You’ve probably noticed those little black dots along the outer edge of the glass while scraping ... from a ceramic enamel paint that’s baked onto both sides of the window’s edge, which ...

(The Conversation) — A stained-glass window, which shows Jesus as a Black man for the first time ... found the dark paint used for the skin color authentic and not a result of any deterioration ...

In most cases, these dots are accentuated by black bands or stripes around the glass' periphery ... So, how exactly does black paint play a role in structural integrity? At the most basic ...

because they are fired into the glass,” Raguin explained, noting that deteriorating black paint is typical of other Sharp windows of the period, likely resulting from an unsuccessful use of Borax.

The window was rediscovered by Hadley ... 2023 Raguin and other experts confirmed that the skin tones — in black and brown paint on milky white glass that was fired in an oven to set the image ...

You can see the paint loss of the black paint in the outlines ... Museum director Zoe Kahr expects that the stained-glass window will “have the pull of a pilgrimage site” especially as ...

Window and windshield glass must be heated and bent into shape before being installed. Black-painted glass heats faster than the rest of the window. The dots distribute the heat more evenly ...