The pain of working in glass. I had spent 2 months working on a picture only to have accidently broken it. That is so frustrating and disappointing as it truly was my best work. Think I need a little time to pout about it before I attempt another, lol.
Oh boy, we've all been there... If one of my sculptures cracks, while working on it, I first revert back to speaking German (which I rarely do, only when I am really upset some bad German words come out). The problem is, glass only seems to crack when you almost finished that beautiful sculpture, right? After I have calmed down a bit, my stubborn nature usually forces me to start from scratch on the exact same sculpture, since glass will not master me, I will master glass!
I feel your pain too. I have had pieces with over 100 hours and cut through it or drop them and they break, I have literally sat down and cried. I hope that the next piece will make up for your loss.
I feel your pain! Im not a tough guy but i dont cry easily. glass has made me cry on several occasions and not from hurting myself! 2 months of work though im so sorry. my advise is get right back to it!
Oh boy, we've all been there... If one of my sculptures cracks, while working on it, I first revert back to speaking German (which I rarely do, only when I am really upset some bad German words come out). The problem is, glass only seems to crack when you almost finished that beautiful sculpture, right? After I have calmed down a bit, my stubborn nature usually forces me to start from scratch on the exact same sculpture, since glass will not master me, I will master glass!
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Hans Godo Frabel
www.myglassart.org/frabel
www.frabel.com