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Two of the three panes have spent time in the kiln. Pane #3 will go in tomorrow.
Today I brought the panes to the ark to check on fit (they are slightly too large ... which is an easier problem to solve than if they are too small!)
The designer of the windows was there to see his design come alive! Check it out!
I am a couple days behind schedule...harumpf!
Life demanded my attention.... but finally, the third panel is completed!
Tomorrow I will fuse the top pane and hope that all goes well. Before I start the next set of three, I need to cover the middle and bottom panes with confetti...at least an hour or more of work!
I'll then take the master "cartoon" and flip it to get a mirror image.
That will be an hour of drawing before I can cut out the pieces for the remaining panes.
It's very exciting...exhausting....exilharating...with small bouts of frustration mixed in! Honestly...the frustration is pretty minimal and mostly has to do with my lack of patience.
The ark and shtender are in place and the chapel is taking on a greater feeling of completion!
I wish I could hurry the glass along, but these things take time.
What is a shtender? It's yiddish for a stand.... a book stand. Think of it as a reading stand.
Typically a bimah is a raised "stage" area where we place a shtender or amud (hebrew). In the old days, the bimah was in the middle of the room. It is more common to see it in the front of the sanctuary now. The shtender was usually placed in the front but now typically is located on the bimah.
Because we want the chapel to be as accessible as possible to all, there is no raised "stage." Its a smooth walk or roll up for those with walkers or wheel chairs.
At a later date I'll tell you about the builder of these items, as well as some of their special features.
