Progress update

As of right now, here's what I have done:

*The door is completely stripped of old paint and stains, sanded, and re-stained. Ready for painting words on it. Unfortunately, it's at my parents house (I didn't want sawdust all over everyone's wet paintings) and I may not be able to get it back to the studio for tomorrow's class.

*All the pieces of the window are cut out, including the border, and I started grinding off the sharp bits yesterday, I should be finished with that by tomorrow night. I also bought zinc rods for the outer rim, makes it more stable. Saturday my bf is coming up to help me, we are going to wrap the edges of each piece in copper tape, and I'm going to start soldering.

*I have the supplies I need for the embroidered plaque. However, instead of making that a blurb about the Mari, I think I'm going to put one of the Welsh verses from the traditional song.

*I'm making up pamphlets w/ info on the Mari, and a special thanks section for everyone who's helping me w/ this.

*My uncle is helping me with the panels on either side of the door. They will be stucco (or something that looks like stucco) on one side and wallpapered on the other, so once I'm done building them they shouldn't take too much time to decorate.


I'll get photos up as soon as I can.