Clear Textured Glass - Stained Glass Supplies from Whittemore-Durgin. Add sparkle and texture to your stained glass projects. Also called architectural glass, clear textured glass is ideal for transoms, sidelights, or anywhere that you want light to enter but still want a bit of privacy. Available in 8" x 12" or 12" x 16". Make a DIY Infrared Trigger to Control Your DSLR with Your iPhone - Lifehacker. Use A Texture Projector to Cheaply Create Interesting Backgrounds. Interesting subjects make for great photographs, so are interesting backgrounds.
Photographer Karl Zemlin has a great DIY for projecting strobe light to create interesting backgrounds. (He also has a nifty DIY section on his site) All you would need is a box, a few Fresnel lenses and some textured glass. The main idea is that you could get the texture of the glass projected on a seamless white (or any other smooth) background. DIY Flash Diffuser with Hundreds of FREE Color Filters. Photography and Studio Lighting.