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Oh my God, I was in a foul mood tonight. thorendor and ufcub practically threw me out the door to go to the studio and work on the glass, partly because they knew it would be good therapy and partly because it would get my cranky-ass out of their hair. They were right on both counts.
In my quest to continue working on the basics, I decided to concentrate on wee squares (1” x 1”) tonight. There are a number of cool things you can do with small squares, including making circles, so I want to be precise with them. When all was said and done, I cut about 60 of them, but I never arrived at a methodology that would result in uniform results like I did with the 3” squares. The small pieces are harder to work with and much harder to produce exact 90-degree corners.
When I was done cutting all these little pieces, I had to decide what to do with them. I cut 4 more 3” x 3” clear glass squares and then arranged 9 of my little tiles on each of them in a random pattern. The little white dots are Elmers Glue that will burn off and disappear in the firing process. It keeps the arrangement a little more stable until its fused together.
Is it art? Probably not, but I kept working on my skills and it provided the necessary therapy to improve my mood without drinking my way into Betty Ford. Because of the irregularities in the size of the 1” tiles, I don’t have high hopes that they completed pieces will be favorites, but I do look forward to seeing how they turn out.
For the first time, I was completely alone in the studio tonight - no one in the warm shop or the hot shop other than me. That was a little creepy but it did allow me to crank up the music and sing along when the spirit so moved me.
In my quest to continue working on the basics, I decided to concentrate on wee squares (1” x 1”) tonight. There are a number of cool things you can do with small squares, including making circles, so I want to be precise with them. When all was said and done, I cut about 60 of them, but I never arrived at a methodology that would result in uniform results like I did with the 3” squares. The small pieces are harder to work with and much harder to produce exact 90-degree corners.
When I was done cutting all these little pieces, I had to decide what to do with them. I cut 4 more 3” x 3” clear glass squares and then arranged 9 of my little tiles on each of them in a random pattern. The little white dots are Elmers Glue that will burn off and disappear in the firing process. It keeps the arrangement a little more stable until its fused together.
Is it art? Probably not, but I kept working on my skills and it provided the necessary therapy to improve my mood without drinking my way into Betty Ford. Because of the irregularities in the size of the 1” tiles, I don’t have high hopes that they completed pieces will be favorites, but I do look forward to seeing how they turn out.
For the first time, I was completely alone in the studio tonight - no one in the warm shop or the hot shop other than me. That was a little creepy but it did allow me to crank up the music and sing along when the spirit so moved me.