Glass Xpressions have got quite a big job on at the moment, designing and making glass splash-backs and counters for a new gelato shop in Surfers Paradise.
The glass has all been cut and toughened and now sections of have to be slumped and hand painted.
The glass panel that is to be the main sign in the shop is in a kiln being slumped at the moment and will be painted when it comes out, so in the meantime I helped Sean with the swirling paint job of the main wall panels.
These sections are having red and green swirls painted on them and will be finished with a spray coat of White Pearl so they end up looking like swirls through icecream. The green paint is easy to apply, but the red is a transparent colour and takes a lot of very careful coats to get right. The panels are placed upside down on top of the template and painted by hand, the panel that butts up against this one was positioned on the table in alignment with it before we started, just to make sure that the new painted lines completely match up with the other panel.
Very fiddly work that took all morning!
The good news today is that the new element has been fitted to the glass furnace and the glass is starting to heat up again - should be ready to use in a day or two.
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