THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW

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THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW
THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW
Monthly Newsletter of the Stained Glass Guild of Oklahoma
“Embracing All the Glass Arts”
Vol. 7, No. 8
August 2007”
GUILD OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
Ron Allen 369-2281
VICE-PRESIDENT
Paul Wosika 665-3049
TREASURER
Jim Perkin 439-0592
SECRETARY
Mike Hardgrove X
749-1803
Heather Opp 745-2218
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Membership
WandaHays
Annual Sales
Harry Wallace
Judged Sales
Harry Wallace
Historian
Barbara Shannon
JULY MEETING
PATTERN TECHNIQUES & GRINDING
Ron Macy
Ron prints or traces his pattern onto onion skin paper. You can
also trace without a light box. Then he sticks light duty carpet
tape that is double sided on to the back of the pattern, uses a
light box to cut the piece out. He then adheres it to the glass
and uses the Score 1 cutter to cut the piece out. Each piece he
grinds, solders, tins and places as he goes.
Ron Allen
Ron uses a negative pattern to find the spot on the glass that he
wants to cut his piece from. To create a negative pattern you
cut the piece out from the middle of a paper so that the visible
area is limited. This technique can be used for florals or in
areas where you want movement, shadow or variation.
Shirley Allen
Shirley photocopies her patterns twice and puts clear contact
paper onto the pattern. Make sure you get contact paper and not
laminate because it is too thick. This makes the pattern
waterproof. She cuts the pieces out and adheres them to the
glass using a glue stick. After an hour or so she comes back and
cuts and grinds the pieces. The pattern pieces are reusable after
she throws it into the water for a while.
Candice Wilfong
Cutting glass out on the light table. Lay the pattern on the light
box and place the glass over it and cut the glass right on the
light table. You can also draw your pattern onto the glass.
Stadler has an aluminum colored pencil that marks well on dark
colored glass. This is a good technique for small sun catchers.
Candice turned an aquarium on the side to put her grinder in it.
She also wears a face shield when she grinds because you are
not supposed to breathe the glass dust.
Lloyd Garrison
A stone file does a good job to get the burrs off. This was also
how glass was ground in the past. Wear safety glasses when
you grind glass--even if you have a guard on your grinder!
Lloyd uses an IV pole to drip water onto his grinder and the
drip is adjustable. He also uses an ultra fine marker to draw his
pattern onto the glass because he has to grind less. Empty the
reservoir and rinse it with clean water. A coating of grease is
also necessary when putting the bit on. Mark Stay keeps the
lines on and chap stick also works. Lloyd shared a variety of
bits. Adjust the grinder occasionally to make it last longer. He
keeps a fan on the top of the IV pole too which is next to his
soldering station so it keeps the fumes down.
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Vol. 7 No. 8 – August 2007
Show and Tell
Show and Tell
Nelson Myers-red glass that shows some
cloudiness. Nelson invited us to guess what
caused it. What do you think?
Lloyd Garrison and a garden stake he
created.
Paul Wosika’s agate lampshade using a
mosaic technique.
He also challenged us to think outside of the
box and consider doing our next shower redo
with glass instead of tile!
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Vol. 7 No. 8 – August 2007
Once again we would like to thank the businesses and individuals
who provided door prizes for last month’s meeting. Please be sure to
stop by and thank them personally!
The Glass Station, Cherry Street Stained Glass
And
Nelson, Jeanine and Richard!
Ron called to reply to the Fair’s request for the Guild’s
participation. All the space and time was given away for the
demonstration booth; best of show was sponsored and they
did not really seem to be interested in our donation. We can
put up our information on the display racks the fair is going to
borrow. That will be the limit of our participation.
The trailer needs to be worked on so Paul needs 3 or 4
volunteers in the fall. The date will be in the newsletter.
COFFEE & JUICE LIST…
COFFEE
JUICE
AUG Richard Young
Richard Young
SEPT Jim Perkin
Susanne
Underwood
OCT Jim Perkin
Mike Hardgrove
NOV Vera Gunter
Nelson Myers
We need a chairperson for the nominating committee. Ron is
going to step down so we need a new president as well.
Next year we are going to go back to the second Saturday of
the month for the meetings. Except April- we will meet the
first Saturday.
Membership renewal is due in August.
There was some interest in a meeting on making jewelry out
of microscope slides. What do you think?
JULY GUILD MEETING
10:00 AM
AUGUST 4, 2007
ALLIE BETH MARTIN LIBRARY
2501 S. GARNETT – TULSA, OK
FITTING AND FOILING
Taping/gluing pieces to the mold
Type of surface to use for fitting
Using pins to hold pieces for fitting
Squaring brackets for accuracy
Types and sizes of Foil
Hand foiling methods & burnishing
Types of foiling machines and demonstrations
If you have any tips
or ideas you would
like to share with
other Guild members
please send them to
me and I will include
them in your Guild
Newsletter!
Mike Hardgrove
3709 E. 39th St.
Tulsa, OK 74135
[email protected]
STAINED GLASS GUILD OF OKLAHOMA
2007/2008 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
It’s time again for membership dues effective September 1, 2006. Dues are as follows:
____Individual Membership $20.00
____Family Membership $25.00
(A family membership consist of 2 persons living at the same address.)
Also, keep in mind if you joined after June 1st, your membership is good till August 31, 2008
Please make your check payable to SGGO and mail along with this form to:
Wanda Hays
9011 E. 27th Place
Tulsa, OK 74129
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Wanda at (918) 665-3049
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