Bill( our coffin dodger) Tess (our bog faerie) and Gillian (our child herder)have been finishing of designs and cutting or are about to start cutting templates.
As usual( and as is insisted upon) great fun was had by all!
Bill our resident coffin dodger looking rather fetching in a rather snazzy royal blue overall putting the final design touches to what is going to be a very pretty poppy window.
Gillian working on her design with Michael(the engineer)in the background selecting glass for his leaded panel.
The rather tragic looking figure to the far right is Joe Boyle glassmaster and resident tutor.
Gillian with her rather fine, finished design for her flower and landscape panel, getting her building drawing and templates ready for glass cutting next week.
Tess`s finished building drawing and template drawing ready to cut.
Tess cutting and placing templates ready for cutting. She apparently helicopters across from Donegal (where she is runoured to be a rather successful sheep thief) every tuesday evening for the course, no I don`t believe the sheep bit either!!!!!
Michael with template shears cutting templates
Michael concentrating on a selection of brown glasses that will be used for the tree bark in his panel.
Michael (the veggie. As you will have noticed, the two Michaels are identical twins with the same first name, the nick names are to make life easier for the viewer)at the cutting bench starting to cut the glass he has selected for his rather interesting geometric panel.
Michael marking glass from template and in deep concentration at our glass cutting bench.
Michael working out how to maximize the number of glass shapes he will get out of the piece of glass safely and accurately.
Gillian,Tess and Michael working on templates and designs, every one has worked so well so far on both night`s courses that I have not had to make anyone cry yet.
But there`s still 5 weeks to go yet, and I await my opportunity!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And finally!
Glassmaster Joe in his normal over blown heroic pose. As you can see, Gillian in the background is not at all put off or distracted by this rather handsome and flamboyant peacock!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 comment:
Darling Swifty, your praise has been noted and filed. Why am I not amazed at your perception, but then why should I? You have noticed all of my essential qualities, its no wonder that you ask yourself " why would such a splenderifous being reply to my humble post"
yours with serious regards ( lets face it they could not be less)
The Master
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