Thursday 1 March 2012

Stained Glass Commission

I have been asked to design and make a stained glass pane by my Dad. I begin work on the various design ideas tonight! He has drawn up a rough idea of what he would like included in the design (as he is quite the artist himself). See Below.

As a glass artist, one of the stages you go through in the design process is isolating your areas of glass. Effectively making a complex jigsaw puzzle of colours and shapes which when brought together form the overall glass piece. I intend to create this pane using the copper-foiling method as this piece is purely decorative and will not be under strain or be exposed to the elements. I will reinforce the edges of the pane with stiff copper wire so that it will retain its rigidity and strength after soldering.

Below is the initial drawing from my Dad;


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Robin Silcock

I am a Second Year Games Art and Design student at Norwich University of the Arts. After exploration of a number of roles in my first year, I am now looking to graduate as a 3D Artist with applicable skills in Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush and Photoshop. I understand that my skills in this field are not there yet - but I aim to achieve this goal through consistently working through the programs in my University and Personal Projects. I love to be busy - I have always had a lot of things on my plate since the age of 7 where I successfully balanced school with Ballet, Tap, Horse-Riding, French, Piano and Singing Lessons! In the same fashion, my university schedule is just as hectic and varied; I am a Peer Mentor to first year students, Student Rep for Second Year, and President of the Enterprise Society. Like I said, I love to be busy! I am a Games Hippie - so to speak - I believe that Games if designed and harnessed in the right way, will be able to help solve many of the global issues we have today - even if it starts off in a small way. Just look at the positive effects that Facebook and Twitter have already had... When navigating my blog;
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