Re: Economic Stimulus Payment

 

HA!  <Terse Grim Laugh>

Well, I'm still not buying an HDTV.  I just might go buy a bunch of glass
(now that I've taken the class and remember how to do it) and make me a
Door Lite, so I can take down the cheesy ribbed plastic (put it up for
privacy) - use textured glass for privacy without blocking light:
http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/about-spectrum.asp  - they make
the glass in Washington State :)  .  And maybe make a small panel for a
friend.  

((My current Bird Window is turning out pretty well ;) so I'm psyched! ))

(((((If I so desperately wanted a better TV pic, I guess I'd first try
putting on my glasses to watch <L!>)))))

 

True - but Don *did* nail the part re: strengthening China's economy.

 

More US-made Glass:

http://www.kog.com/
http://www.youghioghenyglass.com/contactus.html
http://www.armstrongglass.com/

Relevance to architecture = WINDOWS!  <LOL!>

 

Well, it's certainly something that a hell of a lot of architects and
architectural designers (and lots of other folks ;) ) have considered
part and parcel of building design.  Even the simplest use of colored
glass can, if used right, just add so much to the expereince of a space.
 It's almost downright mystical ;)    

I won't finish my bird panel until TUesday, but then I'll try to take a
decent photo and post it somewhere.  I'm still toying with the design
for the Door Lite.

And then there are the techniques like sandblasting, etching, enamel on
glass, fusing, painting/printing/airbrushing on it using pigments that
fuse into the glass upon heating, and so on!  The possibilities truely
are immense.

ANd, with the copper foil method, invented by - who else? - Tiffany, you
can even build sculptrues with it.  Or glass houses <G!>  

And there is molding, of all sorts.

And then there also is glassblowing - tho' it's getting increasingly
expensive, as IIRC the ovens must be kept up to temperature at all times
(because it's even costlier to shut them down and heat them back up).
But seeing glassblowers at work is like watching them do a strange pas
de deux with some sort of Volcano god, manipualting fire and freezing it
so to speak.

You *know* I'll help find you info on glass, if you can't <LOL!>

 


19 years ago we visited Chartes Cathedral, and were awed by the stained
glass. The cobalt blue colors of the west window ware unbelievable, when the
afternoon sun came through, an intense blue color layer appeared to float
just above the floor by some optical illusion. Absolutely spellbinding! Also
some great glass in the Ste Chappele in Paris. The walls are apparently
almost all stained glass with very thin stone columns. There is also a
church here in Boston with Tiffony windows that is quite beautiful. He used
layering of glass to give three dimentional depth to the scenes.
EDS