Torbay Glass Architectural Portfolios

Styles and designs
Modern and contemporary

Glassworks that are constructed using colour and shape, often complimentary colours or with a representational appearance.

Period and traditional

Designs created to compliment a historical style or period.

Realistic and stylised

Artworks of recognisable objects and designs, but where the boundaries may have been stretched or made geometric.

Production methods
Etched

The use of sandblasting to create a picture or add detail.

Painted

Pigments, lustre's and enamels are used to add detail and colour.

Copperfoiled stained glass

Stained glass pieces have copper applied to the edges so that they can be soldered them together to create the stained glass panel.

Fused

Glass pieces are melted together to mix their colours and make glass panels.

Slumped

Controlled heat and gravity are used to pull flat glass into predetermined shapes over moulds in a hight-temperature kiln.

Combined methods

Two or more different methods are used to create the artwork.