Speaking of stained glass. Lisa and I were involved with the rebuilding
of our church's Tiffany windows. Very labor intensive, but these people
seem to love what they do. Here are a few pics.
http://www.zuiko.com/index_035.htm
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Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Exactly - breaks your heart. I made bird window hangers - parrots,
> cockatoos and kooabkurras - a friend had a little assembly line going
> at one point (but mine were better!) Neither of us could compete in
> the markets or gift shops around here - you can't exactly hang a
> label on it saying - 'this took two hours to make and it's worth it'.
> People were buying really horrid acrylic pseudo-glass imports instead.
> As my granny said, 'you'll never go broke underestimating people's
> taste' as she sold another plastic bowl of plastic fruit with a sad
> and bewildered look on her face.
> There's an interesting semantic difference here - round these parts
> we talk about leadlight and tiffany but 'stained glass' is strictly
> reserved for the skill of assembling panels where the sections have
> been hand painted, as in most church work. Those guys are still doing
> just fine.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 29/08/2007, at 10:53 PM, Paul Braun wrote:
>
>> My wife and I had a stained glass studio for 10 years. We finally had
>> to give it up because we got tired of not being able to pay the
>> rent and
>> our bills. Near the end, the most common complaint was, "I can buy
>> stained glass for my cabinets for less than a quarter of your quote
>> from
>> the local home improvement store. Why should I pay you?" We couldn't
>> get anyone to understand the difference between cheap, mass-produced
>> stuff coming from China and Taiwan and custom-designed and crafted
>> pieces, made to their specifications. They just didn't care,
>> refused to
>> be educated, and we finally gave up. When you could buy a lamp for
>> $140
>> that we couldn't touch for under $350 or $400, we knew it was time to
>> get real jobs and close down.
>>
>> Plus, we were getting burned out from having to do everything that
>> came
>> in just to make rent. Some people have zero taste, and when you're
>> desperate for money, you can't tell them, "No, I won't make it with
>> those colors, because it's offensive to me and offensive to nature."
>
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