Looking good!

A little bit of progress today... about what I expected. About 40% of the third panel cut. Actually, a little bit more given the fact that when I arrived at The Factory today, we had no electricity. Not sure what was going on there, but we were in the dark until about 11:15 or so (not 100% sure, I didn't check my watch).

Quite a few people stopped in and admired the design and glass choices.

Now... the drive home, a glass of wine and a nice relaxing evening.

Burvis cabinets; Day 3

The second panel is cut. The first panel is foiled and tacked. Wow! This project is progressing nicely.

I expect there won't be as much progress tomorrow and Saturday. Traffic through The Factory is usually heavier on Friday and Saturday. But we'll just see... you never know.

A dangerous craft...

One full panel cut today and my lovely assistant, Jenna, began foiling. She's awesome. One panel foiled today!

As you can see from the picture, I found the red glass. This piece came off a score and landed on the table this way!! Thank goodness it wasn't my arm or my foot!!

Jenna seemed unphazed by flying glass stabbing into the table. That's my girl!

The Burvis Cabinets are under way!

Finally started cutting on the Burvis Cabinets today. It felt great working in my newly spacious studio!

All the light green pieces are cut and just a few of the dark green, white and amber border pieces. I'm not happy with the red glass that came in for these panels. It was supposed to be red with a hint of amber and it came in amber with a hint of red! I'll need to replace that and have a few ideas on how I'm going to accomplish that.

I've set a goal for myself on these panels, but I'm not sharing that here. Everytime I do… something happens to push that date back. So I'm going to play with karma here and see if I keep my deadline to myself if I can keep it!! Wish me luck!

Barbee; continued...

No pictures today... progress looks pretty much the same as previous pictures posted. Today was a slow progress day, but progress was made.

I accidentally got a portion of the pattern wet and you know wet paper, it magically changes shape, never to return to its former flatness. So I had to splice and re-invent the wheel. Then I mismeasured the first two cuts made... not a good start to the beginning of the next window. But I finally got it together and managed to get about 75% of one panel done. Mind you... this did not take me all day, just about 3 hours. Ugh. Finally decided to call it quits for the day when those last few pieces just wouldn't fit into leads properly.

Tomorrow WILL be a better, smoother, perfect glass cutting and leading day!

Barbee; Days 3-5

One side is leaded and soldered and today will be puttied. This picture was taken before soldering, but really doesn't look any different now that it has been soldered. I'll start the second side as soon as this side is puttied.

I like this repeating motif pattern, it's very subtle and elegant.

Barbee; Day 2

Progress is slow, but steady. I set a small goal for myself today… knowing I had about three hundred other things to accomplish! I met all my goals and then a tiny bit more. YAY! The left side of one window is cut and leaded. Very happy that all my measurements have been spot on so far!! (Knock on wood) My goal for tomorrow is to get the right side done. Wish me luck! My deadline for these windows is April 15^th. Not sure if I'm going to make that… but I'm sure gonna give it a try!