I spent the past few weeks completing my full scale drawings. I drew out each column on a long sheet of roll paper, and my studio workbench was wide enough to lay a few of these sheets side by side. On Thursday, Rob took these rolls down to UPS and it took him over an hour to have them all scanned. Now he’s printing out pattern copies of each panel separately, with guidelines that show the light line, the edge of the glass, and the outside edge of the zinc, so that each panel will be sized perfectly.
Drawings and glass everywhere.
Rob’s tech setup: the multiple screens he accumulated as we worked on the book will come in handy on the Makers Project too
On Friday, we travelled down to Rainbow Glass and picked up all of the zinc, flux, and polish that we should need for the project. And the fun part… I got to pick out so much beautiful glass for the project! I filled a crate! We snuck in some leisure time in nearby Asbury Park - kinda hedonistic – a nice walk along the ocean, with pizza at Porta, drinks at the Cuban place, and some oysters at the seafood place in the Convention Hall. As we sat at the bar at Porta, an employee started taking down all of the plexiglass barriers along the bar… as we listened to the radio on the way home, we learned that the Governor Murphy had lifted the indoor COVID restrictions that afternoon.
Now I’m cutting up my first patterns and making glass choices. Rob is making trips back and forth to the storage unit.