PTPT Newsletter June 2008

http://myworld.ebay.com/studiobglass/ Thank you very much for your purchases in the past. Great news! We have new items in our Store! Take a look at our new inventory and see if you can find some great deals. We combine shipping and we try to stay competitive with our prices because as gas and milk and bread keep going up that leaves less and less for your creative hobby.
This newsletter is called Putting the Pieces Together. What I will talk about, or write about, or email about is what has worked for me in the studio. Little shortcuts or ramblings about what makes my life easier while I'm Putting the Pieces Together. One I like to use with my students begins in the next paragraph.

In the morning, do you pick the colors of the clothes you wear? And they are color coordinated, right? Then you know color. And you can explain that to others? You have my permission to use these same analogies with your students and clients. Have you ever seen ice form on a window in the winter? How did that look? Would gluechip glass work if you were trying to replicate that look? As stained glass artists, or artists, in general we see things differently than others. And when we explain it in a practical manner people almost always say--what do they say? You know. After they ooh or ahh, they say "I never thought of it that way". Don't minimize your abilities! You have a keen sense of observation.
If you have been to my site you have seen the lighthouse rendered in stained glass. Click on studiobglass the next time you visit and there it is. This was designed from a photograph (before digital was prevalent) the client handed to me. It is the White Shoal Lighthouse in St. Ignace, Michigan. Right across the Mackinac Bridge between upper and lower Michigan. Google White Shoal Light if you'd like more details.
Anyway, I started that project by making a black and white copy of the photograph. Black and white because it is easier to trace. I like to make an 8-1/2 by 11 copy first and then make a nice tracing (cartoon) of it. At that size there is not alot of paper to move around the drawing table. Once you have an accurate tracing, make a nice clean copy. Because there are erased lines and thick and thin lines, I make another copy to make a final tracing. Once complete, make a copy of your final tracing and head to the local copy shop (or coffee shop and rest your eyes) and enlarge your design to the client's specifications.
This is a good time to talk about 'sacrifice lines'. These are lines that are needed to make glass cuts realistic while sacrificing some detail from the stained glass piece you are creating. Like, how do you work one lone fluffy cloud into a azure blue sky? A few ways, actually, but if you want it out by itself in the sky you'll need a sacrifice line to work it in. Or you'll have to cut the middle out of the piece of glass you're going to use for the azure blue sky. This can be done but is not very practical because it will surely break during the process. This will make a good stopping point until next time. Please stay tuned. Thanks again and I hope to see you soon.

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