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I would like that you give me your evaluation, advises, and suggestions of this projet, which is almost finish, but can be modify easily ! And do not be embarassed to give me your advises !π
So here is the stained glass window made by my sister , which falled on the floor and partialy broke.
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She had made it very ''transparent'' so that the outside light could enter well.
The red line is the part to replace, where there the glass broke.
Not doing this marquetry hobby rarely , I offered her to put a scene in marquetry and that will be in the style of the rest. A return to marquetry with a lot of trial and error to find the pattern. Nice challenge!
Not easy! The stained glass measures 25'' X 14'' and the broken part is about 11'' X 13''!
I used 1/8" MDF, the same thickness as the stained glass, cut the shape of the hole with an insertion in the frame on the right, which allowed me to give more solidity to the MDF once it was cut. The perimeter is glued to the metal with a glue in places for more rigidity.
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Then the pattern in the shape of a tree branch, , and a hummingbird feasting in a similar flower. The marquetry pattern is glued to the MDF on both sides of the stained glass window, as it will be hanging from a window again, as it was before it fell and broke.
IMG_3183 (2).jpg
So I have to make the patterns in double which will be glued one behind the other, and in this way, identical on both sides....or almost...π!
But but after couple of tries, I had changed the fixation of both birds, beacause after looking at the bird with its wings open, it could not be fixed on a tree branch!
Back to the sources for the size of the marquetry, and which requires a lot of ''tenderness'' during the cuts with an exacto. I still had a lot of different colored marquetry, some of which have such beautiful reflections in the light!
So the drawing of the hummingbird and the flower,found on the web, in real size that I transferred on the marquetry.
IMG_3189.jpg
Γ suivre... soon !
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I would like that you give me your evaluation, advises, and suggestions of this projet, which is almost finish, but can be modify easily ! And do not be embarassed to give me your advises !π
So here is the stained glass window made by my sister , which falled on the floor and partialy broke.
Capture d'Γ©cran 2023-01-26 17.19.07 (2).png
She had made it very ''transparent'' so that the outside light could enter well.
The red line is the part to replace, where there the glass broke.
Not doing this marquetry hobby rarely , I offered her to put a scene in marquetry and that will be in the style of the rest. A return to marquetry with a lot of trial and error to find the pattern. Nice challenge!
Not easy! The stained glass measures 25'' X 14'' and the broken part is about 11'' X 13''!
I used 1/8" MDF, the same thickness as the stained glass, cut the shape of the hole with an insertion in the frame on the right, which allowed me to give more solidity to the MDF once it was cut. The perimeter is glued to the metal with a glue in places for more rigidity.
IMG_3182 (2).jpg
Then the pattern in the shape of a tree branch, , and a hummingbird feasting in a similar flower. The marquetry pattern is glued to the MDF on both sides of the stained glass window, as it will be hanging from a window again, as it was before it fell and broke.
IMG_3183 (2).jpg
So I have to make the patterns in double which will be glued one behind the other, and in this way, identical on both sides....or almost...π!
But but after couple of tries, I had changed the fixation of both birds, beacause after looking at the bird with its wings open, it could not be fixed on a tree branch!
Back to the sources for the size of the marquetry, and which requires a lot of ''tenderness'' during the cuts with an exacto. I still had a lot of different colored marquetry, some of which have such beautiful reflections in the light!
So the drawing of the hummingbird and the flower,found on the web, in real size that I transferred on the marquetry.
IMG_3189.jpg
Γ suivre... soon !
planeur
β
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