[TheForge] something I hope better than what was the theft of metal public

[jerry Frost]

A tarp with weighted edges and flesh eating  beetles. A few days and bones
are all that's left.

Good grief I can't believe I actually contributed to this thread. Is anyone
actually doing something constructive we can talk about?

I don't want to be a lurker who just gripes and never contributes so I'll
put this up. I'd post a pic or two of what I've been experimenting with but
Shutterfly requires me to subscribe and I get too much spam already. Text it
is then. I'll shoot you pics on the side if you like.

Recently I've been making Fredrich's crosses, they're good beginner's
projects and any kind of twisting wows the new folk so they're good demo
products. Recently our Pastor retired so I thought I'd make him ad the new
Pastor a nice key forb, zipper pull, etc. but wanted a little something
extra and thought filling the negative space with red glass was a natural if
kind of heavy handed symbolism.

That's what I've been doing. One of the guys in the club is a champ at
slumping marbles but what I'm trying is more like Plique a jure only much
thicker and in a steel frame. This is proving a little problematical but is
progressing. Seriously, what fun is experimentation if it's easy?

I spent a very profitable 45 minutes or so sponging everything I could from
the owner and instructor at an art glass studio in Anchorage. I learned a
bunch of good stuff. funny, his first comment after I described what I'm
trying was. "It won't work." Then I showed him the latest successful piece
and he said, "maybe it will." It wasn't what I'm ultimately shooting for but
it's not bad, even marketable if I can't get better.

Oh, the last feature of the crucifixes for the Pastors. They aren't going to
be key fobs or zipper pulls I'm making the bottom of  the post a bottle
opener. I had to change from 3/8" sq. stock to 1/2" sq. but it's a small
sacrifice. I mean really what Pastor shouldn't have a nice custom made, hand
forged church key?

Jer

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Andrew
Vida
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 11:55 AM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] the theft of metal public


On 4/19/15, 7:26 AM, Larry Brown wrote:
> Actually I believe in that case it is fixed. Corpses tend not to do 
> many more stupid things ;-)
They do, however, make a nasty mess for the rest of us to clean. :(
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