Opal and Opaque Glasses

Opal and Opaque Glasses are semi-transparent and/or non-transparent and transform the crossing light into a damped, diffuse flare. Special glass composants added to the mixture of the glass provoke the opacity.

Opal and Opaque Glasses are semi-transparent and/or non-transparent and transform the crossing light into a damped, diffuse flare. Special glass composants added to the mixture of the glass provoke the opacity.

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Glass with a soul

It´s not possible to look through opaque glass. Opal glass is a clouded, translucent glass.

It appears milky white (or with color), is translucent but not fully transparent.

Production

Worked in the flashed glass technique this milky glass in the shape of a thin layer on clear or coloured basic glass is available in panel sizes of about 60x90cm (24" x 36"). Whether unicoloured, multi-coloured or marbled Opal and Opaque Glasses are suited to art works in windows and doors with inhibited view as well as backlighted wall installations.

Technique and Colours

Our mouth-blown opaque and opal glasses are produced in one color, multicolor and with a marble effect.

opaque flash on clear basic glass; non-transparent

opal flash on clear basic glass; semi-transparent

stormy opal flash on clear basic glass; partially transparent and semi-transparent

Here you can see some examples of different shades, structures and densities of opal and opaque glass:

1064U opal on clear, light

1064U opal on clear, normal

1064U opal on clear, dense

1064U opal on clear, stormy

1064U opal on clear, cloudy shaded

1064U opal on clear, reamy

1064U opal dense on clear, reamy

1064U opal on clear, stormy, reamy

1064U opal on clear, crackled

3446U opaque on clear, normal

3446U opaque on clear, gradated shaded

3446U opaque on clear, marmorited

3446U opaque on clear, reamy

Our mouth-blown opaque and opal glasses are produced in one color, multicolor and with a marble effect.

    Fields of application

    Opal and opaque glasses are particularly suitable for artistically designed window and door panels with restricted transparency and for backlit wall designs.

    Sample projects
    Biomedicum

      Architect: C.F. Möller Architects
      Studio: DERIX GLASSTUDIOS Taunusstein in co-operation Arne Fiedler Lightsolutions
      Location: Solna / Sweden

      Biomedicum - | Glass-Light-Wall

      For the new construction of a laboratory building for Karolinska Institutet Akademiska Hus instructed us to manufacture a customized glass. For the “Glass-Light-Wall” which should not look architectonic and beautiful only but be functional as well we produced a complex double-flashed glass with marbled shading. To complete the four facades 1.914 sheets of LambertsGlas® have been processed to a laminated glass in the size of 550x880mm each to be installed in a very clever assembly and lighting fixture.

      Another Sample Project
      Big Ben

        Project: 4 clock faces for Big Ben

        Location: London

        Artist: John Reyntiens

        Material: mouth-blown special opaque glass, solid

        Exklusive design with mouth-blown glass

        One of the best-known buildings in the world is no doubt the Elizabeth Tower in London. Built in 1958, the 90 meter high clock tower holding “Big Ben”, is part of the Palace of Westminster. Together with Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret’s Church, it was declared a UNESCO world cultural heritage site.

        In the restoration and new glazing of the four clock faces of “Big Ben”, around 1300 mouth-blown glass panels were used.

        These were cut to shape after production and put together as the world-famous clock faces.

        Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Waterlooville

        © Martin Donlin
        © Martin Donlin

          Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Waterlooville

          artist: Martin Donlin

          studio: Glasmalerei Peters

          Hagleitner (CSC), Milano

            Hagleitner (CSC), Milano

            (c) Design Storz

            CELTIC MYTHS & LEGENDS WINDOW

            © Martin Donlin
            © Martin Donlin
            © Martin Donlin

              CELTIC MYTHS & LEGENDS WINDOW

              artist: Martin Donlin

              3.2m high X 1.3m wide

              Glass Tower "Ascent"

                Lincoln, NE, USA
                Artist: Jun Kaneko

                The tower is about 16 m high and has a diameter of 230 cm. 80 panes of hand-blown Lambertsglas® were laminated onto safety glass (VSG). The entire engineering - statics, steel, lighting design and glass art - was taken over by Derix Glasstudios Taunusstein.

                Execution: Derix Glasstudios Taunusstein

                Photo: Karl Heinz Traut

                Detroit Jesuit High School, Seven Mile, Detroit, Michigan, USA

                © Martin Donlin
                © Martin Donlin
                © Martin Donlin
                © Martin Donlin

                  Detroit Jesuit High School, Seven Mile, Detroit, Michigan, USA.

                  hand painted and acid etched. 3.5 High X 4.5 Wide metres

                  artist: Martin Donlin

                  Lutherstadt Eisleben - Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul

                    Location: Lutherstadt Eisleben - Lutheran Church of St. Peter and Paul.

                    Total glazing of the eleven nave windows.

                    Artist: Günter Grohs

                    Description of execution: Lead glazing in different lead thicknesses with the use of

                    mouth-blown genuine antique glass (white to gray-blue) with different structures and bubbles,

                    partially opal and opaque flashed glass; stained glass with wiped black solder coatings and silver gel

                    silver gel applications.

                    Execution: Glasmalerei Peters Studios in collaboration with Günter Grohs.

                    Photographs: Frank Bilda

                    Indianapolis Airport

                    © Martin Donlin
                    © Martin Donlin
                    © Martin Donlin
                    © Martin Donlin
                    © Martin Donlin

                      Indianapolis Airport

                      artist: Martin Donlin

                      Moses and the Burning Bush, Lutheran Immanuel Church Aachen

                        Artist: Lukas Derow 

                        Project: Moses and the Burning Bush, Lutheran Immanuel Church Aachen, 2022

                        Execution: Glasstudios Derix, Taunusstein

                        Here you can see a short video, which should give you a better idea of the character of these glasses:

                        • 1064 U White opal on clear normal
                        • 1064 U White opal on clear stormy
                        • 3446 U opaque on clear, marbled
                        • mixed glass selenium with different colours marbled and opak on clear
                        • silver-yellow and green dipped shaded on clear
                        • selenium-yellow, ribbed and opalis on clear
                        • blue and opaque on clear, dipped shaded
                        • blue twisted and opaque on clear
                        • blue and opalis ribbed on clear
                        • blue and opalis ribbed on clear
                        • selenium-orange and opaque-white marbled on clear
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                        Quality
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