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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