The skills swop workshop :
jaboopee -v- akka design
In return for Laura teaching me to gild recently,
I taught her the glass making technique known as copper foiling,
Laura wanted to make a light catcher ,
and came up with this really clever design .
Thanks laura ,for modelling the copper foil technique .
This is a step by step of all the processes .
1 : Designing and making the template ,
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sVZjRSYBskgM3gHPuQBpOmJzShyphenhyphennUnWza8tAYbuDhIEMzoHOcN1-fCGc8cLNfyKLvL36uZEO9TgRIwygKWGyhO0YIbboXlXQrjySqb8R-b7GD4ffqsBqPtzF-iHA2D-RyP7zfRXI7eHS/s400/1+cft+-+design.jpg)
2 : Choosing the Glass
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj95I7Yi3KCQG2f8SyGw7mJ-0yGtWDwehyMx9T-xLw0q9dhyphenhyphennSqlEr-_iIUKLbTKpXjCpDV-cnGI6jah6a1nuF0QVsrMyMKqOrKxm-bMvh0SfDqFoXd2j6AINFcezIRhSYV_zswMzIb5NIV/s400/+choosing+the+glass+.jpg)
3 : Cutting the glass
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQE1a_S2ZK4HxhkNcGH6TEhvO8FIen8VNJtZhNQw0YvPyVNAwYns4byCqrxDmTHftvnqxCJciayaNSATLCktXKHQnuXfxbsalgXpxLkM0IR0eXvHoCCGdqNhp_BAbIwDiT-pORTxul3pus/s400/3+cft+-+cutting.jpg)
4: Grinding and polishing glass edges
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZJyfclPWJSCatPXfB7pHgv84jPTsxN47Uy0YwU8E8oLZp6KnN1QAmChSFJYbNtPaD4EAv9uk1mK62OG4dGvGlCBW9pCGpADaH4tbhyphenhyphenBpXgznhDJQ1Dt1ymSvl_yvYPVpeC4uJyxH5FRjO/s400/4+cft+-+grinding.jpg)
5 :Applying the eponymous copper foil adhesive tape
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8c2hnoTU6VCB7SAgTTewvKGgZsNuOYavtuZxLIedsw1GI0Z49K4LlyUh_SUMlWUVi-6QSr6MUfoEt-HSbiZp3QFHs6Kuc7LnKOEY81vNGBz7LXnDpNOSXw9tziYNsC6BvkhtdgqWcje5l/s400/5+cft+-+copper+filing.jpg)
6: All pieces copper-foiled with edges burnished
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikHKopHIp_BLEi5VjZf_ITHeUVbx83EblT9XQiP8R-ag2qgazXx3fGFeGpmF8o5dVvKQ16WFr7ayxiIOENfgXWsX1IFOAhOMsrZvtMNFS6GIB2XfqOiAZ1R5u4GSRYY7dE4sTIfHmEy1EP/s400/6+cft+-+copper+filing+2.jpg)
7: Flux application , ready for spot-soldering
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMx5IMpO1gEFDkAs8H3vURC9IM2NTvASh1or_B4evu6_fwA_QnUrBkihNqNLVC7Gmbbh-_fpwFMbRGp7Q8aHdHhwCt1QsZs2ozzYK5ZO7rpTuP0FYAEFDAXz2neybJsMJsAfQcCqdWdLN/s400/7+cft+-+fluxing+and+spot+soldering.jpg)
8: Soldering
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_Mh70lgKHL01LaRVcZCD2gOYWuX15A3JyCaQ6eCPAJwFJ2rtMXIKflfshgypLhG9TnlV5WxHaaKemLmTzY2SSs4GD6Emm7jbSoU6oK1Ye4ytBCvpiBVuRgJif2OQBYgKFG6fh9XuFdj_/s400/8+cft+-+soldering.jpg)
9:Patina application
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_95k2CcOiT0Ojms4Wc00Fn3bApwXvBwTPagtj_7Re8yEJnNGRPiVoGeU0185UyrShJ87u0S0pdqYfjZkybhU6sr1A_LhAWmxQAqr5l9jO-6vW0jqCQevpRoEB72r9wChHrh1MpIF21UeN/s400/9+cft+-+patina.jpg)
Laura unsurprisingly was a fantastic student and did a great job.
She has taken a picture of the light catcher in situ,
and you can see it over here at her blog
Stay tuned for Part 2 of Gilding the bed. We are expecting a delivery of
judean bitumen from france any day now and that'll be it' s final coat .