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Date: 25 September, 2009, 01:06 pm - "Latest News" Category | |
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Judy, Mike and I have been playing around with clockmaking. This clock was made with a circle of white glass fused to a circle of compatible clear glass. Once fused, I applied resist and hand cut the stitches on the baseball as well as the roman numerals made with small baseball bats. I also cut a small circle in the middle for the clock mechanism to fit through. I then did all of the blasting and we slumped it in a rounded mold. Once that was done, I did the painting, using one shot paint. I've done another with just plain float glass, and will be trying my hand at footballs, etc. What's nice about using the opaque white glass is that it masks the clock mechanism behind, and the baseball is rounded enough so that it fits flat against the wall. Lots of stuff to still work out, but, it's fun just doing something different. We're working on lots of other things, and, I hope to show some of them to you soon.
As usual, with a prototype, this clock was labor intensive, not to mention expensive. Just the glass was $70.00. Add in clock parts, labor, kiln expenses, and, you have an item that must be sold for at least $150.00. Personalization would, most likely add another $25.00 or so. Mike is working on vectoring and plotting the stitches and baseball bat numerals to eliminate hand-cutting time.
Currently, I'm working on a clock for a Cards fan. It will have the team logo, and the fan's name. You'll see it when it's done.
Check out the clock that was made from a piece of old 1/4" scratched, plate glass. We cut the circle and solid frosted the scratched side so that you wouldn't even notice the scratch. Remember, even if you don't have a kiln, you can just make a flat clock. Those look great,as well. |
Mike Mudd -
posted on 9/28/2009
Sandra -
posted on 11/19/2009
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