The Beginning

I have mulled over creating a blog for some time now and, due my recent enrollment in a stained glass course, have finally decided to do it. I am interested in history, goats, other farm animals, animals in general, stained glass, glass blowing, metal working, basically anything that involves working with my hands, and nail art. Not necessarily in that order, but sort of.

A Family Coat of Arms made in High School

Right now, I am in college, learning about everything related to history and historic forms of art that I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, for the time being at least, the lion's share of my classes are dedicated to attaining credits I only need to graduate. On the other hand, I have a beautiful cathedral and a mansion within a ten minute walk from campus. The two of them are full of medieval art, and both have an amazing staff.

I plan to learn lots of new techniques and skills, especially in the glass painting area, as the term continues, as well as some historical facts about them.

For example: it is a myth that glass changes shape  due to gravity over time.
A possible origin of this belief is that old glass was blown and shaped in wheels before it was cut, as a result the glass was not of a uniform thickness, it got thinner as it got farther from the center.

I hope to use this blog to not only share some of my artwork (and to be realistic, you are probably going to see a fair number of pictures of my pet goat and any baby animals we get) but also to document some of the more interesting parts about farming and stained glass.