i’ve been slacking

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Posted by Daniel | Posted in Dishes, Fusing, General | Posted on 08-06-2010

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I’ve been totally slacking off. My birthday is tomorrow and I’ve been trying to push things out of the trailer and get them shipped so I can have the option of just relaxing. A bear paw is somewhere on it’s way to Finland. A few necklace orders are at home and glue is setting on them, so those need to go out. And that wizard is still staring at me. He has been sitting there waiting to be ground down and put together for a few weeks now. That poor guy…

I think the problem with the wizard is that it is the only thing I have going on that isn’t for an order. So it’s always shoved aside for something of a higher priority. Maybe that’s what I’ll have to work on with my birthday time off!

In other news, I finally got around to try and recreate the rainbowish striped dish. This time I went with a candy dish shape and it’s currently in the trailer slumping… I’ll just keep my fingers crossed that it’ll come out all right.  I can’t wait to get home and check on it!

several projects

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Posted by Daniel | Posted in Fusing, Let The Glass Guide You (Sushi Dishes), Panels, The Wizard | Posted on 16-05-2010

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Several projects are occuring in the trailer at the moment, hopefully i’ll have final photos to share soon.  One project was a series of necklaces that I made for friends.  I was dumb enough to let them go without taking pictures first, so hopefully some of them will get back with images of them.

I also started a series of sushi dishes, that are purposefully awkward and mis-shaped.  I’m calling them the “Let the Glass Guide You Series.”  Basically, I’m taking a really great piece of glass with interesting swirls and letting the swirls dictate the final design..

By cutting out certain pieces and leaving gaps in the design, the final piece won’t be a square.  These are finishing up right now, so I’ll show more later, I think they’re pretty cool! ;-)

Lastly, I dug out an old piece I drew a long time ago and decided to start working on it.  I found a small treasure trove of designs that never came to fuition…   The one I am currently working on is the Wizard…

It’s a bit bigger than the homosote board I usually use, so I need to order more to tack it down to while I work on it or find an alternative around the house.