Stained Glass WIP

[tripperfunster]

Probably not terribly interested to anyone who doesn't do glass, but I love seeing other people's wips, so here's mine!

Nothing has been painted yet. The face is just what's printed on the paper beneath the glass.

Funny story on this one. See those yellow pieces on the side, labels 17 and 18? I have NO IDEA where the fuck they belong. I finished cutting today, and laid the glass out, just to make sure I hadn't missed any (I had), but in he first time in forever, I actually ended up with three extra bits.

I must admit, I'm a bit 'fly by the seat of my pants' when it comes to planning out glass, and most glass people are SUPER anal about prep, but meh. It usually turns out fine, or I spend extra time working out my mistakes.

Speaking of mistakes, the clear glass around Sam's head has a bit of a grain to it, and I totally cut four or five pieces with it going the wrong way. Durr. So I re-cut. Lucky for me it was a cheap glass. The whole thing is about 22"x22".

The glass is much lighter than it appears here, with no light behind it. Now on to grinding! (glass grinding, not the fun, sexy kind of grinding.)

Comments

[alexisjane.livejournal.com]

This is amazing! I'm fascinated by stain glass as I have no idea how it really works, so this is just brilliant to see the process. Thank you so much for sharing, I hope we get to see lots more progress pics! : ) x

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Sure, if you're interested, I'd love to post more progress pics. I don't want to bore anyone, but I love to see other's pics.

[badbastion.livejournal.com]

I love your glass pieces, and this one looks like it's going to come out excellent!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I certainly hope so! The good news is, that even ugly stained glass is pretty, so you've got to fuck up really badly to make it look bad.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ooh it's coming along... How odd about your stray pieces. i wonder if there is a stained glass equivalent of the odd sock syndrome...

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

This is a first for me. I've had times where I"ve screwed up and missed a piece, almost all the way to the end, but I've never had any left over ones, let alone three! I guess it will make more sense when it's all ground down and lying flat. (I hope)

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

This looks very technical - it looks fascinating. I can't wait to see how it comes out - will you post every day and take us through the process? I'd love to follow your progress :)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! If you (or anyone else) is interested in seeing it, I'll happily post!

[clayangel.livejournal.com]

Popping in to check journals for like the first time in a year. :P But hey, you're doing stained glass! That's totally neat! ^_^ I went back and looked at the other pieces you had under the stained glass tag, and they're all gorgeous! I can't wait to see this one when it's complete.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Clay!! So lovely to see you! Yeah, I did stained glass for Gishwhes two years ago, and it kind of sparked me to do more.