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New Designs		Restoration of Victorian Stained Glass. The majority of work carried out at Chapel Studio is restoration work. Unfortunately one of the recurring situations that bring people to our door is that of vandalism. Some times it is to gain access to the treasures within the Church and many times it is sheer mindlessness. Whichever the case, the result is the same. The desecration of some of the churches finest works of art. At Chapel Studio we have the skills to faithfully restore stained glass from all periods. Where new insertions are required, we are capable of getting extremely close colour matches to the original glass and painting the glass using traditional techniques to match the style of the original artist. another common reasons for seeking out the services of a stained glass restorer is to alleviate bowing in stained glass windows. Traditionally this resulted in the window being re leaded but now it is frequently possible to flatten the panel, thus keeping the original leads. This has to be assessed on a case by case level, and careful consideration made to the extent of bowing and thickness of the glass. Vandal damage at St. Peter and St. Paul's Church Dagenham. Before and after photos. One of the worst cases of vandal damage that we had to face at Chapel Studio was at Dagenham. Eight lights in total suffered vandal damage and by far the worst damage of these eight lights was metered out on a rather finely painted Clayton and Bell window. Usually when we face vandalized windows there is a good fragment record to work from and preferably some photographic documentation also. Unfortunately in this case there were neither. The vast majority of the glass from the saintly figure depicted in the window was missing. The only clue to the subject matter was the text that was above the figure, taken from the Magnificat indicating that we were dealing with a young St. Mary. The small fragment record that did remain was further hampered by appalling previous repairs that gave virtually no clue to the nature of the glass that existed in these areas originally. Invaluable help from Peter Cormack of the Victorian Society enabled us to confirm the window as a Clayton and Bell and put us onto the trail of a series of windows of this period by the same artist George Daniels in a Church in Stamford. By using the remaining fragments and the reference gained in Stamford we were able to re draw the missing areas in a sympathetic style. Photographs were taken of the face of a young lady in the Stamford Church. These were scanned into the computer, digitally refined and this became the basis of the repainted head. Mouth blown antique glass was selected to match the tints of the original glass and this was painted, stained and kiln fired to blend in. Finally the glass was leaded into panels and waterproofed in the traditional manner.
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