Marquetrie's repair of a stained glass

[planeur]

The stained glass of my sister fall down and partially broke.

So I offer her to repair it ( she do not stained glass  any more ), with a marquetry.

As you will see , I did 2 trials , one on each side of it, back to back, and after looking at it, I found that they were to much differents from the rest of the stained glass ! Even If I liked those 2 tries individually .

So I worked on another try with the same pattern of the stained glass.

First marquetry since about 10 years !, I found that I have to take my time cutting those smalls and thins pieces of wood!

The birds , flowers and leaves are on each side and a little different for the bird, and glued on a 1/8" plexyglass, that I varnished with

mate and glossed varnish, turning my brush around while applying.

So here it is !

The original before it broked

 

the first two tries

on a green field

over a small lake surround by rock

 

And my final result ! On both sides.

 

 

 

So finally after 3 months of tries and errors, I am very glad of the result! Give her this week!

 

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[Scrappile]

Beautiful!

[rjweb]

Excellent craftsmanship, RJ 

[Roberta Moreton]

WOW!

[daveww1]

awesome job

[wombatie]

Awesome.

Marg

[rjweb]

Beautiful piece, RJ 

[planeur]

Merci les amis,  hummingbirds and flowers are back on my sister window, et she appreciated it very much,  it is a hobby that I did not used for a long time! I will try to complete the 2 tests that I did not used with something similar, for myself !

À suivre

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[Ron Johnson]

You did a fabulous job Louis. That is such a beautiful piece. Good thing you have patience. 

[OCtoolguy]

You are a true artist and have many skills. I am very envious.

[Norm Fengstad]

Very skillful use of artistic ideas

[OCtoolguy]

I'd love to have seen your process in step-by-step pictures. I'm not sure I understand how you did it.

 

[planeur]

Ray if you talk about my first tries with water surronded by black and the bird, and at the back to back the other bird  over a green field.

Both side are back to back and the marquetry are glued on a MDF 1/4" the same size that the broken stained glass.

And the plexiglass with the 2 birds and flowers are back to back also, and are the same that I used for my first try.

If you look at my first two tries , the birds and flowers are back to back, so same process with my last try but on a plexiglass.

It can be seen from the two sides in a window ( In the house and out side )

Hope I am more clear!

 

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[OCtoolguy]

24 minutes ago, planeur said:

Ray if you talk about my first tries with water surronded by black and the bird, and at the back to back the other bird  over a green field.

Both side are back to back and the marquetry are glued on a MDF 1/4" the same size that the broken stained glass.

And the plexiglass with the 2 birds and flowers are back to back also, and are the same that I used for my first try.

If you look at my first two tries , the birds and flowers are back to back, so same process with my last try but on a plexiglass.

It can be seen from the two sides in a window ( In the house and out side )

Hope I am more clear!

 

planeur

I understand your explanation but I'd love to actually see how you did the process.

[planeur]

 

Bonjour Ray , I copied the entire work ( from scrollsaw wodworking )of my marquetry insertion!

Bonne lecture! 

planeur

Insertion of a marquetry pattern in a stained glass window

01-25-2023, 04:13 PM

 

Hello everyone !

I would like that you give me your evaluation, advises, and suggestions of this projet, which is almost finish, but can be modify easily ! And do not be embarassed to give me your advises !

So here is the stained glass window made by my sister , which falled on the floor and partialy broke



She had made it very ''transparent'' so that the outside light could enter well.
The red line is the part to replace, where there the glass broke.

Not doing this marquetry hobby rarely , I offered her to put a scene in marquetry and that will be in the style of the rest. A return to marquetry with a lot of trial and error to find the pattern. Nice challenge!
Not easy! The stained glass measures 25'' X 14'' and the broken part is about 11'' X 13''!
I used 1/8" MDF, the same thickness as the stained glass, cut the shape of the hole with an insertion in the frame on the right, which allowed me to give more solidity to the MDF once it was cut. The perimeter is glued to the metal with a glue in places for more rigidity.




Then the pattern in the shape of a tree branch, , and a hummingbird feasting in a similar flower. The marquetry pattern is glued to the MDF on both sides of the stained glass window, as it will be hanging from a window again, as it was before it fell and broke.



So I have to make the patterns in double which will be glued one behind the other, and in this way, identical on both sides....or almost...!

But but after couple of tries, I had changed the fixation of both birds, beacause after looking at the bird with its wings open, it could not be fixed on a tree branch!

Back to the sources for the size of the marquetry, and which requires a lot of ''tenderness'' during the cuts with an exacto. I still had a lot of different colored marquetry, some of which have such beautiful reflections in the light!

So the drawing of the hummingbird and the flower,found on the web, in real size that I transferred on the marquetry.



À suivre... soon !

 

The birds are coming......

After a lot of tries , I decided to put a full center instead of a small branch. And I had the idea to put them differents on each side
This one is a field with a small part of ground soil



and the other with .....water !



But as you see I had allready put on both a small opening for the branch supporting the bird. So I had to fill them later.

Tadam...... the birds

 

The blue bird over the small lake, and the green one on top of the field.
Yes the birds like very much there new colors....

I also cut a flower as the one on the glass. Black marquetry behind the red one.




I have also to cut some parts around the middle, so wood branchs around the green field, and black rock aroud the water. Lot of delicates cuts




So here they are.....tadam.....






I am very please with it but not sure that my sister will appreciate, because perhaps to much things in the middle. But had almost no choice , if I want to hold the birds as they were in flight.

I appreciate yours comments , even if you desagree my work, but hope you have some good ideas, it is one of the reason that I am on the Forum with excellents artists.

 

 

it is me again.... with an other try which I think is the good one.
Lets compare :

the original stained glass before it broke



the same with broken glass




my first work to fill the hole


or



and finally my last try , work with the logiciel Sketchbook, ( I am not very good working with it ) putting only a bird only ( not the good dimension ) .
I would put also the flower at the bottom.

As I said I would glue the bird on a plexiglass.



Voilà, It is the one I prefer, because it leave much more place to the original and lest focus on my addition.
À suivre for the final result.

 

 

After a couple of ski rides , here it is finally.

The original



and the marquetry version of mine, which is the broken part that I worked on it.


and the back



Same birds and flowers used on my first 2 versions , and added 2 green leaves , glued on a plexyglass 1/8".
And I varnished the plexyglass on both sides , with matte and gloss varnish, turning my brush while applying, to make it as much as the glass. But not anough for me, but it is OK!

Happy with that change , the marquetry is more part of the rest of the stained glass window!
Give her this week !
planeur
 

 

[OCtoolguy]

Thank you so much. I was trying to imagine what you were doing but having a hard time so your pictures and descriptions helped me to envision your process. You did a magnificent job. And saved a work of art also.