Yeah absolutly did not place that mirror shard there himselfs at all. "My trash becomes my treasure" would've worked just as well without this fake Social Media intro.
Should go without saying but please be careful if you're going to try this yourself, that stuff is insanely sharp. It's not a question of if you'll cut yourself, but how badly. Blood WILL be part of the learning process
I don't know how to articulate that the mirror seemed insignificant in all the other non recycled materials and skills going into this. Very cool a lot of skill bravo, beautiful, I love it, honest, but this is a one off droplet in a sea of trash needing to be recycled.
Great work. Well done. My feeble attempts consist of simply grinding the edge to make it non-cutting and turning a broken wall mirror into a hand mirror.
Stained glass projects aren't nearly as complicated as they may at first seem, and the tools aren't all that expensive either. It's a pretty neat hobby.
Well, I'm not a glassworker, but I do work at a hospital and I have seen some pretty nasty injuries on tradesmen who eschew safety because it's faster or easier. I've also personally sliced my palm open by accident when I was younger, it sucked.
Most of it is fine… with how clean those curves came out I would bet he has a ring saw or at least a grinder and I would use gloves / eye protection when working with those but the scrape and crack most people don’t use gloves
As long as he was careful not to break the glass while he was reflected in it, it should be none. Otherwise he can just put it in a south flowing stream and it'll be all good again.
I think thats just because its round. He picks up a fairly square piece of mirror and ends up with a circle that has a slightly larger diameter than the leg length of the original square. This makes it feel wrong, but a circle doesnt use 21% of the area of the square it fits inside of.
Theres also extra space from leading and the colored glass lending to the impression that its bigger.
Its incredible planning if no extra mirror was needed, but feasible (to my eye, at least).
I could be 100% wrong here, I just spend a lot of time doing designs with shapes in illustrator and turning pieces around can "feel" like something is bigger than it should be. Our brains are easily fooled by geometry.
This is true and I can almost agree with you as I have a freakishly good eye for measurements. Placing all the circular shapes on top of the initial mirror in an orientation that has zero overlap with but has as many edges touching as possible and he didn't mess up breaking a single one may fit but it would be extremely tight with no room for error. I think it more likely that there was at least one other mirror involved.
bondedlo
for a moment it looked like a paa print
NussKnuspermix
Yeah absolutly did not place that mirror shard there himselfs at all. "My trash becomes my treasure" would've worked just as well without this fake Social Media intro.
manystripes
Should go without saying but please be careful if you're going to try this yourself, that stuff is insanely sharp. It's not a question of if you'll cut yourself, but how badly. Blood WILL be part of the learning process
SumDumGuyOG
Incredible skills...and who needs gloves anyways?! Cowards!!
thatwoodguy
Step one find a piece of broken mirror done. Step two own several thousand dollars worth of stained glass equipment and materials.
shalafi71
Replaced both terrarium tops last night from cut scraps. PRO TIP: Crappy thrift store paintings are cheaper than new glass.
todaytomorrowwillbeyesterday
Tiffany style stain glass. Wrapping each piece with copper tape, brush acid to clean, then solder. Very delicate. Fantastic work and imagination
huffnpuff72
Inspiration from his shirt?
HandoB4Javert
Smashing!
bondedlo
looked like a pawprint for a moment
Ver0
I don't know how to articulate that the mirror seemed insignificant in all the other non recycled materials and skills going into this. Very cool a lot of skill bravo, beautiful, I love it, honest, but this is a one off droplet in a sea of trash needing to be recycled.
TrickerTreater
If you don't seal the edges of the mirror with clear nail polish, your mirror will rot
aShogunNamedMarcus
I've seen enough Final Destination movies that you aren't gonna catch me carrying a giant jagged mirror piece away from a dumpster like that guy
hendawg2020
It being sharp's the red herring. The sun reflecting off the mirror blinding the garbage truck driver is what gets ya.
Itsalwaysbeen
Song?
andrewski24
“Did I Tell U That I Miss U” - Adore https://youtu.be/7_N0E5C-MvQ?
nitemayr
My greatest fear about that art is the lead I heard was involved in it years ago, do they still use led in the creation of these?
pdp1
We did glass projects like that in middle school art class! It was one of the first times I used a soldering iron.
Shawnofavitch
Thanks. I hate it...
lordmogul
Great work. Well done. My feeble attempts consist of simply grinding the edge to make it non-cutting and turning a broken wall mirror into a hand mirror.
GozerTheGozerian
Talented people can do crazy shit...
JohnEdwa
Stained glass projects aren't nearly as complicated as they may at first seem, and the tools aren't all that expensive either. It's a pretty neat hobby.
NotTheMamaNotTheMama
It's not junk, it's treasure
Eldibs
This is literally upcycling.
asm80dfa8sdfj
Or, the second R of the RRR loop.
GetlnLoserWereGonnaOffendEveryone
Why not cut it under water?
Hurtmeplenty69
For the love of pete put gloves on
SquashDemon
I wouldn't do that bare handed, myself. Slicing your palm open really sucks.
shalafi71
Your fingers are what get cut. Ask me how I know. :(
PackratMagpie
PosthumousExile
I watch a glass artist person and they say it's better to do it barehanded
SquashDemon
Well, I'm not a glassworker, but I do work at a hospital and I have seen some pretty nasty injuries on tradesmen who eschew safety because it's faster or easier. I've also personally sliced my palm open by accident when I was younger, it sucked.
powwerbottom
Don't try it as a beginner. But after years of stained glass work, we stop caring LOL
4etherling
I'm sure he planted that piece so he knew what he was working with.
droningonaboutsomething
Most of it is fine… with how clean those curves came out I would bet he has a ring saw or at least a grinder and I would use gloves / eye protection when working with those but the scrape and crack most people don’t use gloves
trennerson
I feel like a few minutes is missing. Show about showing more of the cutting of the circle? Do you grind those?
Timmysteve
Was it really necessary for him to place a scrap of his own offcut mirror by a dumpster?
asm80dfa8sdfj
Is it really necessary to assume everything is fake? Even when it's something completely inconsequential?
GRZMNKY
Need to seal the edges of those pieces of mirror, otherwise you'll get mirror rot in a few years
SaturnineCult
Is that copper tape put there because of that? Preventing oxidation or something?
GRZMNKY
The copper foil is how stained glass is assembled. You foil each piece then solder them together.
shalafi71
Is that a thing with modern mirrors? You made me realize I hadn't seen that in a long time.
EggFooYung
Now snort coke off it.
Hesslich
But, but, how? It is hanging on the wall! Have you watched the video? Duh.
Level21Magikarp
080080
i'm not some kind of animal it's a mirror, for crying out loud, not some stripper's breasts!
gurgledeeznutz360
RenaissanceFaireMan
It isn't a toilet seat.
Billis75
Toilet Seat is just a euphemism for Cheryl Hines.
SalmonTheWise
It could be...
HandFireWeapon
Yeah but he ain't RFK Jr. so it's allowed.
CommodusLeitdorf
CobraCommander1981
How many years of bad luck is that
HerpaDerpaBob
https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1a2o2czZwNm9nNXljeGM2YzlvYXVmNGZlMXJlYnljM25iZDdhd3VtdyZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/UoSWDKPpCNaRLmaBKm/200w.webp
StellarJay77
As long as he was careful not to break the glass while he was reflected in it, it should be none. Otherwise he can just put it in a south flowing stream and it'll be all good again.
maskedrabbit
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MipMop
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fformulaa
Absolutely amazing talent. I feel like there is more mirror in the finished product than what they picked up in the streets
tfoot77
My dad used to do stained glass as a hobby, I picked up a little from him bit never got that good. This is really nice work.
slightlybrokenegg
There 100% is but I see mirrors like that in the trash all the time so not an unreasonable assumption he had some laying around from a previous find.
PlasmaSquirrel
Also, he picks up two pieces.
kaneinencanto
They did pick up two pieces, did you notice?
BarnegatLight
I did not notice - thank you!
CBadger
I think thats just because its round. He picks up a fairly square piece of mirror and ends up with a circle that has a slightly larger diameter than the leg length of the original square. This makes it feel wrong, but a circle doesnt use 21% of the area of the square it fits inside of.
Theres also extra space from leading and the colored glass lending to the impression that its bigger.
Its incredible planning if no extra mirror was needed, but feasible (to my eye, at least).
CBadger
I could be 100% wrong here, I just spend a lot of time doing designs with shapes in illustrator and turning pieces around can "feel" like something is bigger than it should be. Our brains are easily fooled by geometry.
StellarJay77
This is true and I can almost agree with you as I have a freakishly good eye for measurements. Placing all the circular shapes on top of the initial mirror in an orientation that has zero overlap with but has as many edges touching as possible and he didn't mess up breaking a single one may fit but it would be extremely tight with no room for error. I think it more likely that there was at least one other mirror involved.
Grumptious
The "another man's trash" element is extraneous.
sacrosanctt
He probably also put the broken mirror pieces there specifically to "find" them for his video. Everything is bullshit these days. :(
BrdCdn
Yep, that's likely where the extra mirror later comes from. The other half he broke off of the cheap mirror panel he bought to make it with.