tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766364830297485912.post7794954033699659852..comments2024-03-28T05:24:18.072-07:00Comments on Gallery Glass Class: Eggs, Eggs and More Gallery Glass Eggs!Carol Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04910519989672557357noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766364830297485912.post-87517284779499147492012-02-17T05:52:39.406-08:002012-02-17T05:52:39.406-08:00The Berry Red is a contrast to the Spring Rose and...The Berry Red is a contrast to the Spring Rose and gives the handle and the basket dimension when it is combed directionally. It's easy to see the directional combing in the striation of the segments. Spring Rose is discontinued, but you can use Hot Pink. It is a darker pink but coordinates with Berry Red. Have fun with this one. It is my favorite basket.Carol Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910519989672557357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766364830297485912.post-4418956272378336252012-02-17T05:43:28.005-08:002012-02-17T05:43:28.005-08:00I absolutely LOVE the Easter Basket. I am so glad ...I absolutely LOVE the Easter Basket. I am so glad that you gave the pattern with the colors as I was sitting here wondering what colors you used to get that wonderful handle. BUT I am having trouble seeing the #23, Berry Red, in this combination. Have the color numbers changed? I think I need to go find a blank and get started on this one.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945454766656435792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766364830297485912.post-60837806153080343782011-03-28T03:09:51.423-07:002011-03-28T03:09:51.423-07:00Great Glass was wonderful--especially the Crystall...Great Glass was wonderful--especially the Crystalline which looked like frost on the window when it dried. But alas, it was a solvent based product and contained significant amounts of tolulene. When we built our new paint plant, we went to waterbased products only, so bye bye GG. It was "flowed on" with an eyedropper which made blending and shading much easier and the effect was more subtle. But we have to give way to healthy crafting and protection of the environent, so we have adapted the technique to the safer waterbase medium. <br />I LOVE Dover Books. I have about 500--stained glass pattern books, coloring books, clip art and stenciling books. They are a wonderful resource and many are listed in the Archive series which allows you, as a craftsman, to use designs from the books--copyright free. You can't lose with Dover books. Many of the designs that I adapt for GGC, started out in a Dover book. My favorite Dover stained glass artist is Ed Sibbett, Jr. I recommend that you buy as many as you can comfortably afford. An artist is only as good as his resource file!Carol Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04910519989672557357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-766364830297485912.post-90348895398304757732011-03-27T23:44:09.636-07:002011-03-27T23:44:09.636-07:00Miss Carol I have a question I have always wanted ...Miss Carol I have a question I have always wanted to ask you but always forget to....when I first got interested in faux stained glass was when "Great Glass" was replaced by "Gallery Glass"..I never got to use "Great Glass" but I do have several of the "Great Glass" books and a few of the Plaid Video Classroom vhs tapes which has the "Great Glass"..my question is what caused the change from "Great Glass" to "Gallery Glass"? From what I could see on my vhs tapes the "Great Glass" looked much more fluid and flowing than "Gallery Glass"...and in some ways I liked the look of the "Great Glass" better than the "Gallery Glass" oh and do you get alot of your pattern ideas from "Dover Publication books? I am on their website quite a bit looking at pattern books...Bradfordnoreply@blogger.com