Education and demonstration – Visual art or craft – artistic adornment – or color training...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-07
2001-11-20
Ricci, John A. (Department: 3712)
Education and demonstration
Visual art or craft, artistic adornment, or color training...
C065S036000, C065S043000, C428S038000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06319009
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to glass art generally as a method to construct an artwork by preparing and soldering stained sheet glass pieces together and more particularly to a kit for glass art which is completed by soldering pre-cut stained sheet glass pieces into matching artistic openings to produce a stained glass effect artwork in prefabricated impact resistant sheet plastic.
Glass art produced with only stained sheet glass always has solder lines from the subject to the edges of the picture which in many instances makes the artwork appear unnatural; a problem which is readily resolved by using sheet plastic.
Plastic is not chosen for use in constructing glass art because the heat of soldering glass to plastic often distorts the plastic causing spider webs to form in the plastic at the solder joints.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
I have invented a kit which broadens the scope of glass art by using impact resistant sheet plastic in combination with pre-cut stained sheet glass pieces to construct an artwork with no solder lines from the subject to the edges of the picture. The kit is designed to be easily completed by a person with ordinary skill in foiling glass and ordinary skill in soldering using heat and melted solder.
A user of the kit foils the edges of openings in a plastic blank and foils said stained glass pieces and solders said stained glass pieces within said openings to create a natural looking picture. The result may be a fish that looks like it is swimming in water or a bird that looks like it is gliding through the air or an orb spider in its web with no obstructions or lines of solder. The plastic Kit adds strength to the artwork while retaining the beauty of all glass construction; it is weather resistant and may be displayed out-doors or in-doors and is washable in detergents or soapy water.
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