Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify the potential or need for innovation
- Conduct research
- Select and access sources suitable for the research of historical, cultural and other factors that might influence techniques or media
- Research, adapt and use relevant ideas and approaches from other practitioners with consideration of intellectual property, moral rights and copyright requirements
- Identify appropriate specialists who may be able to contribute to the overall realisation of innovative leadlight and stained glass
- Maintain references in an accessible form to allow for future use
- Use research material to adapt styles for integration into leadlight and stained glass production
- Experiment with techniques and media
- Conduct trials to establish the best ways in which the desired effect can be achieved
- Assess results of experimentation, balancing the need for creative effectiveness and cost practicality
- Select, adapt or introduce new materials, tools, equipment or technology for the achievement of different effects
- Consult colleagues to provide information on the results of experimentation and to make appropriate decisions on new techniques and media
- Set up or coordinate specific resource requirements which arise from the use of different techniques in accordance with workplace requirement.