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confessions of a design geek
confessions of a design geek

Award-winning UK design blog established in 2010 to discover, champion and inspire new designers.

here’s one I made earlier :: glass painting

Katie, September 22, 2010June 16, 2020
This article was published 16 years

I made (well, decorated!) some tumbler glasses! As part of “Moquette for London” at the London Transport Museum, I attended a workshop by The Make Lounge and designed my own glasses inspired by tube seat fabric patterns.

Glass tumbler
Glass tumbler

Start with one tumbler, cleaned with window cleaner…

… a moquette design for inspiration (I chose the simplest one!)…

Moquette design
Moquette design

and these rather clever pens, which will mark glass and become permanent once baked in an oven, and you’re off!

Glass colour pen
Glass colour pen
Applying the first marks
Applying the first marks
First colour applied
First colour applied
And the finished article
And the finished article!

What I really loved about this event was just how many people had turned up to paint glasses inspired by tube seats… there really are a lot of geeky design people out there and one of the wonderful things about the London Design Festival is how it brings us all together.

Further reading for the especially geeky:

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Comments (4)

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    September 24, 2010 at 6:39 pm

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  2. paint formulation by archpaint says:
    September 24, 2010 at 6:42 pm

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  3. therubtest says:
    October 4, 2010 at 4:06 pm

    I love your blog. I stumbled across it because I’ve just started a blog and it looks like we both went to the Moquette for London event. Your glass painting turned out a lot better than mine!
    http://therubtest.wordpress.com/2010/10/03/the-rub-test-a-moquette-for-london/

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  4. webdesign says:
    October 7, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    This is a really good read for me, Must admit that you are one of the best bloggers I ever saw.Thanks for posting this informative article.

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