Thursday, August 18, 2005
Sawdust and Stain
Successfully cut my first piece of glass yesterday morning. Now I just need to assemble the frame to which it belongs and see if it fits.
Sanded down two frames I found in an industrial dumpster, too. Stained them black, and they turned out beautifully. Now, I need to re-cut the mats for the pieces that will go into those frames.
A friend who runs a framing shop is headed out on vacation today, and let me use her brad nailer while she's gone, so that's one less thing I need to worry about, "How am I going to do that?" She also gave me some pointers on frame assembly and hooked me up with some glue. Excellent.
I also successfully cut all of the wood for the first frame that I'm building from scratch. Up to this point, I have been cutting down larger frames (39.5" x 60") that I acquired when some folks at the University of Montana were cleaning out a storage shed. I cut the wood to size, cut the rabbit for the glass, then measured and cut the miters. The pieces fit together better than some of the other frames I've cut.
But. I lost about 6" from each piece of wood when I cut the miters. Guess I learned something. And that's a good thing. My 'ole man always told me, "If you learn something, it's not a wasted day."
Meanwhile, in the "distractions" category, hung out with Ric Parnell, the drummer from Spinal Tap, on Saturday at Sean Kelly's. It was his birthday, and he had fun telling us stories about "back in the day".
On my first cup of coffee for the day. We've gotten some much needed rain, and, in fact, it's still raining. Headed out into the studio now to cut some glass, assemble some frames, and cut a few mats before heading into work.
Remix 12" x 16", acrylic, bolts, nails, string
Lignting Strike 12" x 16", oil
Marc 5:35 AM
1 Comments:
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