I was just about to breeze past this video about creating glass signs while browsing the net last night, when I noticed a comment about how amazing the artist's website is. Always interested in a good webdesign, I clicked through and was stunned. The site is gorgeous (completely wasted on a site without a steampunk design), so I watched the video.
It's worth seeing. David A Smith creates ornamental glass & sign that look like something out of an English Pub movie set. This documentary takes a look at how Smith, one of the few remaining traditional UK glass artists, uses traditional techniques like gilding, silvering, and etching to create ornate glass signs and windows with aesthetics from Victorian to Art Nouveau. Time-lapse sequences offer a surreal glimpse of Smith dexterously floating giant panels of glass around his studio, gently pressing them against grinders to carve the distinctive beveled patterns and fonts so familiar from vintage pubs or storefronts.
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