Chapter 11

Of Perfection--In Little Things--Cleanliness--Alertness--But not Hurry--Realising your Conditions--False Lead-Lines--Shutting out Light--Bars--Their Number--Their Importance--Precedence--Observing your Limitations--A Result of Complete Training--The Special Limitations of Stained Glass--Disguising the Lead-Line--No full Realism--No violent Action--Self-Effacement--No Craft-Jugglery--Architectural Fitness founded on Architectural Knowledge--Seeing Work _in Situ_--Sketching in Glass--The Artistic Use of the Lead--Stepping Back--Accepting Bars and Leads--Loving Care--White Spaces to be Interesting--Bringing out the "Quality" of the Glass--Spotting and Dappling--"Builders-Glazing" _versus_ Modern Restoring 163