Astronomical stained glass panel - Page 2

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #21 26-04-2011, 07:48 PM

That's beautiful piece of work John!

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #22 26-04-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Wow, Marcus, that really is very nice http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/....eyepopping.gif

Where will it go when finished?

Mike

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Originally Posted by h0ughy

so which room becomes the shrine to the universe - what a project.

My "control room" (our study) where I hang all my pictures has two big windows ... in front of one of them.

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Originally Posted by Zaps

Utterly gorgeous!

That sounds just a tad dangerous.

Believe it or not, Gail wanted me to post pictures of the three band aides on her fingers today. I said no, it would be better if there was still some blood flowing!

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Originally Posted by jjjnettie

I think it's wonderful too, that you take such pride in your Wife's skills, talent and achievements.
What a great hubby you are!

Aw thanks JJJ! I'm a lucky guy lucky too

Gail is always thrilled with any new image I take - she's my biggest fan!

strongmanmike (Michael) · #23 26-04-2011, 11:09 PM

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Aw thanks JJJ! I'm a lucky guy lucky too

Gail is always thrilled with any new image I take - she's my biggest fan!

I'm second biggest then

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #24 26-04-2011, 11:39 PM

So jealous.

ballaratdragons (Ken) · #25 26-04-2011, 11:45 PM

Marcus, show your wife these astro windows from the Ballarat Observatory.
They are famous and people travel from all around the world to see them.

Hopefully hers will be famous too

http://observatory.ballarat.net/museum/welsh.html

http://observatory.ballarat.net/museum/courier.html

http://observatory.ballarat.net/museum/ballcity.html

bartman (Bart) · #26 27-04-2011, 01:38 PM

Marcus/Gail,
That is wicked!!!!
Cant wait for the final product!
That be a very worthy piece of art hanging from anybody's wall!!!!!
Bartman

Paddy (Patrick) · #27 27-04-2011, 02:43 PM

What a beautiful design, Marcus and what a great way for her to honour your passion with hers. And great to see the beauty of the Ballarat observatory on this site Ken. It is a place of great splendour.

shelltree (Shelley) · #28 27-04-2011, 06:52 PM

That is amazing Marcus, you must be absolutely thrilled!

gregbradley · #29 27-04-2011, 07:52 PM

Fabulous Marcus. It looks great.

Greg.

astroron (Ron) · #30 27-04-2011, 09:22 PM

The panel looks like it will be spectacular when finished Marcus

You should be a very proud man for having such a talented wife

Cheers

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #31 28-04-2011, 06:14 PM

Thanks a lot everyone (on Gail's behalf). She's chuffed that you guys appreciate it!

She's started rough cutting all the pieces now. After this is completed, she will "foil" all the edges with copper tape and commence soldering everything together. It will be a slow process though but here is an update shot. NOTE: the reflected light (and rather grubby) version you see here is of course completely different to what the transmitted light version will look like (when hanging in front of a window).

Cheers, Marcus

marc4darkskies (Marcus) · #32 31-07-2011, 10:13 PM

It just goes to show how long this work takes - the last update was 3 months ago and my wife has been putting in a few hours every weekend!

All the glass was cut, copper foiled and dry fitted. It's now been soldered together and we've had "first light"!!

There's still quite a bit of work to do though: add patina (ageing) to the shiny solder, clean it up (the glass is very dirty) and build the frame.

I'm very pleased with how it's turning out!!

Cheers, Marcus