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Saturday, September 3, 2011

Glass Journal ...

This was my ahhh hah class at CREATE, Chicago hosted by Interweaves, Cloth, Paper, Scissors. Our artist presenter was Thomas Ashman of Black Sheep Studios. It was amazing what we created with hardware supplies. Plumbers tape, screws, welding rod, little strip of copper and 2 beveled glass squares was our materials.


This was my first time ever having a torch in my hands.. well other than the one I use to light the grill... but that's a whole different thing. We worked steadily all morning cutting and creating the parts for our spine. I kept thinking right this is going to work... Thomas walked us through it passing on a story or two.


We broke for lunch. When we returned we assembled our spine.. That's where my ahhh hah moment happened.. I was like holy sh*&%t.. this really is going to work and I DID IT. Yes, I had my doubts. But at the point I was doing the happy dance!!!!! Next was to add our wire spines to hold our paper signatures. Then the glass covers. I had a couple of wire jewelry moments.. like wrap around the rod... not back on itself. After I got that out of my head I assembled a wonderful piece.


A transparency goes under the glass cover. I have not quite decided what I want there. So for at the moment I have placed this Arms of Bristol transparency I had at home. I have a chain attached and plan to add some beads and charms.

One more Retreat day left to share....





3 comments:

Rhea said...

I really love this! The transparency you used is perfect. It is so cool that this was created with everyday hardware materials. Awesome job Deb!

Tricia said...

This is so awesome. I think I would have to work really hard to overcome fear to try something like this. Looks like you had a great time at the art retreat. It feels great to learn something new. I really like the transparency that you used.

Cat Stegall said...

this is so great! PS thanks for posting on my blog!!!!