Monogramme Glass Sign . A decorative reverse glass sign with various techniques inluding brilliant cutting and acid etching. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘gilding’
Monogramme Glass Sign.
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011V&A Museum – Reverse Glass
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
This piece of reverse glass gilding will be exhibited in the Victoria and Albert Musem London. The show will run from September 2011 to January 2012 in the V&A’s Porter gallery. The V&A and Crafts Council will retain ownership of the piece after the show. (more…)
The Golden Age of Reverse Glass Signs and Signwriting
Monday, March 28th, 2011
A few images of times gone by of the older generation of craftsmen at work in there studios, brilliant cutting and glass embossing. (more…)
Dave Smith Victorian Reverse Glass Sign
Saturday, December 4th, 2010
Summer (Letterheads Magazine Cover 97)
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
This panel was designed for the 1997 front cover of Letterhead’s magazine, USA It is an acid-etched glass piece, 3ft x 30″s which employs acid etching, glazes of transparent paint and gilding, finger blending was also used, the rose is watergilded over an acid stipple and then cross hatched and finally painted behind with black japan.. (more…)
Letterheads Glass Signs
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
The glass signs in this section were projects for Letterhead gatherings that I have attended here in the UK. In 1995 I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Letterheads 20 Big Ones meet in Denver, Colorado USA, hosted by Mark and Rose Oatis. This gave me the chance to meet Noel Weber, a top glass artist and signmaker from Boise, Idaho. (more…)
P.H.Zang Brewing Co – Step by Step
Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
This Victorian reverse glass sign was made for a local pub in my town. It was designed from an original trade card that Rick Glawson bought from an advertising show in Los Angeles. (more…)
Gregg Heger Reverse Glass Sign
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
This oval glass Sign was made for a good friend named Gregg Heger in Boston, Mass, USA in 2010. (more…)
Gold Leaf Workshops – Photos
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
In my desire to pass on this knowledge to other craftsmen, I regularly hold reverse glass gilding workshops where sometimes on a one to one basis & sometimes in groups I teach the techniques of glass decoration that I have researched over the years. (more…)
