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In
February we got to work on many projects
that we've been neglecting. We also
continued work on the floor we're laying
in our living room. It's reclaimed oak
that was salvaged from an old school, so
it's slow going since we have to clean and
prepare every piece that goes down.
We
finished the thirteen panels that are
going in a home in Highland and we have
been teaching 15 to 17 students each week.
We also attended a trial run of a murder
mystery that Jeanne wrote.
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We
reclaimed wood to go in our living
room.
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We
attended the murder mystery that Jeanne
wrote.
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Last
month we began preparing a Worden
lamp form so we could build a lamp shade and this month,
We'll continue by cutting out the pattern.
(Click
here to read part 1)
(Click
here to read part 3)
(Click
here to read part 4)
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Building
A Stained Glass Lamp With A Worden Mold
(Part 2)
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We finished cutting out the pattern pieces at the
end of last months newsletter.
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We're building 2 lamp shades, each has six lamp
sections, which means that we need to cut out 12 of each piece of glass.
Jeanne uses a ruler to help in laying out the
pieces, we can't afford to waste any glass.
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We choose to do two colors in the field of the lamp
shade. A lighter tone at the bottom and darker at the top. The lighter
glass took up an entire sheet of glass. |
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So, we get to the cutting. |
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This is my favorite part, but hundreds of pieces
later, I'm pretty worn out and we still haven't cut them all! |
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As a way to organize, as we grind the pieces, they
get sorted into 12 bags so that we can work with one set at a time. |
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Here is the inside of a bag of parts. When drying
the glass, the numbers often came off and we had to rewrite them.
Our friend and student, Sarah, has been helping
with the grinding and foiling. |
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Next, we take the mold and trace it's edge so a
pattern board can be prepared to keep the glass pieces on the edges of
the mold. |
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I cut them out. |
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And pin them to the edges of the mold. |
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Then the job of placing the glass onto the mold
began. |
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The job is time consuming and quite enjoyable. |
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I place pins around the glass but avoiding joints
so that I won't solder the pins in.
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As the pieces get put in place I
have to balance the pieces so that they line up with each other. The
connection pieces are left out till the panels are all tacked together.
It's a long process to build
lampshades. I love the process, it's such a beautiful result when
complete. I started building these lampshades in January, and completed
in April in between working on other projects. This newsletter didn't
get sent out in March when it was due because I didn't have all the
pictures to go with it. What a joy it is to craft the panels.
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