 pm by carolynrWelcome to my blog about art and glass and all things beautiful or creative in my world. Lately I have been furiously producing dichroic cabochons. A failed batch last month set the stage for some sould searching. Was it the kiln, the digital controller, the glass or operator error? It was the glass! A new batch, fired under the same conditions produced the colorful little gems that I am so delighted to work on. Dichroic glass is addictive when it comes out just right. I mean, that when I have a successful firing, I get excited to make more and more.