Glass Art

by Diana Dalberg

Dalberg Art Glass

Welcome to the online gallery for the glass art of Diana Dalberg.


Stained Glass options

Posted: February 1, 2019

I’ve been trying to think of new ways that people can incorporate glass art into their homes. I decided to mix my glass with painting. I considered using canvas but then came up with making a stained glass panel in a wood frame to hang on the wall. I had a lot of fun with it and made the painted area around the glass a sort of frame for the glass. I’m going to experiment with more of these panels because it enables one to have a painting and a stained glass window all in one.
I have the wood away from the wall about an inch to enable light to come behind the stained glass to further enhance it.

Stained Glass for the Wall

Posted: January 12, 2019

Often people tell me that they don’t have a place for a stained glass window, they have beautiful window coverings that were designed with the house.

Depending on the glass I use, stained glass will show up beautifully in a picture frame that can be hung on the wall.

This is an example of a window I made for my Granddaughter when she was born. I bought a gold frame and drew Bambi to fit into it, complete with butterfly on his tail. I took it to a cabinet maker and had him install small lights inside of the frame. It turned out that the lights didn’t even have to be added as the glass I chose stood out perfectly, and the panel looked wonderful with the decor of the room.

A favorite cartoon character is a beautiful addition to the baby’s room and can stay with them as they grow.

 

Photographing Glass

Posted: January 7, 2019

  

 

 

One of the most difficult parts of advertising glass is getting a good photograph. Often the glass is up too high or too large to get into the frame. Always, the light coming from the other side of the glass creates problems. It’s too bright, thus washing out the color of the glass. It’s in one area only, making the panel look unevenly lit. People incorrectly assume that the brighter the light, the better  the photograph, but it’s not the case. Evening light is softer, as is when the sun is on the opposite side of the house, making for a more even distribution and better color. I had a client recently who said that the color was too light and just moving to the other side of the room to look at it made that color darker.

That’s the exciting thing about stained glass, you have a different piece in the morning than you do in the evening. It always changes and looks wonderful at different times of the day. Here are some photos taken by the client (Hi Laura!). The glass is in four panels of her front doors with four smaller panels up above. It is a continuing ginkgo tree branch that goes from one to the other.

 

Personalized Art

Posted: October 4, 2018

When I meet with a client for the first time they often say, I don’t know what I want, as far as the design. I like to meet at their house so that I can see what their style is, contemporary or traditional; colorful or muted. I show them photos of work I’ve done in the past and I can usually tell what they like. I can then make suggestions. I will not copy another work they may find in a magazine or online but I can tailor their design in a way that I honor their choice but don’t copy another artist’s work.

This client told me that she liked the artist Miro and she wanted to throw in an abstract head of her Greyhound dog and the pointy ears of her cat. It was fun incorporating her ideas to make a personalized work of art.

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