Congregation Shomrei Torah
Santa Rosa, California
Shalom Hall and Sanctuary Stained Glass
Project Journal
December 29, 2006
completed first panel ready for final cleaning Below are details of the completed first panel which now stands upright, in studio, in preparation for final cleaning and crating for delivery.
detail of figs
detail of poppies ddetail of acorns
 
MIchelle tracing pieces for repainting
mottled glass returned from the kiln Michelle preparing clear glass for repainting
Michelle spent the entire day repainting the large background pieces for the third panel. Due to a strange result, during the kiln firing process, the glass returned from the kiln appeared mottled and degraded in color. All the pieces need to be redone.
David holding an intricately bent pieces of reinforcement bar reinforcement bar confoms to existing lines of the design  
David holds a piece of reinforcing steel after bending it to conform to existing lines of the design. Bending the bar into intricate shapes requires considerable skill and patience, as it is done by eye, in a most medieval manner.  

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