Rainbow Project
I've been working on a bunch of stuff lately. Pottery, Glass, Baking... Not all at the same time ofcourse. So glass. Been working on a series of stripes and stacks. I've been calling it the rainbow project for lack of a better name. They aren't quite done but making good progress. They have one or two more firings to go. Here's a few photos:
Some circles cut and the jewelry blank ready for cutting.
Some fun on the wet saw. It's kind of a big blade for cutting jewelry but it works. I am still not so totally sure how it doesn't cut my fingers off.
Closeups of a few pieces. I really like how the top one turned out. It's kindof retrohip.
All cut up and edges shaped and ground. Now ready to be fired again. They will be fired next week I think. So stay tuned.
And tomorrow some pottery will be coming out of the glaze kiln so my NEXT post COULD be on pottery. Ya never know. Although if the pieces look like poop then I am not posting them. :0)
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Some circles cut and the jewelry blank ready for cutting.
Some fun on the wet saw. It's kind of a big blade for cutting jewelry but it works. I am still not so totally sure how it doesn't cut my fingers off.
Closeups of a few pieces. I really like how the top one turned out. It's kindof retrohip.
All cut up and edges shaped and ground. Now ready to be fired again. They will be fired next week I think. So stay tuned.And tomorrow some pottery will be coming out of the glaze kiln so my NEXT post COULD be on pottery. Ya never know. Although if the pieces look like poop then I am not posting them. :0)
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Labels: glass

7 Comments:
At Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:27:00 AM ,
Urs said...
cool!! I like the bright/bold tone of the colors. wow, that blade looks MASSIVE!! scary. what do you mean when you say the edges are "ground"? looking forward to seeing your pottery!! :)
At Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:40:00 AM ,
Thomas Q Brady said...
Those turned out AWESOME!!
At Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:52:00 AM ,
michele said...
Thanks guys. I do REALLY enjoy working with glass. Sadly it's an expensive habit - I mean hobby. :0)
Urs - "ground" means I shaped the edges by hand on a metal spinning wheel sandpaper like thing called a lapidary wheel grinder. I'll take a picture next time. It gives my pieces a lovely finished look when they are done and fired.
At Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:06:00 PM ,
Urs said...
ahh, i see. wow, shaped edges by hand with a metal spinning wheel...that sounds like a lot of work!! so I guess it makes a pretty big difference?
At Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:24:00 PM ,
michele said...
Urs, Ya know me. I am a recovering perfectionist or something like that. I like hand grinding the edges to give them a nice finished look. Some people just fire hotter/longer to round the edges but I like having more control over the final piece. So maybe it's a control issue and not a perfectionism issue. Whatev. :0) Thanks for being interested. I feel like i am becoming a art junkie. Not a super bad thing but somedays I just want to be "normal" - whatever that is. Guess i should embrace and be happy with my artsy self.
At Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:11:00 PM ,
Urs said...
Don't try to be normal...normal is boring. :)
At Monday, February 21, 2011 8:28:00 PM ,
Karina said...
Michele, these are AMAZING!! You're making such cool stuff. I love seeing you post on facebook that you're working with glass and pottery because I know you're making something cool! :)
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