The saga continues. As I worked on my window two weeks ago my ancient soldering iron (with the cloth cord and wooden handle) shorted out the workroom in the basement. And was smoking from the socket. And the handle fell off. And it buzzed. A lot. I figured rather than continue to use it I'd treat myself to a shiny new one.
(The beginning of the repair process, right before lights out. Notice the strip of braided steel between the foil.)
I should have done so a long time ago. I thought the old one I found in the basement was good mostly because it was large. Come to find it wasn't actually that powerful. I did in two hours what it probably would have taken me an entire day to do before. Live and learn, I guess
To solve the problem of framing the piece, I decided to instead run steel wire along the outermost lead lines along both sides, tacking them at the intersections. This way the edges were exposed. A look that I actually really like.
I supported the steel wire with some heavy duty chain. I'm not sure how much the window weighs, but I'm sure 98lbs is more than enough.
The steel even took patina beautifully.
The completed piece, still successfully hanging in the window.
Detail of the wire and glass.
And my next project: Saint Guinefort
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