Started this on July 17th tho it has been in the back of my mind for years. The drawing has been on the computer being continually tweaked over the past few years (originally it was going to be done in ceramic tile as a stepping stone) and finally I just said: do it. It is officially in the works but probably won't see a lot of progress until the winter. As in December what with the Armored Hot Dog...
I've been collecting glass on road trips for the past year so I'm ready. Took a copy of the final drawing to a local shop and had it enlarged to final size (23 inches wide), and used a second copy to cut out each piece with the special copper foil shears so I can use each one as a guide for cutting each piece.
This is a copper foil project, no lead strips on this one. It will be free-form, as in no solid square background will be added -- just the uneven edges of the feathers So I'll have plenty of soldering to do when it's all pieced. And after it's pieced, or rather as I go along, I'll be wrapping each piece in the little foil tape so it can hold the solder. Next time I update the site I will include the original postcard image I copied the design from. Or I guess I should say that I was "inspired by" (better for copyrights, eh?)
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| Day 3 - Got some feathers cut. |
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| Day 4, August 9, showing the original postcard from which I made the design. |
Back from 2011 travels, Thanksgiving is done, so back to work. A couple intensive days have gotten me this far.
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| Nov. 30 |
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| Dec. 5 - outta black wispy glass... might have to substitute color on the outer layer. To be continued. |
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| All cut! December 2011. Now the next big step begins: foiling and soldering, and putting on a border. Kinda makes me wish I knew what I was doing. |
