Look what I did...

[dreamflower]

The bathroom window in our new house is right over the bathtub. Only the upper part of the window is frosted glass; the lower part was just plain. There was a totally inappropriate set of curtains and a pull down blind. Not terriby practical when taking a shower.

Here's what I did...



with Gallery Glass. (This is a sort of special paint for glass that simulates stained glass.)

First pic is the window, pretty much the way it was, only the first leading lines for the vines added...


Here I've added the leaves. I made the leaves seperately on a piece of acrylic, and then placed them on the window when they were dry...


I made these medallions the same way.


Here's the finished window. I put in the leading lines, and then filled in around the medallions with "Clear Frost", which I textured by dabbing with a piece of crumpled plastic wrap...


Looks great from the inside, and you can't see through it at all on the outside!

Comments

[lily-the-hobbit.livejournal.com]

Wow! That looks gorgous!

[dreamflower]

Thanks! *grin*

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful job. It really does look like stained glass.

[dreamflower]

Thanks! I *love* Gallery Glass--it's such a great product, and fun and easy to use. I'd done a couple of windows in our other house with it, so it wasn't my first try, though it *was* my first try to do the "textured frost" technique. I'm really pleased with how that came out.

[slightlytookish]

Beautiful work! I love the look of stained glass and the vines look very hobbity!

But honestly, what possessed whoever designed that house to leave *clear glass* in a bathroom?? Over a shower??? Very strange...

[dreamflower]

They kind of do, don't they? Wish the window was *round*, LOL!

I don't know. This is the oldest house I've ever lived in. It was built in the 1920s, and probably the shower was added later--I'd guess it was originally just a tub there. But what puzzles *me* is why it was frosted only at the top? I could have understood if the clear had been at the top, which is basically above the level of anybody except the tallest person. But to be clear at the bottom? *scratches head*

[longcleeve.livejournal.com]

O_O that looks really nice, I'm impressed!

[dreamflower]

Thank you! *grin*

[shirebound]

Wow! Gorgeous!

[dreamflower]

Thanks! 8-) I'm glad you like it!

[elandulin.livejournal.com]

That just turned out beautifully! What an artist! I can't even think about what would happen if I tried to 'dab' on texture with a piece of plastic wrap--no doubt I would be textured!

[dreamflower]

It really is not that hard to work with. You make the decorative elements, such as the leaves and medallions seperately, so if you mess them up, you don't mess up the window. The leading lines I used are self-stick, rather than the sort that has to be squeezed on. The hardest part is filling in--the ivory where the leaves are, and the clear frost. It tends to drip at first, though it sets up well enough in a few minutes (takes a few hours to totally dry) so I use painters tape on the edges, and Q-tips to clean up any drips that get on the elements or the leading.

As to the texturing--very simple. I let the clear frost set up for about 20 minutes for each section, and then crumpled up the plastic wrap and just dabbed. I let each section dry before I did the next one.

This sort of art is mostly technique. Gallery Glass even has books with patterns. It's really fun to work with.

[garnet-took.livejournal.com]

Oo, I like that. I want to do something using glass paint on my front door. There are nine little windows in it, and it leaves our living room too exposed to curious eyes.

I bet you're right that at first there was just a tub in the house. the 1920's were a bit early for showers. I wonder if, at some point, the top glass got broken and they replaced it with frosted. Why they wouldn't go ahead and do the bottom also is beyond me. Things that make you go, "Hmmmm."

[dreamflower]

I think you are quite right about the window. That makes sense, except for not frosting the bottom...*shakes head again*

Gallery Glass is easy to work with. It's available at Michaels I know, and it's not horribly expensive. I no longer use the liquid leading. They have self-stick leading lines that work much better, although you can use that to fill in tiny gaps. If you have a lot of curvy lines in your pattern, use the extra thin lines--they are *very* flexible. There are pattern books especially for door windows. I'd say go for it. You could come up with something really unique and beautiful.

[angiet.livejournal.com]

Clever cloggs :-)

[dreamflower]

Thanks! 8-D

[addie71.livejournal.com]

Wow, that was very creative! And it looks nice too!

[dreamflower]

Thanks! I love Gallery Glass--it's fun and easy!

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

That looks fantastic, is the crumple placed plastic wrap placed on the outside?

[dreamflower]

Thanks!

No, what I did was put on a layer of the "clear frost" paint in each section, and I let it sit for about 20 minutes until it was thick and not drippy. Then I took the plastic wrap, balled it up, and dabbed at the section. The plastic wrap did not stick, but made the little "lumps and bumps" of texturing. Then I threw the plastic wrap away. I did one section at a time.

[claudia603.livejournal.com]

Those are gorgeous!

[dreamflower]

Thank you! 8-)

[melilot-hill.livejournal.com]

Your window looks very pretty! It's silly though that the top part of the window was frosted glass in stead of the bottom. You would expected it to be the other way round :-P

[dreamflower]

It *is* silly, isn't it? And yeah, that's exactly what any reasonable person *would* expect!!

[elenar.livejournal.com]

Beautiful!

[dreamflower]

Thank you! 8-)

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

That's beautiful! I really like that.

[dreamflower]

Thanks! *grin*