Showing an ancient craft processfrom @kylewilliamdesign

Themes

• Tradition
• Artisanship
• Hard work
• Sustainability
• Legacy

Techniques

• Process documentation
• Storytelling
• Educational breakdown

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Let’s learn ancient crafts to counter brain rot! Today, stained glass, with artist Ben Tuna (@glasscowboyy ). To get started you need: Glass, a glass cutter, lead came, a soldering iron, and cement! Stained glass is over a thousand years old, but it really gained popularity across Europe between 1150 and 1550. The basic techniques used to make stained glass have barely changed since they were documented by a German monk in the early 12th century. A huge thank you to Ben for letting me document the process over the course of a few weeks. It really is an incredibly tedious and time-consuming craft, and it’s amazing that artists like Ben continue that tradition by hand. #stainedglass #craft #diy #stainedglassartist #crafts

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  Ancient

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  CRAFTS

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  to Counter Brainrot

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  Stained Glass

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  With artist Ben Tuna.

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  We start the drawings, start picking materials, start picking color.

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  And once that's... we we go to the table cutting the glass.

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  Once everything's cut, Then we start leading it.

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  The pieces are fitted together with lead came that dates back over a thousand years.

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  Once it's all leaded, then we go to soldering and then we start soldering all those joints on both sides.

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  Once it's all soldered, we cement it, like dark cement which waterproofs it and patinas it so it darkens the lead.

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  I think the ability to see the direct product of hard work is a very attractive thing.

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  Ben is a second generation stained glass artist.

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  I inherited a large collection of glass because my dad's been doing this for 50 years.

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  He gives these salvaged pieces a new life in his work.

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  We're responsible for, for carrying on these traditions.