tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38995118709795670672024-03-12T16:07:24.154-07:00Vitreosity PlusTom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-63397783371319051632024-01-01T03:58:00.000-08:002024-01-01T03:59:15.735-08:00Janus in 2024<p>Looking forward and looking back tp 2010. With luck, in 2024, I'll be doing some looking back and looking forward on this blog in the coming months.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM26Tvmf7c_xQSowObugIt4UuF5qFoD8jtodEmG-w53AnUCacQYrLrlXcS27t8wIJz-7X9kRyCEZ1CGLTvPqp2y_2H_Ou8GYRa96dWRpeqwd2eu6Po60SHN3ST1wYPtyJsfCCU8i9KwY6Wy8lL0A-7zNYFohejmfIfwbHJE5gLHD2b5ebNvVdegXZyhwr/s566/janus27x37web-2004-419.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="419" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicM26Tvmf7c_xQSowObugIt4UuF5qFoD8jtodEmG-w53AnUCacQYrLrlXcS27t8wIJz-7X9kRyCEZ1CGLTvPqp2y_2H_Ou8GYRa96dWRpeqwd2eu6Po60SHN3ST1wYPtyJsfCCU8i9KwY6Wy8lL0A-7zNYFohejmfIfwbHJE5gLHD2b5ebNvVdegXZyhwr/w474-h640/janus27x37web-2004-419.jpg" width="474" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.krepcio.com/vitreosity/archives/001924.html" target="_blank">Janus Day</a>, January 1, 2010</td></tr></tbody></table>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-24496220140485956802023-12-13T18:14:00.000-08:002024-02-23T20:24:03.035-08:00Jamestown Lead Came Video<p>A rare video on the subject of lead came, from an unusual place - 18th century Jamestown in Virginia, USA. Finding stamped text in the milling marks of lead came is fairly rare, and is limited to England from 16th to 19th century (Linda?). I'd never heard of this elsewhere in America. I've certainly never come across a lead with these kind of milling marks, as all of the panels I've worked on are from the 19th to 21st centuries.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/5IVpIaf95Pk?si=Orfl2IbbDIYtbIEF" target="_blank">What Secret Can Window Lead Reveal? – Dig Deeper, Episode 38</a><br />JamestownRediscovery, 2021 - 11:41</p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="405" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5IVpIaf95Pk?si=Orfl2IbbDIYtbIEF" title="YouTube video player" width="720"></iframe></p><p>Here are a few other links -</p><p><a href="https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/window-lead/">Window Lead: from Jamestown Discovery</a></p><div>LEAD MILLING MARKS FROM A SIXTEENTH CENTURY STAINED GLASS WINDOW</div><div>ICON-CC Publications</div><div>by Linda Cannon</div><div>download PDF - <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bnCu085UOi3ijM3mKhkUUO3B5TA5zO6T/view?usp=share_link" target="_blank">ICOM-CC_1987_Sydney_154.pdf</a></div><div><br /></div>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-73575362816161476392023-04-07T14:26:00.003-07:002023-04-08T13:34:00.045-07:00New Yorker Easter Week Issue 1952<p>Cover by Abe Birnbaum (1899-1966)<br />The New Yorker - April 12, 1952 <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf3_JuCNlqnP4zG0viD7TnKiyxgVHldhSKcf17VOXuytQuCh7VNIR46eRdkJabhU7qsb3M5P9Z2BC8aT08hA2dpHfHMzrlo4SpTbcaNeiWai_TLF27VHplqdfxYgUfPyevKeX0kj3Y7tz1VRbz8eCfe9LUSal7hQEsNdT1Jw9fL9gyUQxzjD48c3m8w/s900/bunny-SG-newyorker-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNf3_JuCNlqnP4zG0viD7TnKiyxgVHldhSKcf17VOXuytQuCh7VNIR46eRdkJabhU7qsb3M5P9Z2BC8aT08hA2dpHfHMzrlo4SpTbcaNeiWai_TLF27VHplqdfxYgUfPyevKeX0kj3Y7tz1VRbz8eCfe9LUSal7hQEsNdT1Jw9fL9gyUQxzjD48c3m8w/w474-h640/bunny-SG-newyorker-cover.jpg" width="474" /></a></div><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1952/04/12" target="_blank">The New Yorker website's page on the issue.</a><br />Links to specific items need a subscription.<br /><p></p><p>The only info on the web about Birnbaum is the New York Times obituary on Abe Birnbaum.<br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1966/06/20/archives/abe-birnbaum-67-illustrator-dies-drew-nearly-200-covers-for-the-new.html" target="_blank">ABE BIRNBAUM, 67, ILLUSTRATOR, DIES; Drew Nearly 200 Covers for The New Yorker</a><br />Again, needs subscription to see article.<br /><br />The only info not behind a paywall I could find about him is this quote -<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“Nothing is ugly. Everything is what it is.”</span></i></b><br /></p><p>I wonder whether this cover would be controversial if published today?<br />Maybe, but probably not as controversial as the cover by Art Spiegelman -<br /><a href="https://www.thejumpingfrog.com/product/2177108/New-Yorker-cover-Spiegelman-IRS-crucifies-Easter-bunny-417-1995- " target="_blank">New Yorker cover Spiegelman IRS crucifies Easter bunny 4/17 1995</a><br /><br /></p>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-62283756673265889672023-03-30T11:50:00.004-07:002023-03-30T18:51:13.849-07:00Typewriter Art<p>Anyone who knows me and my art knows that I'm a sucker for this kind of thing. I like the Plein Air stuff especially.<br /></p><p><a href="https://jamescookartwork.com/">James Cook, Typewriter Artist</a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/_bqi2qY918M">Making a Masterpiece... with a Vintage Typewriter</a><br />Great Big Story<br />March 2023</p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="394" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_bqi2qY918M" title="YouTube video player" width="700"></iframe>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-32327106639536660462023-03-25T12:02:00.007-07:002023-03-25T14:22:03.858-07:00Guardian Article on a Stained Glass Artist<p>Nice photo essay on stained glass artist Nathalie Hildegarde Liege from Shropshire, England. I like when the show the whole studio, including tools and materials. Doesn't show much of her work though. She does not appear to have a website, but she does have an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/couleurlive_stainedglass/?hl=en">Instagram</a> account.<br /><br /><a href=" https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/mar/24/shining-a-light-on-a-stained-glass-artist-in-pictures">Shining a light on a stained glass artist – in pictures</a><br />The Guardian<br />Christopher Thomond<br />March 24, 2023<br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZQbkEf7-uFRz4dff9xBsQLSN9SRr1mwwVmDRtOxURcvtvI0l-Ie_F83kPq_FQezCc8TXHXl6V2dymVQEdVS4wdcl1S-WVbLkWc5-n_oweUHymlacwiCQXkLv8EQse7NHrPNzNhOVbOSoNx78-5VrGv6Jm9UIWNfP6RIivFF54obnwhOlgJRVZXkzww/s1662/guardian-sg-photo-1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="1662" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZQbkEf7-uFRz4dff9xBsQLSN9SRr1mwwVmDRtOxURcvtvI0l-Ie_F83kPq_FQezCc8TXHXl6V2dymVQEdVS4wdcl1S-WVbLkWc5-n_oweUHymlacwiCQXkLv8EQse7NHrPNzNhOVbOSoNx78-5VrGv6Jm9UIWNfP6RIivFF54obnwhOlgJRVZXkzww/w640-h480/guardian-sg-photo-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>text for this image - <br /><blockquote>When people entered these churches they couldn’t read and so visitors were told a story in glass like a cartoon tells it, with sections in windows. From window to window you follow the story and to me it felt like a contemporary story as I love reading stories told to children using illustrations. I now approach my stained glass as storytelling too. Sainte-Chapelle has a very spiritual side to it as well as a very special site where you play with light to find peace and think of the beauty of life and how we are all part of it as one.</blockquote><p></p>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-68700814174670699542023-03-20T10:25:00.086-07:002023-04-06T14:30:41.476-07:00NYC Logo goes Sans Serif<p>Creative3 Bloq, By Daniel Piper, March 20, 2023 <br /><a href="https://www.creativebloq.com/news/we-heart-ny-logo">Is the new "We ❤️ NY" logo really that bad?</a> </p><p>Main differences - the typeface is changed from the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_New_York">Milton Glaser deigned logo </a>with serif font to a corporate looking sans serif font. The heart in the new logo has a slight shading, with some saying it more closely resembles the heart emoji. The new one looks out of balance to my eye, with the large hesrt way over on the side. Some have complained it looks like it's saying "We NYC love" I can see their point. My only issue with the old logo is not that the font is serif (I like serifs, as you'll find out), but that the serif's style is so long and rounded it screams out 70's to me. The 1974 typeface <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Typewriter">American Typewriter</a> to be exact.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9PXSj8o0nXI-D96RrVqjQ5k_K_QPfGmecpJFt8p8DZADh650OSGk0oBlLCQFJe_SoB0YkyHQvreOYlZ1G8_oORXuSWAfuwZlimzzIuyZYl39Q2XIGM1eG02kA2y_rQ2jHrSI7A6mVIv8vKNUbhzsMkLq5z8fDHtVtNAxMt6hq08974-o9uO_d-I2KA/s1074/I-LOVE-NYC-LOGO-sidebyside.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="1074" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk9PXSj8o0nXI-D96RrVqjQ5k_K_QPfGmecpJFt8p8DZADh650OSGk0oBlLCQFJe_SoB0YkyHQvreOYlZ1G8_oORXuSWAfuwZlimzzIuyZYl39Q2XIGM1eG02kA2y_rQ2jHrSI7A6mVIv8vKNUbhzsMkLq5z8fDHtVtNAxMt6hq08974-o9uO_d-I2KA/w640-h236/I-LOVE-NYC-LOGO-sidebyside.jpg" width="640" /></a><p><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/we-heart-nyc-reaction-new-york"> The new 'We ❤️ NYC' campaign has sent the internet into a frenzy</a><br />Gothamist, by Elizabeth Kim, Mar 20, 2023<br /><br /><a href="https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/people-hate-new-we-love-nyc-logo">New Yorkers On New 'We Love NYC' Logo: We Hate It</a><br />Matt Troutman, Patch staff<br />Posted Mon, Mar 20, 2023</p><p>The funniest and most New York take <a href="https://muddyum.net/hey-new-logo-go-f-%EF%B8%8Fck-yourself-55152e96709c">here</a>.<br /><br />In my view, this is part of a bigger trend, where all graphic design, print and digital, is going toward sans serif typefaces. Especially in digital, ALL digital is now or will soon be all sans serif. Why?</p><p>The state department just mandated all official documents to change from using Times New Roman to Calibri. Serif to Sans Serif.. The reason given is readability, especially for dyslexic readers. I'm not so sure.<br /></p><p>I think the general trend is more simple, and it troubles me a bit. It seems to me that people are just associating serif with 'old fashioned' and sans serif with 'modern'. I don't dislike sans serif typefaces, though I do hate Helvetica, which is what the new logo has. I just don't want everything to be sans serif. I don't find it easier to read. I would like very much like to preserve the variety and the diversity of typeface styles.</p><p>I like Times New Roman, though to many graphic designers it looks old fashioned. I admit also I am a bit prejudiced from working in a printing company and seeing how sans serif typefaces, especially Helvetica, are far more troublesome in processing. Times New Roman is just more reliable iin terms of printing. <br /></p><p></p><p>PRO SANS SERIF ARTICLES/VIDEOS</p><p>article<br /><a href="https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/the-rise-of-the-sans-serif--cms-33548">The Rise of the Sans Serif</a><br />Laura Keung<br />Last updated Dec 2, 2020<br />Basically arguing "Why Sans Serif is so Great!"<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/dYrzYnx4Dr4">The Rise of the Sans Serif</a><br />Envato Tuts 2021<br />Embed<br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dYrzYnx4Dr4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />MORE SKEPTICAL ABOUT SANS SERIF<br /></p><p>article<br /><a href="https://medium.com/@foivosdousos/logo-wars-the-sans-serif-epidemic-and-the-paradox-of-modern-luxury-db41ab1c1b9c">Logo Wars: the Sans Serif Epidemic and the Paradox of Modern Luxury</a><br />written by Shze Hui Tjoa and Foivos Dousos. March 2019<br />Medium.com</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbiBjDmUboN6CKXWf1VlIiEBMMY-sUTctKuTVtaU_y8nDpqvnbUgC6STA27uI93mMhlEl5Byu2WM100ngqdhTpKpCRP8oB0JEVjNQOBKi34lDYfVvRKAfXPwYdMhKjYz6A0qnviTi_pxBSUqGgodx_fFn6untl1xgxDbeFMMUZ4blVS8FHQrSJGHyww/s598/serif-to-sans-examples.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbiBjDmUboN6CKXWf1VlIiEBMMY-sUTctKuTVtaU_y8nDpqvnbUgC6STA27uI93mMhlEl5Byu2WM100ngqdhTpKpCRP8oB0JEVjNQOBKi34lDYfVvRKAfXPwYdMhKjYz6A0qnviTi_pxBSUqGgodx_fFn6untl1xgxDbeFMMUZ4blVS8FHQrSJGHyww/w592-h640/serif-to-sans-examples.jpg" width="592" /></a></div><br />Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-25856532250681773472023-02-18T11:40:00.003-08:002023-02-18T11:53:56.432-08:00Landmark the Kogen-Miller and Glasner Studios!<p>Via <a href="https://www.edgarmiller.org">Edgar Miller Legacy</a> -<br />A call to landmark the Kogen-Miller and Glasner Studios in Chicago. <br /></p><blockquote>Recently, the Kogen-Miller and Glasner Studios building was featured in a cover article in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 26, 2022, unfortunately concerning litigation stemming from allegations of improper management and neglect by the controlling majority owners of the property’s condo association. A second article in the same edition, The Glasner Studio, a true Chicago gem, accurately describes the building as an incredibly significant and unique architectural achievement in the City of Chicago, worth protecting.<br />The Kogen-Miller Studios and the Glasner Studio make up one of the most remarkable apartment buildings in the City of Chicago, the State of Illinois, and the United States, and they are more than deserving of landmark designation to ensure their long-term protection. <br />Add your name and voice to the petition as we call on the Commission on Chicago Landmarks to designate the property at 1734 North Wells Street an official Chicago Landmark.</blockquote>At the very least, <a href="https://www.change.org/p/landmark-the-kogen-miller-studios-and-the-glasner-studio?signed=true">sign the change.org petition</a>. If possible, write a letter. <a href="https://www.edgarmiller.org/landmarking-kogen-miller-glasner-studios">Information on writing a letter to the Landmarks Commission</a> <br /><p></p><p>I visited the Studios in 2015 and the place is amazing. So very worth preserving and making available to the public someway, anyway. There is an album of 47 photos from that visit on my Flickr site - <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitreositypictures/albums/72157655073924694">Kogen Miller Studios, Chicago IL</a></p><p>Just one example from the Flickr album - </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDBqCZ6qdqIkDSWbeYP7LznxzLsOsmsmqyxj2BYBYK_zkWKS48-nLijuQkdqlMzs2zJ3XMgJYiXd3oATdpzeyJ5rspXFU-uUxzsLHTlygLrZkMoqGTYFrxkZjrYJOIGGbxsGn--ELEaZ18bPnHJVewhHM8wYT_GfCaNNofNrW0NWZAD1j3d5d-jRZTA/s2048/edgarmiller-deerlike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVDBqCZ6qdqIkDSWbeYP7LznxzLsOsmsmqyxj2BYBYK_zkWKS48-nLijuQkdqlMzs2zJ3XMgJYiXd3oATdpzeyJ5rspXFU-uUxzsLHTlygLrZkMoqGTYFrxkZjrYJOIGGbxsGn--ELEaZ18bPnHJVewhHM8wYT_GfCaNNofNrW0NWZAD1j3d5d-jRZTA/w640-h480/edgarmiller-deerlike.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-54699125082931503132023-02-16T16:03:00.004-08:002023-02-16T17:25:41.960-08:00Salem Stained Glass<p>A look on YouTube at a studio, <a href="https://salemstainedglass.org">Salem Stained Glass</a>. I worked from about 2001-2004. I was the production manager there for over 2 years. The film is via <a href="https://www.instagram.com/phillsstainedglass/">Phill Hamby</a>, who was early in his career at the studio when I was there. A good guy. He is the one working on the computer in the video. I was the one to introduce and set up the <a href="http://www.krepcio.com/salemsgsketches/index.html">computer graphics</a> they use in the studio. I'm glad it's helped them in the years since.</p><p>This aired as a part of UNC's Our State Series in November 2009. Al Priest, interviewed in the video, sadly passed away in 2018. Salem Stained Glass Studio is still around though.<br /><br /><a href="https://youtu.be/jHg4R1c3GVQ">Salem Stained Glass UNC TV Segment</a><br /><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="394" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jHg4R1c3GVQ" title="YouTube video player" width="700"></iframe><br /><br /></p>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-24500639174007003882023-02-14T01:11:00.011-08:002023-02-15T14:50:03.743-08:00Saga of Sins - Stained Glass Inspired Game<p><a href="https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/01/saga-of-sins-brings-demon-hunting-and-stained-glass-window-visuals-to-switch-in-march"> Saga Of Sins Brings Demon Hunting And Stained Glass Window Visuals To Switch In March</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dx6p60c9h63SnfOQxZlnZxp0TdZizaJrjq3JH0OlduOxwLgJPUeoeC5NLyD5bmxSI1OMb-iMiKzpk7U5LNTk25GC0lFwtALuV1mRBUBVSEFJx4BJrCRXzQdVSOc6JcgbqaJkJRwGcxywXEPzjpZBrmkOK6DpE9VK6FxL5d4uVFmVE-OCQx3i6LSGkA/s1800/gluttony-sagaofsins.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5dx6p60c9h63SnfOQxZlnZxp0TdZizaJrjq3JH0OlduOxwLgJPUeoeC5NLyD5bmxSI1OMb-iMiKzpk7U5LNTk25GC0lFwtALuV1mRBUBVSEFJx4BJrCRXzQdVSOc6JcgbqaJkJRwGcxywXEPzjpZBrmkOK6DpE9VK6FxL5d4uVFmVE-OCQx3i6LSGkA/w640-h400/gluttony-sagaofsins.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Image from the video </span><a href="https://youtu.be/W6tgoXwU_Ts" style="text-align: left;">Saga of Sins - Release Date Trailer (US)</a></div><p>Quote - </p><blockquote><p>"Anything for a weird life."</p><p> Zaphod Beeblebrox approaches the Total Perspective Vortex: <br /> <i> The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Fit the Eighth)</i> By Douglas Adams</p></blockquote><p></p><p><br /></p>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-12370618538012841352023-02-11T12:37:00.011-08:002023-02-13T12:24:49.526-08:00Pub Windows Small Commission<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://youtu.be/G05joTdZJyk?t=1856" target="_blank">Grayson Perry's Full English Episode 2 Thu 3 Feb 2023</a></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The video goes straight to a small bit of the full documentary, part of Grayson Perry’s series <i>Full English</i>. I have no comment other than that this is pub owner telling a story using four simple stained glass panels in his pub. I like small personal commissions like this.</p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;"></span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-kerning: none;">Just a few minutes long.</span></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G05joTdZJyk?start=1856" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-81979990864155554182023-02-03T01:27:00.009-08:002023-02-08T17:54:37.264-08:00An Artist Talk with Pinkie Maclure<p> An Artist Talk with Pinkie Maclure</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TheStainedGlassMuseum">From the Stained Glass Museum Youtube account</a></p>I'd seen a little of <a href="https://www.pinkiemaclure.net">Pincki Maclure</a>'s work and liked it, but this talk has more detail.<div>Simple presentation, but nice info.</div><div><br /></div><div>October 12, 2022 - 1:07:46 long<div>Best to look at it full screen.<br /><p></p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-VU-FRnr6xI" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
</div></div>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-89998945203335215882022-01-20T22:28:00.000-08:002023-01-23T18:12:19.797-08:00Best of Vitreosity part 1 - Nov2003-Aug2008Seeing that 'search' is currently disabled in the original 'Vitreosity 1', I thought this might be a good time for me to reflect on what I've done over the past 9 years, and put together a kind of 'best of Vitreosity'. A bit daunting, in that I need to look over all 450+ posts over 9+ years, and indeed so far I've only gotten through the first half. But here goes.<br />
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First - I went through the first 225 post and I chose what I see as the best 32 posts.<br />
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Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-3555061086258338362018-07-31T14:29:00.000-07:002023-01-22T20:11:04.407-08:00Archiving Digital Image Files Powerpoint 2019<div style="text-align: left;">
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Archiving Digital Image Files</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Tom Krepcio</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">2018 American Glass Guild Conference</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Cleveland, OH</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">June 2018 </span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Why Me?</span> </b></div>
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I've been working with Computer Graphics in Stained Glass since 1993.</div>
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I created the blog <i>Vitreosity</i> (2004-present) and was the editor of <i>AGGnews</i> (2010-2015).<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">S</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;">ince 1993, </span>I have generated tens, maybe hundreds, of thousands of digital image files to store and maintain. Many have been lost with changes in file formats, storage technologies, operating systems, etc.The working computer files for the years 1993-1999 are almost totally gone.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rapidly changing storage technologies + poor file management = more information could be lost than is created.</span></div>
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Since 1993, all levels of photography have transformed from film to digital. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Film Photography </b></span><br />
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Cameras in Smartphones<br />
New ability for creating thousands of images instantly.<br />
But what to do with them? <br />
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Bottom Line </h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With few exceptions, don<b>’</b>t expect any physical storage device to be good for more than 10 years, and sometimes less.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Online Storage </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cloud Storage - Likely the Future, but Imperfect in the Present</span>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">ONE IMPORTANT NOTE!</span></b><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Social Media is...<i> </i></span></b></span><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>NOT ARCHIVAL</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">!!</span></span></i></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Facebook </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Twitter </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instagram</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tumblr</span></li>
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Cloud for storage - what works now and what doesn't.</h2>
Currently, most cloud services are too slow and too limited.<br />
In my opinion, these are the best possibilities in the current time frame (August 2019)</div>
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(Mostly straight storage with some sharing and some social possible)</div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Dropbox</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Flickr</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Google Drive</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">iCloud</span></li>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Cloud storage- Unresolved Issues</span></b></div>
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<li><b>Speed</b> - too slow at present</li>
<li><b>Cost</b> - more expensive at present</li>
<li><b>Complexity</b> - Who to choose for what specific purpose?</li>
<li>Do you need it for short term or long term storage? Do you need sharing functions?</li>
<li><b>Reliability</b> - Knowing the cloud service will still be there 5-10-20 years down the line.</li>
<li><b>Privacy</b> - How to be assured that your images and information are secure.</li>
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Part 2 - </h2>
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Suggestions for the Here and Now </h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 24pt;">Archiving Digital Image Files </span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Discard dupes, out-of-focus images, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Pick the images you feel are important. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- If there are multiple versions of an important photo, save the one with highest quality.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Discard Out of Focus and Unusable Photos ASAP</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Create a folder structure on your computer to put the images you picked.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Name the folders in a manner in which you can search for them in the future.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> - TRY and establish a clear and consistent naming convention - for folders and files.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Try and put as much information in folder name without becoming cumbersome.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Give individual photos descriptive file names, or at least names by group.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Suggested batch renamer (free trial, $20 for unlimited names) - http://www.filerenamer.net/</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before and after using thee program 'Renamer'.</td></tr>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt;">4) </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 18pt;">If possible, </span></b>record the files unique information.<br />
(a.k.a. Metadata)</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Tag photos with names of people and descriptive subjects.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Write a brief description of the directory structure and the photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Put a copy of the photo inventory with your important papers in a secure location.<br />
- Note that most will not be able to do this, as it is VERY time consuming.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Make at least two copies of your selected photos—more copies are better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- One copy can stay on your computer or laptop; put other copies on separate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>media such as DVDs, CDs, portable hard drives, thumb drives or Internet storage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">- Check your photos at least once a year to make sure you can read them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">Part 2 info adapted by Tom Krepcio (www.krepcio.com)<br />
from www.digitalpreservation.gov/you/content/photos.html (no longer online)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">Other links – </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">Library of Congress Recommended Formats Statement 2018<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- advanced info</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">http://www.loc.gov/preservation/resources/rfs/</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">update - long (3,500+ words) article about the loss of millions of music files from Myspace.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;"><a href="https://gizmodo.com/what-myspace-lost-1837069394">https://gizmodo.com/what-myspace-lost-1837069394</a> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">"What Myspace Lost" by Whitney Kimball </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">August 21, 2019, gizmodo.com</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: small;">favorite part of the article, quoting The Internet Archive - </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times"; font-size: 12pt;">“This is Facebook in a few
years’ time. Don’t treat any of today’s popular services as a permanent
archive. If Facebook thought that it could make more money out of you by
throwing you in a garden shredder and turning you into fertiliser it would do
so in half a heartbeat. They do not care about you or your stuff. Please keep
local copies of your shit.”</span>
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Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-51270240153277790172018-06-18T00:35:00.003-07:002019-08-15T12:36:33.735-07:00Archiving Digital Image FilesI will be giving a talk at the <a href="https://agg2018cle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">2018 American Glass Guild Conference</a> in Cleveland OH. I'll be the last speaker of the conference, Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 3:40pm. The topic will be "Archiving Digital files". Here is the description I gave them for the talk -<br />
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With the advent of digital photography, the sheer number of images produced is virtually exploding. Though these digital images are easy to copy and share, they are not easy to archive. Where and how to archive digital images has become of paramount importance to anyone who uses images to market their work, and even more to those who wish to document their work for future generations. I will discuss the dangers ahead as it relates to stained glass images both in new work and restoration. Some advice on how to handle digital images in the short term will be given.</blockquote>
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The gist of the talk will be about the possible large loss of images in the name of having many more. Various storage choices and a general strategy of how to handle volumes of images will be presented.<br />
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In the meantime, a .jpg of the flyer I had on hand.<br />
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A work in progress...Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-57044316801683926212017-10-26T05:37:00.004-07:002023-01-22T15:41:59.062-08:00Temple Sholom Open House ChicagoTemple Sholom - Open House - Chicago, IL, Sunday, October 15, 2017<br />
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I first heard of the stained glass at <a href="http://www.sholomchicago.org/" target="_blank">Temple Sholom</a> when I was helping organize the <a href="http://agg2016.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">2016 American Glass Guild Conference</a>. Vic Rothman is a long standing member of the AGG and Vic recommended Temple Sholom as a site to be on a tour of contemporary stained glass in Chicago. Vic had worked on an unusual stained glass commission there and I was intrigued. Sadly, the tour never happened at the conference, but I'd held in back of my mind the idea of visiting the Temple since then.<br />
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On the weekend of October 14-15. 2017, there was an event called <a href="https://openhousechicago.org/" target="_blank">'Open House Chicago'</a>, put on by the <a href="http://www.architecture.org/" target="_blank">Chicago Architectural Foundation</a>. One site at the event was Temple Sholom. It was the perfect introduction to the stained glass, as they had members of the temple thoughout the buildings with back stories about the building and the windows.<br />
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I have 124 images, mostly of the stained glass, on my <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/vitreositypictures/albums/72157687426801730" target="_blank">VitreosityPictures Flickr Album</a>.<br />
<i><a href="https://flic.kr/s/aHsm6gvQ9s" target="_blank">Temple Sholom Open House Chicago 2017</a> </i><br />
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Highlights (click on any image to see larger size) -<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leon Golub and the Joseph Windows</span><br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Golub">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Golub</a><br />
These are the ones Vic worked on and they are pretty astonishing and unusual. Layered flashed glass.<br />
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<p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Full article below the fold</i></span></p><div><b><a name='more'></a></b></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span>
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Golub was an especially political artist, with this being a typical image.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">Leon Golub, </span><a href="https://hyperallergic.com/197274/leon-golubs-never-ending-fight-against-the-war-machine/" style="font-size: medium; text-align: start;" target="_blank">“Interrogation III”</a><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"> (1981) <br />(image courtesy Serpentine Galleries, image © READS 2015 )</span></td></tr>
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Quoting Golub himself:<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-family: , "times new roman" , "times" , "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: 0.18px; line-height: 28.8px;">I think of myself as a kind of reporter; I report on the nature of certain events. I think of art as a report on civilization at a certain time. It tells about the confidence of hierarchies, how hierarchy is expressed: who is included and who is not. </span></blockquote>
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One surprise in seeing these windows is how so similar the technique is to my own multi-layer flashed glass windows, especially the <a href="http://www.krepcio.com/pinkangel.html" target="_blank">Pink Angel</a> panel, from the mid-90's, though on a much smaller scale. This layered glass is only about 3.5" x 5" big. </blockquote>
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<a href="http://www.krepcio.com/drawnfacelayers.html">http://www.krepcio.com/drawnfacelayers.html</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.krepcio.com/pinkangelstory.html">http://www.krepcio.com/pinkangelstory.html</a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><p>Corridors of Contemporary Stained Glass - </p></span>
The corridors of the Temple feature an ongoing survey of late 20th century stained glass.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Matriarch Windows</span><br />
Miriam Shapiro<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Schapiro">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Schapiro</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matriarch Windows by Miraim Shapiro</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">David</span><br />
Karel Appel<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Appel">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Appel</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two Prophets and Three Scrolls</span><br />
Nehemiah Azaz<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemia_Azaz">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehemia_Azaz</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Moses</span><br />
Jack Goldstein / The Greenland Studio, 1989<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Goldstein">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Goldstein</a><br />
Article about Mel Greenland<br />
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/22/garden/through-the-hands-of-a-master-the-brilliance-returns.html?pagewanted=all">http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/22/garden/through-the-hands-of-a-master-the-brilliance-returns.html?pagewanted=all</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Beit Chapel</span><br />
unknown makers circa 1955<br />
There are more conventional looking painted stained glass windows as well. These are two nice details from the Genesis window.<br />
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Even the doors have interesting stained glass -<br />
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Thanks to all at Temple Sholom for the wonderfully welcoming event.<br />
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<br />Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-70491540149568112612015-03-24T03:22:00.003-07:002023-01-22T15:19:46.536-08:00Alice In Wonderland at 150<br />2015 is the 150th anniversary of the publication of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland" target="_blank">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</a>, I originally made this blog post in 2007. <br />
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I saw a postcard of this Mad Hatter panel a few years ago and always suspected it was part of a larger program of panels. Indeed it is and the full <a href="http://www.daresburycofe.org.uk/window/Aliceold/index.html" target="_blank">Alice in Wonderland Window</a> can be seen as part of the website for the church where it's located - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Saints%27_Church,_Daresbury" target="_blank">All Saints Church</a> in Daresbury, England.<br />
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SG photography by <a href="http://www.photolandscape.co.uk/" target="_blank">John Eastwood</a><br />
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It turns out that the Mad Hatter panel is in the center of 5 small 'Alice character' panels below a larger Nativity scene. <br />
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<br /><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Full article below the fold</i></span></p><div><b><a name='more'></a></b></div><div>The window was created in 1935 to mark the 1932 centenary of the birth of Lewis Carroll and was created at All Saint's because it was the parish where Carroll was born (as Charles Dodgson). Lewis Carroll and Alice Liddell are depicted in the leftmost lancet. The stained glass is by Geoffrey Webb, who was a student of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eamer_Kempe" target="_blank">Charles Eamer Kempe</a>. Stylistically, especially as regards the nativity scene, that makes sense as Kempe tended toward this kind of color scheme featuring the starkly white figures with shots of color in the clothing and background. (<a blank="" href="http://www.zyworld.com/felbridge/handouts/stjohnsglass.htm" target-="">Bio of Geoffrey Webb</a> - scroll down about a quarter of the page)</div><div>
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The design for the all of the 'Alice in Wonderland" characters are, of course, based on the famous illustrations designed by John Tenniel. I thought it would be interesting to get a detailed look at how closely the <a href="http://www.fromoldbooks.org/LewisCaroll-AliceInWonderland/" target="_blank">original illustrations</a>, designed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tenniel" target="_blank">John Tenniel</a>, were translated into stained glass. <br />
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Mostly pictures, with some written commentary - going left to right -<br />
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White Rabbit and Dodo Panel</h3>
The stained glass panel.<br />
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The original illustrations in full.<br />
<img alt="RabbitandDodosidebyside.jpg" border="0" height="389" src="http://www.krepcio.com/vitreosity/archives/RabbitandDodosidebyside.jpg" width="600" /><br />
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As expected, the stained glass figures have less cross hatching and feature more thick black lines. All the characters are surrounded by a fairly thick line of black. The translation to color is not jarring seeing that all the characters are on clear glass with accents in yellow silverstain. Keeping the characters all white against a dark color background gives more of the impression that the figures have stepped off the pages of the printed book. The yellow adds color which keeps them from looking too flat, yet the use of stain is subtle and doesn't overwhelm. <br />
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White Rabbit illustration and stained glass designs side by side<br />
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Dodo designs side by side<br />
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Lizard designs side by side<br />
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Caterpiller and Fish Footman Panel</h3>
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This example shows how the SG designer will sometimes take an element in the illustrations and transform it to something more conventionally stained glass like. I refer to the hookah pipe in the stained glass which, compared to the illustration, curves in a much more symmetrical fashion, much more like a decorative knot pattern one might find in a stained glass window.<br />
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Fish Footman designs side by side<br />
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Throughout, the hands are proportionally larger in the stained glass figures and more clearly delineated. They are also, to my eye, more noticably 'human' hands. The hands are human in the prints as well, but the hands in the prints are smaller and sketchier, not calling attention to themselves as much. The Frog Footman is a good example.<br />
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The caterpillar is unique in that the SG designer sees fit to delineate a face where there was only a shadow in the original illustration.<br />
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Mad Hatter, Dormouse and March Hare Panel</h3>
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The Mad Hatter is the one character whose design does not derive directly from any of the Tenniel illustrations. It's curious since the Mad Hatter is depicted five times in 'Alice in Wonderland', more than any other character save Alice herself.<br />
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The head of the March Hare is derived from the main tea party scene though the Hare's body is original to the stained glass. The dormouse is roughly taken from the main tea party scene, though again the SG designer makes the hands larger and curiously more realistic <i>human-looking</i> hands.<br />
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Duchess, Griffin and Mock Turtle Panel</h3>
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Note that only the head of the Griffin is derived from the above illustration(reversed) while the design of the body and wings of the griffin is new to the stained glass and again are more 'stained glass like, note the symmetry. The wings, especially, look more like Kempe than Tenniel.<br />
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Duchess designs side by side<br />
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Mock Turtle designs side by side<br />
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Note the linework. Both are beautiful in their own way but they are different interpretations. Both are, in fact, translations of an original design by Tenniel. <br />
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Many assume the original illustrations are pen and ink drawings by Tenniel, but they aren't. In the printed version, the linework was interpreted by the wood engraver, in this case by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalziel_Brothers" target="_blank">Dalziel Brothers</a>. Tenniel drew in pencil on a whitewashed block of wood and the lines were created by carving out the areas of white and leaving the areas representing black lines raised on the wood block. <br />
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In the case of the stained glass, the linework was interpreted by painting black lines on glass with a brush. With a brush, there is a more curving line and a greater emphasis on thin to thick lines. <br />
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Knave and Queen of Hearts Panel</h3>
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This is the only panel that features two full figures coming from the same illustration.<br />
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Queen of Hearts designs side by side<br />
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One thing that pops out to me is how the ornamentation on the clothing has changed from illustration to stained glass. The stained glass features heart designs on the clothing while the printed illustration does not.<br />
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Knave of Hearts designs side by side<br />
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<br />Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-78928248004691739892014-04-02T02:17:00.000-07:002014-04-02T05:26:22.113-07:00New on YouTube - Sunday at the Met: Radiant Light: Stained Glass from Canterbury CathedralA long YouTube video related to the exhibition at the Cloisters, <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2014/canterbury-stained-glass" target="_blank">Radiant Light</a>. I am not including the embedded video, because it plays terribly in blogger.<br />
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<a href="http://youtu.be/7uJ1Fv1fIbk" target="_blank">Sunday at the Met: Radiant Light: Stained Glass from Canterbury Cathedral</a><br />
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Intros by Timothy B. Husband, Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art<br />
<i>Canterbury Pilgrims</i>, talk by The Very Reverend Dr. Robert Willis, Dean of Canterbury Cathedral <br />
<i>Age Old Splendor—Splendor's Old Age: Preserving Canterbury Cathedral's Medieval Stained Glass</i>, talk by Léonie Seliger, Director of Stained Glass Canterbury Cathedral. If you are only interested in the stained glass part, it goes from 0:45:30 - 1:17:00.<br />
A Reading from The Canterbury Tale, Tom Lee, Storyteller<br />
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Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-59943994459296164702014-03-19T09:00:00.001-07:002023-01-22T15:20:54.930-08:00Robert Harmon Windows in Danger of Demolition [Updated - demolished]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
About 18 months ago I heard about a set of stained glass windows in St. Louis that were set for possible demolition, but there seemed to be hope that a way would be found to save the building, either through building somewhere else, or adding on to the existing building. Destroying a perfectly sound building seemed beyond comprehension.</div>
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It turns out that this building is now marked for demolition<b><i> soon,</i></b> perhaps as early as May 2014, just 2 months away. Article from yesterday - <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/library-lovers-make-plea-to-save-two-st-louis-county/article_ae3b7aae-58be-5df5-bf61-8dc1b34f06d6.html" target="_blank">Library lovers make plea to save two St. Louis County branches</a>, stltoday.com, March 18, 2014, by Leah Thorsen<br />
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Andrew Raimist gives the best case for preservation of the building on his blog <i>architectural ruminations</i> - <a href="http://andrewraimist.com/2014/03/demolishing-lewis-clark-library-would.html?m=1" target="_blank">Demolishing Lewis & Clark Library Would be Cultural Vandalism</a><br />
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My general sense of the situation is that there is not much hope, though there is a petition up for saving the building - <a href="http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/save-lewis-and-clark">http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/save-lewis-and-clark</a><br />
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One truly unique feature of the windows at the Lewis & Clark Library - the artwork is readable from both the exterior and interior. Mural and stained glass in one. Most people outside of the stained glass profession would not recognize this as highly unusual, but it is, and it is very much <b><i>worth preserving</i></b>.<br />
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<div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Full article below the fold</i></span></p><div><b><a name='more'></a></b></div></div><b><large>Typical stained glass window where the exterior is effectively a black wall.</large></b><br />
<a href="http://www.builtstlouis.net/mod/faith-salem-church.html" target="_blank">Faith Salem United Church of Christ</a><br />
7348 W. Florrisant Avenue, Jennings - North County - <br />
Architect: Frederick Dunn - Date: 1954<br />
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Whereas, in the Lewis and Clark Library windows there is a concerted attempt to make the windows both interior viewed stained glass and exterior viewed mural.<br />
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<a href="https://secure.flickr.com/photos/vitreositypictures/sets/72157631667759148/" target="_blank">Flickr Set - my images of Lewis & Clark Library from 2012</a><br />
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below the fold - links galore about the Lewis & Clark Library<br />
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Links galore - on the history of the building, on Frederick Dunn,
the architect, and on Robert Harmon, the designer of the windows.<br />
<a href="http://www.slcl.org/content/lewis-clark-branch" target="_blank">St. Louis County Library - Lewis & Clark Branch</a><br />
<a href="http://www.krepcio.com/vitreosity/archives/000327.html" target="_blank">St. Marks Episcopal, St. Louis</a><br />
<a href="http://www.builtstlouis.net/mod/st-marks-episcopal-church.html" target="_blank">St. Marks Episcopal Church entry on Built St. Louis</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.modern-stl.com/tell-the-st-louis-county-library-to-protect-the-lewis-and-clark-branch/" target="_blank">Tell the St. Louis County Library to Protect the Lewis and Clark Branch</a>, from the Modern St. Louis Blog, September 19, 2012<br />
<a href="http://www.slcl.org/libraries-matter" target="_blank">Library Matters</a>, the St. Louis County Library webpage on the tax levy bond issue<br />
<a href="http://preservationresearch.com/2012/09/lewis-and-clark-branch-library-threatened/" target="_blank">Lewis and Clark Branch Library Threatened</a><br />
<a href="http://www.builtstlouis.net/mod/emil-frei-stained-glass.html" target="_blank">Built St. Louis > > MidCentury Modernism > > The Emil Frei Stained Glass Company</a><br />
From the St. louis Magazine website - <br />
<a href="http://www.stlmag.com/Blogs/Look-Listen/August-2012/Preservationists-Fight-to-Preseve-Lewis-and-Clark-Library-in-Moline-Acres/" target="_blank">PRESERVATIONISTS FIGHT TO SAVE LEWIS AND CLARK LIBRARY IN MOLINE ACRES</a><br />
<a href="http://nextstl.com/preservation/st-louis-county-library-seeks-to-demolish-historic-lewis-clark-branch" target="_blank">St. Louis County Library Seeks to Demolish Historic Lewis & Clark Branch</a><br />
Typography is often a feature in Harmon windows, as in these <a href="http://www.builtstlouis.net/mod/calvarymausoleum.html" target="_blank">Calvary Cemetery Mausoleum</a> windows from 1961.<br />
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[update - Facebook post on the demolition of the library April/May 2015 - https://www.facebook.com/savelewisandclark?fref=nf<br />
very sad. No word so far on the fate of the windows.<br />
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images via ModernSTL<br />
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[UPDATE: October 10, 2015]<br />
The new <a href="http://www.slcl.org/content/lewis-clark-branch" target="_blank">Lewis & Clark Library</a> is set to open Wednesday, October 14, 2015. The design of the new building looks dreadful, and the 'salvaging' of the stained glass is pathetic. There are 2 extremely annoying articles about it in the St. Louis Post Dispatch. <br />
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Editorial: Fist pump: St. Louis County Library system brings it<br />
September 29, 2015 By the Editorial Board<br />
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New building, and era, for St. Louis County Library<br />
St. Louis Post Dispatch website<br />
October 09, 2015 By Jane Henderson<br />
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Both are gloating about how wonderful this all turned out. The thing
that most angers me about this is that I love libraries. I really,
really love libraries. Libraries, and the people who use them, deserve great buildings. These stupid provincial iconoclasts have
destroyed an especially good library building to replace it with a
building that has all the charm of a strip mall.<br />
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They went from a dynamic, colorful work of modern architectural stained glass like this -<br />
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Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-47925336061464769602014-01-18T14:08:00.000-08:002014-02-05T12:17:52.904-08:00AGGnews v4.4 on MagCloud<div style="-moz-border-radius: 4px; -webkit-border-radius: 4px; background: rgb(246, 246, 246); border: 7px solid rgb(246, 246, 246); color: #383131; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Sans-Serif; width: 615px;">
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Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-26240982222302198602013-07-20T00:34:00.000-07:002013-07-24T00:40:22.090-07:00The Austin WallOn the Forbes website (with tons of ads, alas), from a few weeks ago -<br />
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2013/07/12/old-and-new-tech-combine-in-an-artistic-masterpiece/" target="_blank">Old And New Tech Combine In An Artistic Masterpiece</a><br />
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Interesting article about a new glass art commission in a courthouse in Austin, Texas - though it is a bit of a stretch to say that the stained glass technology they are using here is "old".<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Of course, in addition to the new technology of 3D imaging, Ross also relied heavily on an older one – stained glass. Although it was conceived on a computer screen, Ross and his studio worked in conjunction with Franz Mayer of Munich Co. to hand make each piece of stained glass used in the work. The glass was composed in two layers – the front layer was engraved, hand painted and fired. The back layer was digitally printed, fired, hand painted, then fired again. The two layers of glass were then laminated together.</span></blockquote>
This kind of laminated artwork has only been around for a few decades, so 'older technology' doesn't seem quite right. Still, the article and gallery are lengthy and worth a look/read.Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-85251055372472173072013-06-06T10:25:00.001-07:002023-01-22T15:39:31.761-08:00Mormon TIME Magazine Cover RevisitedWith a new Ai WeiWei designed cover for TIME magazine gaining some attention as the <a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/time-unveils-most-beautiful-cover-weve-ever-done" target="_blank">"Most Beautiful Cover We've Ever Done"</a>, it's time to revisit my post on the <strong><em>least </em></strong>beautiful TIME cover of all time, from just 8 months ago -<br />
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</tbody></table><br /><div><p><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Full article below the fold</i></span></p><div><b><a name='more'></a></b></div></div><div>As for the new <a href="http://www.time.com/time/covers/asia/0,16641,20130617,00.html" target="_blank">Ai WeiWei designed cover</a>, I think it's very nice looking but strangely nonpolitical, especially considering the design is by Ai WeiWei, the most famous artist involved in political activism in China today. WeiWei is currently under some kind of house arrest, though still doing lots of interviews. Curious.<em></em><br />
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<em>The following is the 'Mormon TIME Cover' post published October 2012, recreated here - </em><br />
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Glass circles have been abuzz over this Time magazine cover for a few weeks, and not in a happy way.<br />
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No professional stained artist is flattered or happy about this. <br />
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As for me - Why do <i>I</i> hate this so much? 2 reasons. <br />
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First, it perpetuates the false idea that "stained glass = religion" by using a stained glass window as a generic symbol for religion. I've written of this before when <a href="http://www.krepcio.com/vitreosity/archives/001661.html" target="_blank">Florida proposed doing a Christian license plate, using a stained glass window to symbolize religion</a>. I don't like it when I see art directors lazily throw in a stained glass window to bring religion to mind. <br />
The second reason this upsets stained glass professionals has to do with the design itself. Initially, the clunky mosaic style design and the way the texture in the borders is handled had me thinking this was one of the many faux stained glass designs you see throughout the internet, usually done in photoshop. That would have been bad enough, since it's so ungainly, but it turns out to be a <a href="http://timemagazine.tumblr.com/post/32390377746/for-this-weeks-cover-on-mitt-romneys-mormon" target="_blank">real stained glass window</a>. To professionals actually working in stained glass this is a real head shaker. <br />
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So, to get this straight - <br />
1) In order to gain some sort of 'authenticity', Time magazine decides to do a cover illustration about "Mitt Romney and Religion" by creating an actual stained glass window with Mitt Romney incorporated in it. Perpetuating the idea of "stained glass = religion", but at least using real stained glass. Okay. <br />
2) But instead of getting an actual stained glass designer or maker to create the window, they go to a <a href="http://www.setgoddess.com/" target="_blank">prop and set designer</a> to design and fabricate the window. One with no previous experience designing or fabricating stained glass windows. <br />
3) She apparently does not consult or seek advice from any stained glass designer, nor even do any research on real stained glass windows as far as can tell. Finally, she does such an amateurish and hamfisted job at designing and making the window that it ends up looking like a crappy photoshop faux stained glass design after all. <br />
4) But at least they get their point across. It's a stained glass window, and therefore about religion. <br />
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Wow. I know the state of magazine illustration (and journalism) has gone down in the past 20 years or so, but this is a new low. I keep having to remind myself that this was done for a nationally published magazine. My annoyance may come from the "stained glass = religion" thing, but the real astonishment comes from just how cheap and shoddy the execution was on this illustration. <br />
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In conclusion - <br />
1) If you have the idea (and a fine idea it is) to use a stained glass window as an illustration on a magazine cover, get a real stained glass artist to do it, or at least have the designer do some solid research before they design it. Otherwise, it makes stained glass look bad in general and you look particularly amateurish. <br />
2) Not all stained glass artists will agree with me on this, but stop using stained glass windows as a generic symbol for religion. Stained glass has a great history of design that is not neccessarily religious. For myself, I refuse to be pigeon holed by small minded art editors, ill educated art directors or lazy designers. <br />
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<em>end of recreated blog post</em></div>Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-24427805128540425312013-02-10T06:59:00.001-08:002013-02-10T06:59:39.383-08:00Glass Farm - The Printed Glass Building<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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The artist is <a href="http://frankvandersalm.nl/" target="_blank">Frank Van Der Salm</a><br />
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There is also, curiously, a <a href="http://www.tvschijndel.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11603&Itemid=282" target="_blank">Glass Farm Webcam</a><br />
<br />Tom Krepciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08658599905529377785noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3899511870979567067.post-85611732103114484302013-02-07T05:10:00.000-08:002013-02-07T05:10:16.468-08:00Vitreosity on TumblrIn looking at different options for expanding Vitreosity, I've created a <a href="http://vitreosity.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Vitreosity on Tumblr</a> page. I'm not at all sure how it will develop, but here goes...<br />
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