I finished the glass i soldered the broken pieces of glass together which took 4 hours considering the pieces were really big and didn't want to stay together very well. Then at the very very end i screwed in the last screws on the top of the frames. it turned out very nicely. 

Wood working

I have made the frames on friday i still have 1 more frame to go. I have pealed off all the rest of the contact paper on 2 pieces of glass. the broken one i am waiting until i have the paper to go behind. then i am going to screw on the last piece of the frame. friday i am going to have the paper to go behind the glass and finish the final piece. On second thought i think i am going to try to not put any paper behind. I would put brackets on each of the frames and let them be free standing on a table in front of the window, accordion style.  

This is the finished 2nd glass. I like this one its not broken. I'm so happy they are turning out pretty cool. I will remember most of these things. It will be sweet to look back at this 20 years from now. seeing if i can remember any of it. and maybe help me tell some stories to my kids. Ha! I'm lovin it. To have a story of every day keep you from forgetting what really went on in my head and my feelings. The people i met up with and talked too. 

catching up w/days

Today, i will have caught up with my self and the days that i need to draw and then cut out. by friday i will have had all the squares filled for the last piece. Next week i will be getting wood for the frames, and then hopefully by thurs or sooner i will be starting to make or plan out the frames for the 3 glass pieces. Lets see what i get done this week. 

How To...

Materials:

Glass... whatever size you want it to be 3ft x 18inches cost 20$

Contact paper - to put over the glass 5$ for a 9 ft x 18 inches

Tape measure

Straight edge

Micron pen black 03 - 2$ a pen Maker to draw on the contact paper of what you want cut out.

Exacto knife - to then cut out what you want etched

Etching cream - online for 24$ 22 oz.

then you can go to the a thrift store and get a frame.  I am going to buy some wood and make my own frame. The glass pieces could be coasters. Anything you want it to be. Work on something hard so the glass doesn't break if its going to be big pieces.  

Week 6

From today, to maybe in a week or two I want to have finished the 2nd piece of glass. I will continue to work on at least 2-3 pictures a day. I have all 15 pics for the next piece of glass to fill up. I haven't had a lot of time work the last couple day due to other homework. I am working on a firmer piece of particle board so my glass doesn't break again. 

Sad

This is the glass piece i broke the small one continued to brake all the way through as well. I had leaned on the side there were the two come together with my elbow, mistake for the carpet oops next time get something hard to work on. =( The brake is part of my every day journal now.

Pictures

week 1-5

I am creating a visual journal using glass sheets. The glass sheets are 3 ft by 18 inches wide. I am etching the days on 15 squares on one sheet of glass. The journal days consist of what i have seen, done, interacted with one another, what i have been thinking about lately. 

Every day i have drawn in my sketch book anything that stuck out that day. I have a lot of sun and thinking about my car in the first few weeks. I put down the contact paper with in the 3rd week and drew all of the 15 squares on each sheet of glass. i have drawn on the contact paper with a pen. Last week i have cut out all of the images of what i don't want etched on the glass.

Friday - i broke the glass, it was the worst day i have had from the beginning of the year. I am going to leave it broken and try to work around it. too much work went into it to start over. 

As for that day it will be part of my daily journal a broken glass with the picture broken. =( its okay gotta think positive. 

To prevent the other 3 pieces of glass from braking i am going to use a big piece of wood board underneath my glass so i can put as much pressure i want on it without worrying. 

I am brainstorming on what to do with the piece now. I think maybe just picture frames and make a wooden frame for the glass to firmly sit in. I could glue the glass pieces together so it doesn't bow in the frame. I could also, sauder  like it was stain glass back together.