Glass Trailerwhere stained glass art is made

The wizard can stop staring now… well at me anyways.  I guess he will always be staring at his crystal ball.  I spent a good bit of time watching episodes of spongebob and grinding and foiling him.  It was hard taking a photo of it, he seems very washed out and the crystal ball is really quite irridized.   I probably need to get some actual studio lights for this stuff.  At some point I’ll have to round up some money and set up something a bit more professional.  Anyways, here he is.  I just created him on a whim, so if someone is interested in purchasing they can just leave a comment.

Also, I got my rainbow dish done.  I’m not completely thrilled with it.  The way the glass slumped into the mold didn’t leave for a very even edge.  This may end up becoming a give away, but I haven’t decided yet.  And for some reason the purple comes out brown in photos. hmmm.

What would you like to see?  Speak up while I’m deciding on my next projects

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 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.