Learn from my fails. Reverse glass mistakes
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2021
- Learn from my fails in this revealing video. Don't make the same expensive mistakes that I did!
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yeah, we have to learn from our own mistakes and getting to know yours, is a huge lesson as well. Though, i think this is pure inspiration for each one of us who struggle creating pure shit. So, i really appreciate your humble and your craft, i'll be there soon my friend. Cheers.
Thanks Omar, your work is awesome man so I hope knowing where I went wrong will help with your work! Keep it up bro!
a video on "dont make the mistakes i made" is in fact a tutorial...and a very important tutorial....thank you Paul for your teachings!!
Thanks very much, glad you found it useful!! 🙏
Glue pops on the first how it does. The second makes it uniform. Lol my balls. We can't count on the glue. I wonder who beats themselves up more. Paul you really are a brother in arms. I'll up my newest screw up tomorrow for you all. Thank you for everything you post as always my friend
Thanks Scott, glad you liked it! Always good to see other peoples errors and then laugh at how insignificant they are. We truly are our own harshest critics!
Too "self-indulgent"? You're too modest, but I understand that is a good quality of the British.... Someone asked me once, "What's the difference between confidence and arrogance?" Humility was my answer. You definitely are not arrogant. I'm glad you're confident enough in your work to help teach the rest of us how to explore this beautiful artform in a way that will produce satisfactory results. Thank you sir, and may God bless you!
Thank you very much! I'm really glad it came across as I intended, and I hope there are some useful bits that prevent you from making the same mistakes :)
As a profession artist and illustrator I found that simple mistakes can haunt you. I've seen pieces I've done 35 years ago and some (what I consider errors) are the only part I look at. It's part of being an artist ... through your mistakes, you learn to be better Paul, great post.
Thanks Ken! Completely agree that learning from your mistakes is a huge part of the artistic process. Shame the main material I use is 23 carat gold. Makes the mistakes expensive! 😂
@@happygilder Ouch...23 carat??? ... I still have a pack of 24 Carat gold from the 60's with about 3 sheets left I kept to show my students as the price is on the cover is $6.50 for a 24 sheet pack! Those were the days. Back in 1984 I flew from Sydney to the USA to retouch a mural project I'd done for General Motors in Michigan. One company saw me and I ended up staying for over 2 years and did three multistory building murals. Went back four years ago and all but the GM building were torn down for city renovations.
At least the small mistakes I used to shudder over are now gone...LOL
So much knowledge, thanks for sharing your past work's and mistakes. I also have the same harsh judgements on my work. Beeing nice to our work is a long process.
Cheers mate! It was a weird video to make but I'm glad people are finding it useful. If I shared all of the mistakes I've ever made it would be a 4 hour epic :D
Thanks for the video. The more I see these, the more I want to try it. This is good information. Keep safe and stay well.
Thanks very much! :)
Thanks so very much for sharing your hard-won wisdom!
You're very welcome! I hope it helps :D
Great pieces Paul !!
Cheers mate!!!
Paul, thanks for sharing, amazing how we all go through the same issues though the years. Everything you have shown and then some has been experienced in my shop as well. Honestly, very rarely do I do a piece that does not have an issue but that is what makes us want to do better the next time.
Thanks Brian! Yes I certainly feel like each mistake has taught me something and I don't make the same mistake twice. :)
excellent work
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this video. Painting-gilding on glass is so challenging and frustrating sometimes. Enough to where I have taking a break from it until I understand more proper techniques. All your work looks so clean and tight! It’s nice to deep dive in and see the little challenges that you have had. The things that the artist see’s and nobody else. Your channel has answered a lot of questions for me and many more to come I’m sure. Thanks and keep em coming!
Thanks very much! Really glad you're enjoying the videos and finding them useful. I've had worse disasters that these, but they were so bad they got binned :)
Really helpful thanks mate
No worries mate!
There were a lot of good tips here. I am going to try my first glue chip that has a sharp point and I’m glad you said to score away from it! Thank you for sharing this.
Thanks! Please do share your glue chipping results!!
Round your points if you are using a vinyl mask, your relying on surface tension to hold the glue. If you have sharp points it will flow over quickly and your what I called fucked. Alot of people overflow and cut back. To each your own but I make it tight
Beautiful work. Don’t be too hard on yourself. Some of the things you call mistakes actually look good or add character. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
still great pieces!
Thanks!!
In the video I will put out later... I show how you can get vinyl edges clean most of the time if not always. Here's the trick: Gild the glass using a vinyl decal/stencil, then when dry, spray with shellac... and when that's dry, wetsand with, like 1000 grit down to the vinyl. Then when you peel the vinyl, the gilding is stronger, and also you only have the thickness of the vinyl grabbing the gild. This also works with painting with vinyl decals/stencils. Wait until everything is dry, and wetsand down to the vinyl :) This works especially well with carved/sandblasted areas. You can have gold 3D effects without any border and just clear glass :) If you want silver letters or objects, you have to spray a little shellac again before peeling the vinyl to seal the wet sanded edges so the silver won't tarnish... but you'll need to start peeling right away after spraying the shellac.
Your too critical of yourself Paul, but so am I. My walls probably will be filled up before I’m satisfied. My solution will be to include a velvet rope and stanchions with every piece. That way you can’t get too close 😄. Thanks for sharing though. I appreciate you sharing your “happy accidents “!
Cheers Ted! Great shout on the velvet rope, I think I'll insist on that if I ever do a public exhibition :D
When I have my 4x loops on and am kicking my own ass my wife walks in and sets me straight. Damn artists lol
Thank you for taking the time to show your Lessons Learned very helpful information. Love your frames. Do you make your own? TIA
Thanks Ron! I rarely make my own frames as you can find such bargains in charity shops. Solid wood or swept gilt frames are expensive new but you can pick them up for 3-5 pound second hand. I usually find nice frames and then get the glass cut to fit them :)
I think you are very hard on yourself..all lovely pieces.
Thanks very much!
What about replicating the Kraken sign but using white gold instead of the orange paint?
That would look much better, but I doubt I’ll ever get round to remaking it
That Barbershop mirror is beautiful. I'd you use silver leaf to cover the whole surface?
Thank you! The barber shop mirror is done with Krylon Looking Glass spray paint
Found your channel and been going through the videos - epic content. You are being harsh on yourself here as I would have never have guessed these "imperfections". I suppose it's the tradesman dilemma when you carry out work. I have a couple of questions on creating my own piece - would I be able to send you an email with a question on?
Thanks Freddie, glad you're enjoying the vids! Of course feel free to drop me an email at happygilder1@gmail.com
Your dislike on the Kraken piece brings a question to mind. While I don't think it would have helped in this instance; do you use a color wheel to help with selecting colors for projects?
Hi Rich, I don't use a color wheel but I'm usually quite good with color theory. That's why I was so disappointed with the Kraken piece
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Oh cool, it is something I still need some help with from time to time. So far I've done amateur sign work for myself and friends, I am extremely eager to get started in glass. I have worked in several mediums through the years from pieces of artwork to working parts of equipment. So far I haven't seen anything I'm not capable of, although I realize there is a learning curve. I feel your Facebook page/community is going to be extremely helpful. I am grateful for you sharing your experiences both good and bad, a wealth of information.
At some point, after a few pieces I definitely want to try something with your screaming skull artwork on Etsy.
Some friends and I really got a hoot out of your "Coke" mirror on there as well.
Thank you,
Rich Barnhart
There's all those "Havana Cigar" signs. Perhaps its time for a "Morrocan Skunk" version! :-)
That's a bloody brilliant idea!!😀
@@happygilder I suspect it would increase your potential market from 1000 cigar smokers to millions on the red leb.
Because photoshop cost money. Can you possibly try a free comparison version. With your knowledge for an alternative thanks
I’m using Paint Shop Pro (ancient version), but I’m going to be checking out GIMP (free) soon. I’ve also been learning Inkscape recently. Good vector tools and totally free. It’s a bit unstable under certain conditions* so I just save a lot to be sure. Also just learned that Windows native 3D Paint has a feature that is super easy to isolate parts of an image. I was able to “lift” a couple out of a photo in 3D then make a vector silhouette with Inkscape in
Try Gimp. It's completely open source, free and has great tutorials. Just google GIMP.
Hi John, unfortunately I only know how to use Photoshop. I've never tried Gimp or Paint Shop
This is the first time I've seen photos on the glass. I'm curious about how you apply them
Hi, here's a short video on the process:
ruclips.net/video/Omg3G3Z_joY/видео.html
@@happygilder That wasn't what I was expecting at all. Thank you very much
Hi Paul! You mentioned in your “mistake video” about a future video of screen printing. Curious if your working on something like that?
Hi Donald! I’ll get round to it but the company that used to expose my screens closed up shop, so I’ve got to find someone else. When I do it’ll be another feature length workshop video, like the glue chipping vid 😎
I honestly think you are too hard on yourself Paul but I'm the same with my music. Everything has to be absolutely perfect or I'm starting the whole process again which can take days or weeks.
We only ever really learn from our own mistakes and not so much from other people's advice.
Thanks Tony! I definitely think we're our own harshest critics, but that's a good thing :)
@@happygilder Most definitely. Your work is amazing but I can understand why you are a little disappointed in certain pieces but I would definitely never notice them.
hi pls where i can find glue chipped on web internet
thanks
Hi, I use Liberon Pearl glue. I buy it from Wrights of Lymn
@@happygilder thanks sir
hi sir i can buy it from amazon if you can help me and im from algeria
thanks for you
how much do you charge for making a gilded sign?
Hi Carl, it varies based on size & complexity. I’ve made small signs for £60 and large ones for £700. I never price my work properly though because it’s just a hobby to me. Hiroki Kataoka has a starting price of $5000 and I know Dave Smith has made signs for tens of thousands of pounds.
Both of those guys are at the top of their game though so I would never dare charge that much because I’m just a a hobbyist
@@happygilder o ok
@@happygilder I can't believe Roderick retired!
@@scotthendricks79 It’s always a shame when one of the greats retires, but good for him. I’d retire tomorrow if I could afford to! 😄
Your using aluminum oxide right?
Yes mate, 120 grit for everything I do
@@happygilder here is my failure video.please link it however you like Paul. thanks . ruclips.net/video/fG2AFJUqiXw/видео.html
@@scotthendricks79 Oh man that's a shame about those contaminated patches because that's a lovely panel! I always use Cellulose thinner to remove paint. It's cheap and you just pour it on neat and the paint dissolves.
@@happygilder the black is water based acrylic. I don't think it was contaminated in the wing area just not enough silver solution. I haven't decided to chemicaly strip it or just move on. It was 150.00 dollar chunk of glass lol. Oh well
@@scotthendricks79 $150 for a bit of glass?!?!?! What type of glass is it?
My Scotties world makes me want to puke the color combo. A wheel helps but hindsight is 20 20
You are far too hard on yourself. How many pieces of glass have you busted just because you had a bad outcome? I am up to 6 so far.
Surprisingly I haven't broken many pieces. I tend to re-use them if I'm not happy with the outcome. Spare pieces always come in handy for testing new techniques :)