Next work on the table …

There is a series of sg (stained glass ) that I have been commissioned to Conserve and some to Restore . Often in my trade we have to do a mix of the different philosophy, depending on Historical values / skills of the craftsman / financials .

Restoring : if broken pieces , replace if possible & re-lead . Visual becomes more important.

Conserving : the most demanding since a vast amount of knowledge & skills most be applied . It follow rules of the SGGA / ICOMOS / Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (CVMA). History becomes more important than visuals .

In a nutshell:))

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It almost looks like the lead is melted? Is that common wear and tear over time?

Which one buddy ?

Around the flowers and the handles

Bravo you see well! This is a sh&& show. We do not KNOW WHY the leads are like that around the read flowers . After multiple brainstorming: 1) the flowers are original. 2) the leads are original. 3) the leads were opened - like we sometimes do on site - in order to insert the flowers and poorly , the leads were closed again. A technic i do often. But we do NOT understand why those flowers were done in situ . 3) one pretty logic hypothesis: the wrong colours for the flowers was originally put in, stained glass installed . And then the Client or the Master realized that they were wrong. Removing the panels would have been possible but they didn’t choose that option .