Well, considering the Alloa brief I have moved on quite sufficiently as I am now 3 brick panels into my final piece out of the 5 that I have decided to make for my sample piece to illustrate the brick effect which will be displayed upon a window within the campus.
The Process...
After finding an interesting combination of two glass maquettes containing both stringers and broken patterned glass, I decided to experiment with this idea but cut the layering of glass down to 2 panels instead of the initial 3 and attempt to put the glass panels in with the stringers and broken glass in all at once. This would then save me time as time is a big constraint on this project and working with glass, a lot of preparation is needed in order for the glass to be ready and fully fused. After speaking to one of the lecturers I was advised to experiment with a smaller panels as I am trying to recreate a brick effect and initially in my earlier maquettes the sizing of the panels were larger so again I took this advice on board and sourced a further 14 panels of glass which gave me 4 panels for experiments and a further 10 for the final piece as 2 panels are needed to make 1 brick effect.
Different coloured stringers were sourced from the college and broken to size and placed carefully on top of one glass panel. From this, I then broke up a slightly patterned glass using a hammer and selected pieces which were then placed upon another panel of glass and then put on top of the remainder. The glass is then left to its own devices for the next day as the glass fuses together and then carefully checked once this process is complete. For my first maquette I used patterned glass sourced from the college to create the broken glass effect but this did not work out and produce the sharp effect I was looking for but instead created a melted edge effect which I later found out was down to there being an incompatibility within the two glasses.
As you can see, the edges aren't as defined as they were in my previous maquette using broken glass and this was because the glass used in the previous one was from A&J Glazing which must have a stronger resistance in terms of the strength of the glass. I am somewhat glad that this didn't turn out according to plan as this whole project has been a learning curve as I have never experimented with glass before so this was dealt with and new glass was sourced to avoid this happening again. A positive outcome also came from this experiment as I learned that due to resizing the glass, 2 pannels could then fit into the kiln to be fused, and also that I could fuse the stringers in with with the other layer of broken glass in at the one time without it breaking.
Moving On...
After this experiment, I then continued to create my final piece.
The pictures above illustrate a part of the process that goes into making these panels alongwith the panels that have been created to date. The panels are to be photoshoped into the chosen window at the Alloa campus to create the right effect of how it would look in situ.
Preperation for Photoshop
Today I visited the Alloa campus again to refamiliarise myself with the surroundings and the chosen space that my art work would exist in. I took measurements of the windows and took the appropriate photos with the help of Kara Day to ensure I had suitable photos to be used in the editing process.
More pictures and details to come!
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