my next project: stained glass

[strollingbones]

i like the design and the mushrooms...i will change a lot of the colors and i am not sure about the background i think i will go with solid instead of leaves.....

so what do yall think...it will be a good size project..the lady who does my patterns called tonight in a panic but i think its more the piece she is doing ...i hope

 

[strollingbones]

next step...pattern:

step one:

the penciled pattern


step two:

adjustments need to be made:

so you with with an eraser and do a lot of rearranging

step three:

the finished pattern:

step four:

now you must take and have it duplicated

i also need to go see what glass i have and if i will need more....i dont think i have anything for stems...but you never know till you look

 

[Southern Belle]

That will be a beautiful piece when you are done....

 

[strollingbones]

thank you but steps 3 to 1800 take a while....lol...but thank you..

 

[strollingbones]

it is kinda hard to see my studio (fancy name for corner of basement)

i havent got all the lights back up after not working on it for so long:

one of the first things they teach you is neatest with glass:

thor at top of stairs waiting to see if he needs to come down with me....he is rarely more than a few feet from me...that is his only job lol....if i am home..he is with me...

 

[strollingbones]

the view from in front of my glass cutting area:

 

[RodISHI]

Nice to have a walk out area in the workshop. Cool project SB. Thanks for sharing.

 

[strollingbones]

i wished it was a door but it is a tall window set....i cut in front of it....so i can watch what is going on with the dogs....most of the time they are on the other side trying to watch what is going on with me

 

[RodISHI]

Okay looked like a door.. we don't have a walk out here. Just upstairs or downstairs.. Used to have an upstairs porch but it was made of wood and ill designed so it's history. My mom has the perfect workshop that has a large porch overlooking the Snake river..One can work in the shade on the porch, inside looking out through a mass of windows or just off the side of the porch in the sun. I have a hard time being creative here because there is no place to just setup.. The neighbor and rod got me forty feet of running glass in eight foot section walls. Hopefully in the future we can put a room up to work in.

 

[strollingbones]

ahh the furture projects....i got stained deer antlers waiting for me to finish the project

 

[strollingbones]

step next: here is a piece of glass with a piece of pattern glued to it..ready for cutting

here is the cut piece...note the broken top....starting all over again:

try 2:

success:

 

[strollingbones]

here are all the mushrooms done....stems and background to go...of course they are just cut and grinded...not foiled....that is a time consuming process...now you have to realize that the entire time a glasser is working we are working from the back of the glass...the whole thing is like a mirror reflection....which is why when christmas rolled around and i made "noel" for a few friends...i ended up with "leon" oopsie...

but that is the risk...you work on one side....you fall in love with it...the colors etc...i try to always bear in mind what the front is going to look like...but then comes the day when you flip it....i have seen artist just walk away from the project.

 

[strollingbones]

and i am outta stick pins again...i must have a thousand....but i got other things pinned...

 

[strollingbones]

the two showing a solid stem and undercap...are just yet to be cut...

 

[Missourian]

It's been over a month...how's it comin' ?

 

[AllieBaba]

"leon"...

that's fricking funny.

 

[strollingbones]

no no ...it was not friggin funny....leon with holly leaves...red berries...decked out totally.....leon

i am hoping to get the pattern squared up today....later...and do the background...i got to get started on something 3 d...

 

[Fatality]

lame

 

[Mr.Fitnah]

lame

Not kool

 

[Missourian]

Is your mushroom glass finished yet?

Let's see it.