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| CAIN, INC. 765 BREMO BLUFF RD BREMO BLUFF, VA 23022 Telephone 434.842.3984 Fax 434.842.1021 Email wayne@WayneCain.com |
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"We do not get to know people by their coming to us. We must go to them to find out what they are like." |
| - Gerthe |
"Please call ahead." |
| - Anonymous |
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| "It's what's on the inside that counts." |
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| Design and color selection consume about half of the time that goes into our windows. |
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When I find a company that makes stained glass I order their samples and build a custom rack so I can study them in the sunlight. I now have 35 racks. |
Sketches are enlarged mechanically and refined full scale. |
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Each piece of glass in our studio is cut by hand.
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A wall of black and silver mirror for |
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| Painting helps us to achieve the special effects needed for some windows. |
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Hand beveling on our 1915 Henry Lang machinery. |
Documenting our projects as they develop for our archives and emailing updates to our clients.
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Pouring the base before sculpturing with a |
Glass carving using various mediums.
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| Teaching the next generation. |
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| Making glue chip glass the original way - with animal glue. |
When the glue dries, it contracts, peeling the glass. |
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| I am always amazed by how much detailing goes into our windows. |
Putty curing by the coal stove in winter.
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| Sculpturing tree trunks with solder and iron. | Always looking for a new way to use glass. |
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| Being surrounded by sunlight helps us to create windows that match the direction of the light they will receive in their final setting. |
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