PAINTING ON GLASS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 171, 21 July 1928, Page 4 (Supplement)

PAINTING ON GLASS.

The fascinating new art of painting on i jcrlass should appeal to every woman who; take-s an interest in her home and who wants to get the best possible effect with the least possible outlay. The worlc is very pleasant and simple to do, and the results which can be obtained are reallv extraordinary. 1 Ihe vogue for glass, which increases j .daily, has swept silver from our tables —indeed, it is quite demode nowadavs—■ iand when such delightful effects can bej • got from quite inexpensive plain glass! , and a bottle or two of paint, it is easilv 1 Understood. Tho illustrations show a grapes-fruit gldfS, decorated with orange branches, while the pickle jar, painted with irises, is destined to take up its stend in the bathroom as a bath salts holder. Quite delightful plain glass can be, .bought at most shops cheaply, and these! are good subjects upon which to experi-l jment. You could try, first of all, a set; of fruit glasses, and proceed to finger, tbowls, vases for dinner-table decoration,; iand then to glassy dessert .plates. Orange- j ,ade will taste twice as nice, if served in' ;a nimbler decorated with a gay pattern.. 1 : Ihe work is carried out with French coloured oil varnish, called vernis gras: T 1 i-> very easy to use, is made iti ten [different colours, and is washable. It jrnav be applied with artists 3 small paint-: jing brushes, \ ■> can be bought for a' 'few pence. , i The designs >f course, an all-; important mati-ji. unj for those who are ; unable to paint without a guide, small' --f encils are really best. A huge varietv' :of designs can be bought at most artists'' colourmen's shops. It is best to -tick the edges o? the • .stencil down with stamp paper, so that! u will not move about. Another method [i which is quite good, is t-o buy embroidery : transfers, oc to trace a pattern from a magazine on to a piece of plain white, napcr. and to place the paper underneath the glass, and stick it down so that you can see the pattern through. It is then ' easy to follow it correctlv. Ihe vnrnith takes a long time to har- ■' den, but once it is really dry, it is wash- 1 able. It is advisable to place the painted ' articles in box. and put it away out or the dust for at least four days,"after ■ which no harm can possibly come to it. ;