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Residents New Profession Is Stained Glass Decor“Light is the critical (actor in Lortx starts with one piece on a stained glass, Lortx said He form, gradually fitting in eachA concern with the quality of light in paintings led David Lortx of 1230 East Bluff Drive, Perm Yan to try stained glass as an additional creative outlet to painting hisprofession and income.A native of Buffalo, Lortx received a bachelor of fine arts degree in advertising from Rochester Institute of Technology in 1967 with a minor in painting. He then spent two years in the United States Navy. “The nice thing was I was on anaircraft carrier which picked up one of the Apollo missions, he said.In 1970 Lortx received a painting scholarship under Max Beckman at the Brooklyn Museum. While there he resided in the Soho district ofon his Master erf Fine arts degree inpainting, at Cranberry Academy of Art, Michigan Lortx said that from 1966-1973 he had various painting shows inBuffalo. Rochester, Syracuse andNew York City.A resident of this area for approximately four years, Lortx started his stained glass business while on Italy Hill, hence the namelightning Hill Stained Glass, since apart of the Italy Hill area is known as Lighting Hill.Lortx’ one of a kind window andlamp commissions are handled through a Rochester gallery. Dot Cahalloa Blancos, 639 Monroe Ave., Rochester Among hit commissions have been various ones for arearesidents.stresses that the direction of thelight is important in commissionwork for individual pieces for windows, since there are manyproperly set up, you can throw moving patterns of light and color across the interior of the house during the day, Lortx said. Theplacement of the window in respectto moonlight is also Important in setting up a mood, according to Lortx.Although there is a current revival in stained glass, Lortx said manypeople mistakenly belive stained glass is to block out light, ratherthan create a pattern of lightFrom when stained glass was started in the Uth or 12th century to the late 18th century, the designs were dime for pictorial reasons, telling stories for the illiterate masses. Many of the designs are geometrical because of technical porperbes of the glass, said Lortx. “One of the technical drawbacks of glass to be overcome, is how much of a curve you can get”, he said, ad-ding, “To make glass flow with an asymmetrical design is achallenge.Lortx uses two different techniques in his glass making-the cop per foil method for lamps and the traditional use of lead cames for windows.In the copperfoil technique, Lortx explained, each piece of glass is wrapped with an adhesive-backed copperfoil, a procedure which better suits the use of small pieces of glass used in making lamps. After the faeces are all wrapped in copperfoil,additional piece. These are then “tacked in place with solder Afterthe lamp's shape is completed, Lortxweight of the piece, Lortx said. Thismethod is not suited for lamps, sinceit would cost prohibitively in the useof little pieces for the lamps.In this method Lortz starts off wit! the original drawing or “cartoon '. Then a stencil of it is made on heavyboard and, since the lead cames have a one-eighth channel in the middle, special scissors are used to compensate for the width of thechannel by removing a slice of the(CemtnuMl 0*1 »*•«• ?»Manhattan for approximately two years During 1971 73, Lortz workedTHF. SORCERER—Entitled “The Sorcerer,“ this three footdiameter stained glass window features an asymmetrical design, unliked the “traditional” works which were generally of a moregeometrical designr—*----FOLDING PLASTIC STRAPALUMINUM FURNITURESuper tough outdoor hardwood finish. Easily cleanable, weather tested, hi sheen vinyl strap■a145 East Lake RoadPhone 536 6620Penn YanFull Line of Early Furniture* FinePrimitivesExtensive Stock of* Brass* Copper* PewterChina* Art Glass Lamps OrientalDecorativeAccessories(afferent moods which may be created through the different levelsof the opaqueness or transparency ofthe glass.If the stained glass work isapplies the final soldering, which is later chemically treated for a more antique” finishThe use of lead cames is used inmaking the windows for structural reasons because of the greater
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Penn Yan Chronicle Express
Penn Yan, New York, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1976
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