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Roll05-08
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    The previous owners , the Jackson family of The Bell Inn on the Market Square, Nottingham. Asked us to repair this, probably 1920's front window.
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    The glass of the bell was two layers plated together in a special double depth lead.
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    Prior to restoration.
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    Following on from that restoration they asked us to make some new panels for the dividing wall between the corridor to the back bar and the room to the left.
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    The lettering was painted and fired onto the glass.
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    An internal door panel.
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  • PlanDrawing01
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    We were asked to make a Tiffany Daffodil panel for and internal window. The design was first hand traced in CorelDRAW over the original Tiffany design.
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    Once happy with the line drawing the picture can be dispensed with.
  • PlanDrawing03
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    Leaving only the line art.
  • PlanDrawing04
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    The line art pattern is then appropriately resized to fit in the final panel dimensions.
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    Then the additional design features were added.
  • PlanDrawing06
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    This is the final working drawing whihc will be printed out 1:1 on an HP DesignJet plotter.
  • Construction01
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    With a sheet of thcik glass overlaying the plan, each new piece is held in place with blue-tak. This arrangement allows us to lift the panel to the light to check the glass colours together.
  • Construction02
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    A small section of the glass pieces on the glass backing.
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    Some of the glass pieces have now been foiled and tack soldered together.
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    Soldering completed and the solder patinated.
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Roll05-08