The Talbot hound: episode 5
How to ruin your painted glass on purpose
Three reminders:
A "Talbot" (hound) was a hunting dog. The breed is now extinct.
These aren't teaching videos. Our aim not to analyse a technique and give you step-by-step instructions. Instead, in these videos, we want to show you how we work in real life. We also talk about the wider issues.
In this series, you see David painting a stained glass dog's head that's gone missing from a 19th century window. It's a part of a large restoration project we're working on right now.
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In this episode, because episodes 1 through 4 have brought David to the point where his Talbot hound looks young and new, he must now take steps so his beloved dog resembles the time-worn fragments which survive ...
P.S. We cut this headline from The (London) Times a few days before Christmas:
Who writes this stuff? Who believes this stuff? Our clients don't want a full service experience. They want their windows back, looking lovely, and good to live another hundred years. The only experience our clients want is of their glorious windows (including the Talbot hound). God willing, that's what they'll get.