wow, Dave! I really like the look of your latest attempt. If you can incorporate a stylized cross or something like that into the design I think you'd really have broken the code on this.

What are you using to simulate the lead lines? It's a bit out of scale, but I think it is more than balanced aesthetically by the three dimensional effect you've achieved. Can't wait to see the end result--I hope you're going to wire your church with lighting!

Is it the same seedy glass you had showed pictures of before? Maybe because the clarity is better in this picture, but the texture in this photo looks much more in-scale. Beautiful!

Mark

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Those windows have turned into quite an odessey haven't they? Too bad the hope and faith didn't turn out as I really liked those two.
But the latest one really has the look of leaded glass.
Nice work,
J

As one of your more quiet viewers I've got to ask when you arbitrary completion date is? Just wondering if I should be loiking for this beautiful beast of a diorama at AMPS this year. Amazing stuff.

-Conor

Hi Dave - it looks like all of your R&D is paying off - looking good! The quarter round looks like a nice solution - I like your back story - seems reasonable (I get the practical constraints too) I don't know enough of the region's history (essentially nothing) to comment on the design - looks good, but maybe a bit too contemporary? Post war? Normative assertion by me...that is, only a gut call tho - my guess regarding vintage aside, it looks very good!

Looking forward to seeing them installed!


Cheers
Nick

Dave,
Good question. The glass is cut by scoring it with a diamond cutter and then breaking it by "bending" the glass. If things go well (which they often don't!) the break will follow the score, even with moderate curvature. But once the curves get too tight the break just won't turn the corner, and it ends up going in directions you didn't intend. With modern tools like diamond saws and diamond grinders we have a lot more flexibility with the shapes we can achieve, but you still will not see interior corners much because they are hard to cut and foil.

Could go into more detail, but don't think you'd be particularly interested. Bottom line: Curves good, inside corners bad.

Oh, and don't forget--every line has to end at another line. Otherwise, it would be like cutting halfway through a piece of glass and then adding lead--couldn't be done. Looks like you've got this covered with the current design.

Mark

Dave,
Looks really great! To my eye that one panel in the center left still looks a bit large, but I'm not expert enough on the history of architectural stained glass to say with any level of certainty it's not realistic.

I'm guessing your consulting expert is your brother, Chris, am i right? Who could blame you for taking his advise over some wacko nutjob you only just met on the internet

Really looks awesome!

Mark