Poll and Glass Painting

[neadods]

Today's class was on glass painting. It was a well-taught and generally interesting one (turns out I *really* like glass painting) with only one drawback... it was in the morning. Of a workday. My teeth were a little gritted when I told the roomful of retired teachers that I'd had to take leave to be there and REALLY would have preferred a night class.

That said, we tried five methods of applying paint to glass (paintbrush, sponge, stencil, marker, tube) and did two projects. After the vase and the pitcher have cured for a couple of days, I heat-set the paint, which is supposed to make it dishwasher and microwave safe.

The only problem with these "make it" classes is that I end up with novice projects I don't know what to do with. Perhaps I should take more cooking classes so I can eat the evidence. Speaking of which, the upcoming semester is a Candyland of options, and since people always like to click polls, here you go:


[Poll #1761532]

Comments

[swallowedbysky.livejournal.com]

It's possible that I just marked cooking classes that I want to take. As for pottery and stained glass, they're things I love and wish I had the time, space, and resources to do now.

My first experience with a wheel was at the age of nine, and I stuck with it all through high school. I made more money selling what I made than I did working part-time in high school, and my mom still uses a number of the bowls and mugs that she got as birthday and Chirstmas gifts every year. Try the wheel. It's one the most deliciously tactile experiences I know of, it's absurdly relaxing, and even novice-level results are useful and, depending on your glazing method, visually impressive.

As for stained glass, my mother took a class when I was a kid and I, erm, borrowed her supplies. It's one of those things I always wished that I'd devoted more time to mastering. It's not nearly as relaxing as pottery, instead, it satisfies the part of the brain that loves to *plan.* It's a bit like quilting, in that respect. (And now I want to get back into quilting. Dammit.)

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Try the wheel. It's one the most deliciously tactile experiences I know of

I tried and failed at the wheel years ago, in a class where the teacher made a big deal out of throwing japanese teacups and then ordered us to make a drinking vessel.

I made a beer stein in slabs.

Having looked at the list of possibilities, I've had to drop the wheel class from consideration at this venue because it conflicts with classes I want to take more. However, the local arts place also often has clay classes - I need to see if they've got a basic wheel one.

I loved quilting. I'm still doing it sideways - most of what I knit is really adapted quilt patterns. (With the exception of the currently abandoned and languishing Watson scarf.)

[redpanda13.livejournal.com]

I'd take the pottery wheel class in a shot if it came with Patrick Swayze, but alas....