http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/ I'm learning the art (or is it a craft?) of stained glass. At this weblog, I record progress, note useful links, and document flesh wounds. en-us 2006-12-08T17:24:29-05:00 2008-05-11T19:12:31-05:00 My big old brick of a digital camera wasn't broken! Instead, it was the card that was bad. In technical... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000123.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-12-08T17:24:29-05:00 Why is it that every time I get really grooving on a stained glass project, every client I've ever had... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000122.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-12-04T22:24:06-05:00 You know what this pattern is? Totally doable.... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000121.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-26T15:38:56-05:00 A couple of days ago, I began the process of faux-laminating my cutting pattern with Mylar and spray adhesive, and... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000120.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-25T22:55:10-05:00 My jewels came. They're faceted, and so they're sparkly, and so they're unreasonably fun to play with. But they're also... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000119.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-22T15:07:17-05:00 I've "laminated" my workboard pattern using the Mylar sheets I bought. This will make it resistant to smudging and running... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000118.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-19T10:56:05-05:00 That tip on how to handle leading very small circles? Completely awesome. Screw the copper foil... we're back to Plan... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000117.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-17T11:27:34-05:00 All right. It's time to give in and try to install a CAPTCHA for commenters here. The comment spammers are... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000116.php Non-Project-Specific Michelle 2006-11-14T22:32:41-05:00 I'd about decided that I was going to have to suck it up and do the dogwood windows in a... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000115.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-14T17:18:18-05:00 So, when we moved from the house in DC over two years ago, my AA battery charger somehow made the... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000114.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-11-05T18:21:50-05:00 Workboards? Check. Hacksaw blade? Check. Actual decisions on framing? Check. Production pattern? Getting very close. I don't know, kids, if... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000113.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-10-24T00:18:47-05:00 It was May when last we spoke. May: a good month. In fact, a very good month. Lucky thing, that:... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000112.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-10-15T20:05:37-05:00 It's not that I lost steam on the dogwood windows project after getting only as far as buying nine square... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000111.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-05-31T20:17:05-05:00 ... all apologies to Andy Warhol ... I did this pattern 2 or 3 weeks ago, just noodling around in... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000110.php Non-Project-Specific Michelle 2006-05-27T20:52:30-05:00 A comment on the Glass Chat board about my last entry cautioned me against laxity in installing my dogwood windows... http://www.sapphireblue.com/dangerousart/000109.php Dogwood Windows Michelle 2006-05-24T16:12:45-05:00