your gonna get it

Stardate 4 Oct

Wednesday’s lessons

The new students are starting to relax as is the teacher. In a practically based course the first few weeks by there very nature are quite hectic as each learner has different questions abilities and expectations from the course. Until the new learners have experienced and practiced the basic skills they won’t be able to contemplate what level of first project to make. We have spent some time discussing personal ambitions, inspiration, materials and planning. Once the learners have however briefly experienced the whole process, they understand enough to chose. The class of course isn’t exclusively new students, we also have returning students keen to develop there skill.

We are trying to get replacement heads for the grinders, and this set me thinking. For reasons I’m not completely certain about learners despite instruction tend to cut the glass out bigger than it needs to be with a view to grinding it down to the correct size. (Probably a confidence issue)I find this practice to be counter productive and spent time re explaining the methodology of cutting and grinding hopefully should remedy this. As a stained glass artist I’m basically a lazy person so if I can find a quicker way of doing something I will. Initial accuracy in the cutting process will save hours in the grinding. Cutting is infinitely faster than grinding. Also the financially aware will notice grinder heads are an expensive item to replace. So better cutting means less new grinder heads. (thinking always thinking)

They all get it eventually, I taught these people to cut glass, I always have this doubt “what if they cant learn “ but they do takes some a little longer than others. Despite all this damn paperwork there is some reward.

(I mean the satisfaction not just the money)