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Unfortunately some of these designs aren't feasible because the cuts won't work. It isn't possible to cut 'into' a piece of glass (imagine the 'mouth' of pacman
by tmnvix 4y ago
Unfortunately some of these designs aren't feasible because the cuts won't work. It isn't possible to cut 'into' a piece of glass (imagine the 'mouth' of pacman) when making leadlights. You can see something like this in the first image where the flowers overlap the blue pane in the middle of the image. That blue pane is an example of an 'impossible' shape. At least this is according to an uncle of mine that has decades of professional experience designing, creating, and repairing stained glass and leadlights.
- hoseja 4y agoWell then you can just break the concave (?) piece into two, without altering the design too much, no?
- tmnvix 4y agoThat's generally what is done I think. You do often see this where the shape is split in two. The disadvantage is that you end up with a line in a sometimes incongruous place, so a good designer would avoid it where possible.
- mmmmmbop 4y agoInteresting. So why is something like this [0] possible, but the one in the first picture not? [0] https://theglassroom.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/23f059d5c7f20251118ad7a0062fff26_fill_100_800_600.jpg https://theglassroom.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/23f059...
- tmnvix 4y agoAs far as I can see that set of windows doesn't include any of the shapes I described. It does have 'cut outs' but they are curves, which don't have the same problem. Edit: Actually, I see what you were referring to now. The two pieces at the top of each window in the door. I can't say that I know how that was accomplished. I've never seen something like that before. It might be revealing to see an image with a higher resolution.
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