The Latest Happenings in my World

This blog is where you will find my latest news. It can range from posting images of progress of the current commission to art crit to political or social commentary, both national and international. Anything, basically, that's commanding my attention and I feel is worth sharing with you, my reader. Enjoy. My previous blog can be found at jeffreyhamilton.blogspot.com

Restoration of Windows, Boorowa Anglican Church

XX Mon. YYYY

On Monday 3rd February me and my team headed out of Sydney toward Boorowa, a medium-sized country town about 130km west of Goulburn. We were booked to excavate two stained glass windows from St John's Anglican Church. I'd looked at these windows about 12months prior, to make recommendations as they were clearly in need of remedial work. It took some time for the Parish to gain the necessary funding for the work but its very good that they did; when I saw the windows again the other week, they had deteriorated significantly in the intervening time. In the Good Shepherd window the buckling of the lower portion had reached a stage where glass was about to break.

St Johannes Window

External scaffold: commencing workExternal scaffold: commencing work

Top arch removedTop arch removed

Cutting out the sacrificial borderCutting out the sacrificial border

Lifting out the next panelLifting out the next panel

Hacking out putty to free overglazingHacking out putty to free overglazing

Lifting out the overglazingLifting out the overglazing

Removong the last panelRemovong the last panel

Lifting out the inscriptionLifting out the inscription

The Good Shepherd Window

Overglazing removed from the archOverglazing removed from the arch

Removing timber beadRemoving timber bead

Arched panel removedArched panel removed

Removing next panelRemoving next panel

Separating panel 2 from panel 1Separating panel 2 from panel 1

Boarding up the openingBoarding up the opening

Restoration of Windows, Boorowa Anglican Church

25 Feb2020

On Monday 3rd February me and my team headed out of Sydney toward Boorowa, a medium-sized country town about 130km west of Goulburn. We were booked to excavate two stained glass windows from St John's Anglican Church. I'd looked at these windows about 12months prior, to make recommendations as they were clearly in need of remedial work. It took some time for the Parish to gain the necessary funding for the work but its very good that they did; when I saw the windows again the other week, they had deteriorated significantly in the intervening time. In the Good Shepherd window the buckling of the lower portion had reached a stage where glass was about to break.

St Johannes Window

External scaffold: commencing workExternal scaffold: commencing work

Top arch removedTop arch removed

Cutting out the sacrificial borderCutting out the sacrificial border

Lifting out the next panelLifting out the next panel

Hacking out putty to free overglazingHacking out putty to free overglazing

Lifting out the overglazingLifting out the overglazing

Removong the last panelRemovong the last panel

Lifting out the inscriptionLifting out the inscription

The Good Shepherd Window

Overglazing removed from the archOverglazing removed from the arch

Removing timber beadRemoving timber bead

Arched panel removedArched panel removed

Removing next panelRemoving next panel

Separating panel 2 from panel 1Separating panel 2 from panel 1

Boarding up the openingBoarding up the opening

This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 at 9:10 pm boorowa, new south wales, restoration, heritage stained gass

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The Latest Happenings in my World

This blog is where you will find my latest news. It can range from posting images of progress of the current commission to art crit to political or social commentary, both national and international. Anything, basically, that's commanding my attention and I feel is worth sharing with you, my reader. Enjoy. My previous blog can be found at jeffreyhamilton.blogspot.com