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"jk" wrote in message .net... "Jay Adair" wrote in message ... P.S. - Does anyone else work like this.....cutting glass a piece at a time, fitting it against what is already cut, without using a pattern? Kinda just going with the flow and seeing where you wind up? I'm using clear sheets of adhesive to hold the finished pieces of glass in place as I work, saving the foiling for later.... I have a friend of mine who insists on working by the "seat of his pants". His excuse is that he's an oldtimer. All I can say is that you can do whatever makes you happy, but after 100's of years of doing it the right way with a pattern, I think it's pretty much impossible to improve on your results without one. More so it may take you 10 times longer to achieve the same or worse results. You are probably right. I don't set any speed records....but, when I find a piece of glass with a little character that would be interesting in the panel, but it is bigger, longer, smaller, wider, etc. than the pattern calls for, I am free to use it spontaneously without having to adjust elsewhere. I guess at 49, I, too, am an old-timer....patterns just seem to be so restraining.... Jay (never sold a piece of work, and now you can see why) |
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