08/28/2025
Chris's latest project is a restoration of 110 year old cabinet doors. We met the clients at ArtWalk Liberty Station, and they were impressed with Chris's paint work. There are four panels in total (swipe to see the original panels). The grapes, leaves, and vines were once colored but done so with glass paint that faded over time. The client wants to keep as much of the original glass as possible and opt'd to have Chris fuse color to the glass with vitreous enamels which are Chris's specialty. Chris will have to fully disassemble the panels, paint and kiln fire the pieces that are suppose to be colored, cut replacements for some broken pieces, and then fully reassemble the panels. In the first picture, Chris is working on creating a template from the original design to work off of for test runs and reassembly. In the second picture you can see one of his test runs using test glass to get the colors right. Lastly, you can see the original panels waiting on disassembly.