Sometimes bad things happen to good glass. Looking at a glass panel or object it's easy to forget that the well executed idea or solid looking lamp is actually a vulnerable, fragile thing. Glass repairs are a nerve wracking, pains taking affair but they can be accomplished with a steady hand and stalwart heart. Here are two examples of repairs that I've recently done.
In the American Traditional panel, a corner piece cracked while on the framing table. I had to carefully remove it using a hot soldering iron while quietly begging it not to shatter. I used the broken piece to cut a pattern for a new own and re-foiled and soldered it back into place…good as new!
In the lantern, a pane of glass shattered due to it's being very thin and exposed to the elements. I replaced clear framing glass with some vintage looking seed glass that better matched the feel of the hand-made exterior lantern.