u/MarlyMonster

Didn’t have a chance to work on it much the last couple weeks but finally back to my dad’s gift! Learned the hard way to be careful when foiling long skinny pieces, at bottom back bar snapped in 2 pieces right at the last second 😑😑😑….. Was gonna make a new piece but decided not to drive myself crazy and just make it two pieces instead lol. Oh and got totally inspired by u/Overall_Pitch3538 and their little moving car with working wheels!! I’m probably cursing myself but I just HAD to add that element to my Jeep, hence no wheels in the panel lol. Fingers crossed it turns out the way I’m envisioning it!

Genuinely feeling so proud of this little haul, and I was amazed I found all these on my own property! The stinging nettle and cleavers we already fed before with success but today I decided to hunt for some plantain, and ran into the yarrow and chamomile along the way! Will see if the little guy likes those three new ones as well, fingers crossed it helps him not be so itchy.

Genuinely feeling so proud of this little haul, and I was amazed I found all these on my own property! The stinging nettle and cleavers we already fed before with success but today I decided to hunt for some plantain, and ran into the yarrow and chamomile along the way! Will see if the little guy likes those three new ones as well, fingers crossed it helps him not be so itchy.

I used a bandaid after which worked but need to switch to waterproof. I don’t like covering my hands while I work so gloves aren’t a great option for me. What does everyone else use to protect their fingers while going hard on the grinder?

I’m doing the fenders and wheels double cuz I’m trying to give it a little more shape, curious to see how it’ll work out!

This is my most complex project yet so wish me luck 😱. Spent weeks on sketching out all the different panels and today I finally started cutting out the first pieces. My dad has always loved Jeeps and finally got himself one again recently. His birthday is coming up and Father’s Day (for my country) is not much later so this is gonna be a double whammy gift. The back will have a window that lifts up where the lights will be inserted! I’ve never done a 3D project before but I’m so excited!! So if you see lots of progress pictures of this come by in the next weeks I’m sorry LOL

Stained glass/tiffany technique, made by cutting and grinding pieces of glass, wrapping them in copper foil, and soldering them together. Finished with copper patina and a chain for hanging. I made this for my bf to celebrate our two year anniversary!

This is made using the Tiffany technique, a form of stained glass art. The pattern is completely designed by me, then I enlarged it and cut out the pieces from some thicker paper. After cutting and grinding the pieces they get wrapped in copper foil and then soldered together.

Decided to go without the wire accents on the comb after majority voted plus it also meant I didn’t need to spend another hour on it and could patina it and finish 😂

Making a Corinthian helmet for my bf for our second anniversary. He got me my new glass haul as an early gift for it so it only felt right to create him something with it! Just wondering about foil thickness? I’ve only used 3/16 so far but my pieces have been relatively small. I also have 7/32 which I thought might be better suited for a piece this size? Unsure how to gauge which thickness to use, so would love any tips you guys have for that! Sharpie for scale cuz no bananas available lol

This whole project has been cursed from the start which is hilarious LOL

- I started cutting on the wrong side of the glass which meant my cutter was catching on the rough surface, which made my cuts less tight.

- This meant I wasted more glass. One piece split in two with the very last cut.

- That last piece splitting meant I no longer had enough of the same colour to finish!! So had to add the fiery red colour and two pieces from a similar colour glass to compromise

- I messed up the pattern and missed an impossible cut I had done right where the right ear meets the tail. Had to rework it freehand on the fly.

- When I went to finish soldering after a couple weeks the solder suddenly wasn’t behaving and I got wonky beading everywhere, had to go painfully slow to fix it.

- And lastly, just now when I was applying the copper patina coat I accidentally tapped the right leg and because it’s a hinge joint (only attached by one straight line) it came off LOL

But whatever, it’s DONE!!!! And I love it so it was worth it haha