I like doing Stained Glass that incorporates hundreds of pieces.  I like the detail. I reckon Sandblasting will allow scope for a lot more detail.

(Kiln work and painting will also allow me to play with a lot more detail, though I’ve not yet had the chance to get into much of that.  Watch this space).

Also, sandblasting involves a whole different way of thinking:

• It’s about a design, and its mirror image.
• It’s about colour, and negative colour.
• It’s about where the sand will blast, and how light or deep the blast will cut.
• It’s also about which parts of the design will stay pristine.

It’s a challenge to think in these new ways, but it’s good.  It’s no good waking in the wee small hours, to remember the rubbish stuff that happened in the daily grind.  But it’s wonderful waking in the night and turning to thoughts associated with negative colour…

“If that goldfish floats over this goldfish, how will the space around the third goldfish affect the borders around the fourth fish…?”

Who cares what happened in the daily grind when golden fish flit and glide around in the dark spaces… Until they, like me, sink into the depths zzz…

Image by k_millo