A sad glass day

[mouseclone]

Today marks the first day of my very first very sad glass day. The over all glass days have been good. I have had a few I tried a few pipes and they didn't work out but it is okay. Today is not like those days.

Today, the project I had been working on for about 1.5 weeks just hit the floor. It was very sad to hear then watch.

I don't have much else to say. I guess I'm going to sit here and think about what I didn't do to cause this to have happened. Maybe I needed to anneal it every day. I don't really know. I know one thing. Works like that can't be treated like pipes. A lot more delicate.

Other parts of my day were also crazy. I put that on my blog. Just a strange day. I think that I might take Mondays off from glassblowing.

On the up tick. A stick was stuck in my dogs mouth. I wasn't sure what it was a first. I thought that he might be choking on a stick and couldn't find anything down his throat. Waited a bit and he started pawing at the roof of his mouth. Checked and he had lodged between his teeth sideways. So I saved him the trouble of getting it out. I hope that he still learned a lesson.

-mouse

[LTD]

Hope yer mondays are better.

[J Howard]

how about props for actually having the balls to try something like that. you'll plck up the pieces and it will come out better the second time any way

[hashmasta-kut]

sorry about your loss.

[Aymie]

If it's truly toast, I say smash it to bits and show it who is boss...I like doing that...the sound of breaking glass is awesome when you want it to happen. Feels great all around.

I was once told, if you aren't breaking shit, you aren't pushing yourself enough...so way to go for being willing to try.

[steven p selchow]

I'm so old mouse, I can't count the times shit has hit the floor, including me. This yacht I did a few weeks back, even after all my years of experience, I think I bridged it wrong, the hull I spent 4 hours on fell apart from my tweezers taking it out of the kiln, I have a throw rug, as I sit when I work, you should see the rug under my chair. Second time around, I went about it differently...glass is fun huh?

steve

[Master Yoda]

dude, you take days off?

[mouseclone]

dude, you take days off?

I try not to as I have limited time on the torch. 12hrs x 5ds a week devoted to my day job. I try to melts as much and as often as I can. Sunday was a day off, but then again I still drove to SC to eat at a restaurant and back (crazy I know but it is good food).

I did sweep it up off the floor and put it into a metal container. I think that washing it up really well, container is dirty, and then smashing the hell out of it and playing with the frit left over will be better than just tossing it all out.

If I can get my propane reg to act correctly then I will start all over. I have to have it submitted by the 24th. I don't know that I will make that deadline, but you never know. and even if I don't, GoldSmithy might be happy to have it. Who knows.

it was over all a very crappy day. I should never ever get on the torch after a bad day. It is really hard to focus if I don't unwind a little bit first.

[jackpotmonkey]

glass, i have learned the hard way, is an emotional sponge. even beyond your mind not being totally into the work it seems to be a lot more stubborn when you are down or angry.

[STROKER]

these days i spend most of my melting time pushing my envelope and unfortunately that also i means i too hear that breaking sound a bit more than i would like.
that shit is life brother.
if you broke it, i say you need to spend the time to inspect and figure out why and where it broke.
go over the moment in your head as it happened and i am sure you will figure out where you went wrong. there is always a deciding factor in these situations.

then get back on the torch and make a better one.

like joann said, if you aint breakin something then you are not pushing yourself.

also, really make sure its not repairable? at least think about using sections of it in various other works before you smash it all to hell. but if its a loss, then rejoice in the sound of smashing it up even more.

as for taking mondays off, fuck that. tuesday will just be your next monday then. keep on torchin, its the only way you will beat the glass gods....

[Sparkey]

Failure is the cost of tuition.

[J Howard]

I was once told, if you aren't breaking shit, you aren't pushing yourself enough...so way to go for being willing to try.

no falls no balls!

[TheGlassTree]

no falls no balls!

Hell Ya! I been breaking shit alot lately.. fuck it bro its just glass! the destiny of all glass is to break so really you just helped fate out. Dont take it all harsh just get off your ass and make another and quite crying in your beer your watering it down.

[J Howard]

the only thing worse that breaking something yourself, is having your gallery break it for you while it's still in the box and saying you did it or made it wrong (only you hand delivered it).

see my avatar? that was a 3 week piece. but that's partly what makes baller work baller. if it was easy, it'd be called your mom! :P

[Sparkey]

[QUOTE=J if it was easy, it'd be called your mom! :P[/QUOTE]

:D

[ALIEN!]

the longer you take to get back on the torch the worse, I find myself feeling much better going right back at it even after major disaster. Work helps heal.