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The 3 slumped ovals I've made over the last month or so they've turned out progressively better. I'd of course make some changes and improvements if I had to do it over. But I'm definitely less intimidated but the convex glass going forward.

oil gilded 23k and 18k and 23k gilded damar. getting close few more things

All finished up and pretty happy. Iroquois Beer was first brewed under that name sake in 1892 tho the brewery under different ownership started in 1854. Iroquois managed to survive prohibition selling near beer and soda. There was a merger in the 1950's but all breweries involved still ran themselves regionally. In 1971 the Buffalo NY location closed ending the production of Iroquois at its peak it produced 600,000 barrels a year. There have been 3 attempts by non-affiliated companies to bring the Beer line back

23k gold leaf gilded damar native American burst

coming along nicely

slumped glass beer signs reverse glass painting

still have to clean it but ready for the most part

Directional burnished oil gild, blended 18k 23k glow line with abalone inlay. the 2 is frome the David A Smith online gilding course.

First time with a few techniques

bird I did with 18k and 23k. Damar texture wings and lettering enamel paints

Reverse gilded glass sign 18k gold with 60's era pop art color pallet

Been a while so I put together a design and did a chip piece. Hand drawn letters and design. Has an authentic feel.

Script letter B from the David A Smith online gilding course. Damar with matte revers glass gilding 23k.

offered to make this since I'm still practicing. Still have to frame then ship it out.

Flawd reverse glass gilded progress. Current project. I can't have a porch full or random glass projects so making something others will enjoy

Project from last winter a David A Smith design

Last post for this one. Gold Leaf is all backed up is 100% finished and permanent. Get great

Finished another practice piece. Progress is progress

Still have to apply the gold leaf. But paint and damar texture applied.

16 months from absolute zero idea and seeing what would stick to learning 1 step at a time. Definitely a long way to go yet. Only put together a small sprinkling of projects 70+ pieces would be way too long to sit through. I try to stick to the complete one project a week rule when I can. I've made progress

That satisfying sound of hide glue pulling pieces of glass from the surface

Been 16 months I've made some good progress

This was a small experiment to test if I could tint the first layer of damar in certain areas and then standard damar varnish that resulted in 3 different looks for 1 color leaf.

Fancy letter P I recreated from a penmanship journal