03.09.10
Busy Day
My Next Level Jewelry class at Arlington Adult Ed did not run because not enough people signed up. So I have the next five Monday nights free. I do wish some of the old gang would come back. We did have fun and they were together for so long.
At work we are getting ready for the Government Summit which runs Saturday through Tuesday. Lots of copying and putting together of handouts plus doing our regular day work. We are going to load the van and use that to haul stuff to hotel, usually costs around $200 to get everything delivered. I am hoping there is a good gym at the hotel, should be. Also will be good to see NRA folks that I met last fall at Annual Training Conference.
Busy tonight finishing up the window repair. I did find some old glass to put in it and had to buy new glass to replace others. It is getting harder to find old glass. Yes I have put it off till the very last night. What is new? I keep kicking myself for not working on it on my days off but things would come up and nights off I just wanted to sit with the kids and be a family. I overestimated repair time because I know myself so well. I have to make this change for sure. I need to remember to take pictures of this one after, last repair I forgot to and only have before and during of.
I do like doing repairs. It is like a puzzle, how can I take it apart without taking it all apart? I do not like to do a total take apart because it takes the original stained glass artist’s work away, if I can I leave as much intact as possible. If it is a newer piece and they do not know artist then it is not as important to me top keep it together. Matching glass is sometimes so hard. If it is an old piece it can be really hard or impossible. Since we have lost some of the old time manufacturers it is even harder. When I find someone sells old glass I try to pick up as much as I can. Working with no paper pattern is a challenge sometimes. You have to take apart the piece, lay it back together to trace around the hole to get a pattern or fit the broken piece back together and trace around it. And then when it is ready to be put back to together you have raise the new piece up so it is flush with the old pieces and not a step down. The whole time I am wondering about the story of the piece…. Who made it? Who was it for? Was it in a store or a custom piece? How were the colors chosen? How old is it?
