Whattaya Think?
UNPUBLISHED RESPONSES
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WHATTAYA THINK • SGN #67
UNPUBLISHED RESPONSES • page 10
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The best advice I can give is not to get ahead of yourself. Do the work you can accomplish at one time. A few months ago, my wife asked if I could make 10 jewelry boxes that she could give as Christmas presents to her employees. The klids would consist of 16-18 pieces of various shapes and sizes. I decided to precut all of them, and then foiled all 160 pieces. I spot soldered all of the lids to hold the pieces and then started to assemble the boxes. Again, only spot soldering. I set all of them aside for about a month before continuing… big mistake!
Every piece oxidized and it was necessary to steel wool every piece, as solder would not adhere to the foil. The lesson learned was that it is fine to precut the glass, but do not foil until you are ready to finish one lid and box completely.
The project is now complete but not without much added, unnecessary labor.
– Charles Dornbusch
I feel like I have so much advice, I wouldn’t be able to shut up! But, I’ll stick with what I consider the top three pieces of advice:
1) Do not… I repeat… Do Not miss any issues of SGN and never give your copies away or throw them away! I would love to have the issues I am missing.
2) Always ask questions when in doubt. If your instructor or supplier can’t or won’t answer your questions, keep searching for your answer! SGN is an excellent resource.
3) Practice - Practice - Practice (was that more than three pieces of advice?)
– Patti Diefenbach
My advice to a beginner is never take on a project that will take a long time to finish. The panel like is shown in SGN #66 issue of stained glass (holly overlaid on a square background) is am excellent example, although the holly could be replaced with another flower for year round hanging. Do the hanging for yourself so you can look at it and be so proud and how beautiful it looks with the sunlight coming through. After doing this, I am sure you will want to continue working with stained glass.
The next project, you will have more patience with and can give to someone special.
About 30 years ago, I went to a night school course and we did a window hanging. The grinder we used was an emery grinder. The glass was a piece of 12"x12" window glass. The cutter was a hardware store cutter. We put two green leaves and a hanging three color tear drop flower, and the stem was just a cut into the clear glass and foiled. This always hangs in my home wherever I go. I have done quite a lot of different glass projects but this one will always be my favorite. It was my first and made me look forward to doing more.
– Ruth Arenburg