The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-09-22, Page 28s
PAGE 12A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22,1982
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BY JOANNE BUCHANAN
When you work with stain-
ed glass, you must have lots
of patience and be prepared
for a few cuts and burns on
your fingers, say sisters
Doris and Maureen Clark of
Colborne Township.
For the second year in a
row, Doris and Maureen will
display their stained glass
work at Colborne Township's
annual Christmas Country
Fair to be held at Saltford
Valley Hall October 20 and
23.
The Clark sisters have
been doing stained glass
work since taking classes in
1979 from a store called
Classical Glass in Hamilton
where they lived before mov-
ing to Colborne two years
ago.
"A girlfriend saw an
advertisement for classes
and told us about them. We
took the classes and she
didn't. Now she has pieces of
our glass hanging in her
house," says Maureen.
Being semi -retired from
the airline -travel agency
business, Doris and Maureen
have found that their stained
glass hobby helps tosupple-
ment their income a little.
They now supply pieces of
their work to be sold at
Classical Glass where they
originally took their classes
as well as the Renaissance
Glass store in Toronto. They
have also sold their work at
five different craft shows in
the area this year.
"Now we're busy trying to
get restocked," say the
sisters who plan to have
between 150 and 200 com-
pleted items for sale at the
Country Fair. "We want • to
have a wide selection and we
like to offer. nice basic pat -
ferns that are not too in voly-
ed so that we can keep the
cost down. The more pieces
of glass a pattern has, the
more expensive it is."
The Clark sisters say they
enjoy working with color and
also enjoy. the thought of -
their work decorating other
people's homes. They have
everything from glass birds,
flowers, cats and dogs • to
Christmas . decorations,
boats, airplanes and outdoor
• scenes. Now that they are
more experienced at their
craft, they have also begun
adapting patterns to. their
• own ideas . "adding . little
things hereand there." And
they are pleasedto be
receiving compliments from
others in the business.,
•
• When making a stained
glass creation, they start
with a sheet of colored glass
and set a paper pattern on
'top of it. They then cut the
various pieces of the pattern
out .of the glass using a
special glass cutter and
smooth down the rough
edges. Next, copper foil is
' put around the' edges and all
• the. pieces are soldered
together with a. soldering
Iron.
•
sell staine
The Clark sisters buy a lot
of their supplies at Classical
Glass and visit glass stores
wherever they are to see if
they can pick up broken
pieces cheaper for their
work.
They admit that glass is
fairly expensive (glass dyed
red' is the most expensive)
and say that the hobby is
more costly in the beginning.
"When you're first learn-
ing, you make more
mistakes and waste more
glass," they explain.
Doris and Maureen say
that their finished products
cannot be fully appreciated,
until held up to the light.
They bought an old bicycle
stand, painted .it yellow and
display pieces of their work
by hanging them on chains
strung from this stand so the
natural .dight can shine
through. This year at the
fair, •they are hoping, to also
have a light box so that peo-
ple can hold pieces up to it
and get their true colors.
"Stained glass work is
becoming more popular all
the time. We did quite well at
last year's fair and are real-
ly looking forward to this
year's."
glass at country fair
and don't know
which way to turn•
call the
Maureen Clark holds a stained glass farm scene up to the window so the light will show off
its true colors. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
Maureen Clark (left) works on a stained glass bird while
her sister Doris shows us a completed stained glass
airplane. The Clark sisters will also have stained glass cats,
dogs, Christmas decorations, boats and outdoor scenes for
sale at the Christmas Country Fair • in October. (Photos by
Joanne Buchanan)
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