I was out and about today to a friend's house in Logan Central. I bussed it to Doug Cartwright's place to help him with starting up a blog for an artist who needed something that was easy to maintain and was in the public light enough that people would find it. So, of course, I insisted he uses Blogger because it will show up on Google.
On the way over, I found that there was more graffiti tags than art all over the footbridge; but they were very colourful. So, I took photos of them. However, his house was full of arty things; and Doug isn't just a glassworks guy. he's an oil painter too and has had many exhibitions around the place; including the Logan Art Gallery.
Once lunch was, Doug showed me his studio downstairs where there was so much work he had done, glass sitting around in containers for his famous jewelry boxes that are sold at the LAG and much larger pieces standing up in tall slots waiting to be used in other larger pieces of work. He began working on a small box when I looked on and began working on it my self.
Over the afternoon, I worked on getting the pieces of glass
together and soldering them, then worked on the sides and mirrored bottom. After each piece, there was the copper sulfate, washing and polishing to do then more soldering. It was a slow process; not one for the impatient type (which fortunately for me, I can have a lot of patience when it's required). Doug found that I picked up the glass work very quickly and was impressed that once I put my mind to something like this, I could do it under
supervision. I had a few problems, but nothing that Doug couldn't fix. And now, I have a lovely little jewelry box that I had been meaning to purchase from the Logan Art Gallery Store. Isn't it just lovely?
Doug's boxes come in three sizes and he also makes business card holders and other arty things out of broken mobile phones and stained glass too.
What a nice day you had.
ReplyDeleteThe leadlight box looks lovely.
Good job.