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Welcome to October!
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How is it already October? I may have to remain firmly in denial. The leaves are already starting to curl and drop, and although I am not seeing many changing colour, I’m pretty sure that’s right around the corner. Autumn has always been my favourite time of year, but I’m not quite ready to let go of summer, and the last vestiges of warmth that still make working in the studio with the doors open possible. All too soon we will have the crisp cold mornings, which when they bring sunlight make for such a wonderful atmosphere to wrap up warm and go stomping about amongst the trees and countryside.
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What's been happening in the studio?
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It’s safe to say that September and looking ahead October does not have enough days in it by far! I could do with at least double I think. So yes it’s been busy. We are nearing the end of the Tyndale Arts Week 2021, a week of talks already behind us. Tuesday was my turn, a blend of history, creation and demonstration that I am hoping was well received. For those that are opening this email for the first time, welcome, I hope I didn’t totally send you to sleep when the teacher side of me rose once more to the fore and relished in the opportunity of a PowerPoint. At least you weren’t asked to take notes or complete any homework!
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Last night I attended a talk given by Jen Gash. For those who don’t know, she was the winner of the sky arts landscape artist of the year 2018. A fascinating talk about all that goes on behind the scenes in a programme such as that. But one thing she said truly struck a cord for me - treat everything as an experiment. It’s a good way to avoid the panic over ‘ruining’ a project. For me that means less worry about cutting into ‘that’ piece of glass, and hopefully less worry about if a commission will be well received or not.
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Talking of commissions I currently have two doorways underway. One consists of 6 panels, so far one is leaded, 3 are cut. When my green glass arrives it will be full systems ahead to complete that asap.
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I am now fully booked until Christmas for large panels, but can slip in one or two further small pieces for those that have been pondering getting something specific made for that special someone.
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Saturday morning will see me once more at the Dursley Craft Market, so hopefully autumn will hold off till next week at least! I will also be exhibiting my larger pieces in Dursley Methodist church, thankfully only across the road from the market, so I’ll spend a fair amount of time jumping between venues I am sure. But please do still pop by and say hello if you are passing.
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From the studio
I’m sharing with you as always the brand new suncatcher of the month, with the start of autumn, what better than a spooky potion in a witches' cauldron?
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I am also sharing with you another highly appropriate suncatcher for the time of year - pumpkins.
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Finally, during my recent talk and demonstration I created this lobster panel, now available as a one-off for £75 postage included (buyer to discuss what hanging they would like)
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Working with glass top tip
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I’ve been trying to decide the best tip to share this month. To be honest I could probably write a book on all the little tricks and tips I have either picked up or learnt through trial and error. So today I’m sharing a little trick to create an illusion.
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It’s not possible in cutting glass to create an interior right angle cut. (Well with a saw it is, but you will see a crack develop over time that would just ruin the whole piece). But sometimes you need to create the illusion of that angle, cut the glass allowing for a bend on the inside corner of one sheet, then a standard corner on the outside of the glass that will be butting up next to it. As you can see in my truly awful sketch diagram.
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Then using copper foil or lead (depending on your project) overlay the curved corner so it resembles the right angle you were after. Once again shown in truly awful sketch diagram take two!
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Poppy Glass Studio, October 2021
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