Thursday, 17 September 2015

Back to work

Well the new studio is well and truly up and running. Came in very close to budget (more luck than judgement) but ran out of funds before the mains hookup, so if there are any charitable electricians out there......


We have several projects on the go and a few courses booked. One is a reproduction Victorian fan light, to restore an original feature removed many years ago. The building is currently undergoing a major restoration and the stained glass panel will be the crowing glory over a revamped front door. The design chosen is a fairly simple, but effective classical Victorian symmetrical pattern. As with all our designs, they are based on examples found locally and are hand drawn; hand and eye can produce much better compound curves than computers. The most important part of the design is the left to right symmetry, to get this perfect, I draw half of the cartoon up to the centreline, then carefully fold and trace the other half. Easier said than done but very accurate. Looking good so far. 


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