Relief painting

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The relief painting is a technique in stained glass .

The relief is produced by a specially composed glass painter melt color. Correct color preparation and a suitable brush material are important for the relief technique. Like most stained glass paints, the relief paint is also prepared with water and painting oil , whereby the proportion of painting oil should be higher so that the paint can be easily "drawn" on the glass. The preparation can also be achieved with turpentine oil in connection with thick oil but also with dammar varnish . Then you breathe on the mixed paint several times and immediately mix the resulting film of moisture with the paint. The relief paint is applied with long, thin hair brushes (relief brush).

Ordinary white enamel is usually used for simple relief work . For works that are gilded after firing, a gold-ocher colored cover enamel is used . Gilding is usually done with a bright gold preparation .

High-quality relief work is produced in two steps: In the case of figurative and vegetable motifs, a flat "relief base" is applied first. Then this base is burned in. Now the relief paint is applied to the burned-in base and gradually "put on". Each time the paint is applied, the previous layer should not be dry. There are no intermediate fires.

Relief works are most likely to achieve their great effect, both in the white, as well as in the gold-plated or platinum-plated finish, on dark-colored glass objects.