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Re: [OM][OT] Just Another Day... the other kind of glass!

Subject: Re: [OM][OT] Just Another Day... the other kind of glass!
From: andrew fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:29:31 +1000
I'm saving old lens elements for a couple of 'unstained' window projects - might be fun to include some radioactive elements too! :)
AndrewF


Aaaaaa semantics....... you gobblers are GOOD!!!! Believe..... I won't tell you about the time I owned a stained glass window factory!!!! The classic windows remain dear..... the photos are to revere.......
Bill Hunter

On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 10:56  PM, John A. Lind wrote:

Not quite - this is one of those US-English language problems again! Technically, 'stained glass' refers to glass that has images painted on with enamels (paints based on glass powder) and then fused on in a kiln, This is typical church work where glass pieces with saint's faces painted on will be used in a leadlight window. In the US and occasionally elsewhere, almost all glass construction for windows, lampshades, etc. has become known as 'stained glass' work but this is technically incorrect.

You are quite correct . . . I was over-simplifying it. Collectively I believe it should be correctly called "art glass." The term I'm familiar with for glass that has a single color but is otherwise transparent is "cathedral" glass. Two more colors mixed in a transparent glass create a "streaky." The opalescent glass I'm familiar with is transluscent as you described. A single color is an "opalume" with "opalescent" describing multiple colors. "Iridescent" describes a rainbow effect achieved by treating the glass with a coating.



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