Conflict
What I want to do is tell you all about our trip and the lovely things we did while we were gone. What I should do is tell you all about the new book that’s going up for preorder on Friday. So let’s strike a compromise. I’ll share three pictures from the trip (because three pictures of someone else’s vacation is all anyone should be asked to tolerate), and then we’ll talk about the book tomorrow. Sound fair?
We spent an unreasonable amount of time watching the sky do this.
We spent even more time climbing all over these rocks (the ones at the front were right by where we were staying, and we clambered allllllll the way down to the farthest trees).
And we collected great heaping piles of treasures. They have me pondering an art project in the style of Jonathan Fuller. We’ll see if that comes to fruition, and if it does, I promise you’ll hear all about it.
So there, that’s a reasonable amount of vacation to share and hopefully not bore you to tears. And next up will be helpful info about the book and its upcoming release (hint, there are goody bags for the first folks who buy it).
Thanks for the Maine fix. Sea glass is beautiful and I’m looking forward to the book fix as well.
Ooooh! beach glass!
I have a PLAN for a backsplash in my kitchen using translucent stone (onyx) in a mosaic with LED backlighting. I’ll be using a clear epoxy resin to attach it to glass, and then grouting around the tiles, and coffering out the wall behind the backsplash panel to install LED strips.
If I had a pile of beach glass, I would do more or less the same thing, but make a stained glass sort of thing. Perhaps a light fixture? I love the way light spills through beach glass, and I’m enjoying very much playing with LED strip lighting.
You should see my studio with the LED strips. Marvelous even indirect white light throughout the space. No color correction required on photos, and I don’t have to use the tripod to take long exposures any more! Or wait for a sunny day in Seattle. (hah!!)
Ooooooh…I’ve been wanting to figure out how to attach the glass into a grove routed out of a piece of driftwood. Some sort of epoxy is the answer, I’m just not sure *what* kind. I need to get some non-treasured pieces to experiment with before I go doing anything permanent to the beloved and irreplaceable ones.
There is epoxy meant for attaching glass tiles to walls and other surfaces. Should do the trick.
Though you might consider routing a deeper channel and laying in a backerboard or some mortar to create a good solid attachment surface. Driftwood can be soft, crumbly, and unstable over time.
Might also just split the driftwood in half and attach the halves to a separately constructed glass/epoxy/backer thing. Would save trying to get the glass properly positioned in the channel before the epoxy cured. 😉
On the topic of fun things to do with glass and epoxy, have you seen these?
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/171910910751340895/
Yeah, I will totally be experimenting. Should be fun!
I’ve seen things like that with a mix of glass and china. Can be cute, can also be a bit overdone (for my tastes) in some cases. Tricky balance to strike…