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= Journal and Reflections: = = Andrew: = = Jessica: = = Hannah: = = = Stained Glass By: Andrew Peppard == Last week I made my collage of glass. I went to Sunbury shores and it only took me 2 classes to finish it. I wanted to put this piece of art in the gallery because I think it best describes me best. What I put in my collage was all different types of colors blue, red, green, yellow, orange pink, and brown. In my collage it has 9 pieces and I simply adore it I strongly believe that this is the best piece that I have ever done. == == In my group that goes down to Sunbury shores with me there are 13 people including myself. My favorite part in going down town would have to be soldering because it is entertaining and exciting. I have really I enjoyed my time at Sunbury shores and if I could do it again I would do it in a heart beat. The only part I did not enjoy was walking down; it was not too bad when it was warm but when it was cold and windy. I found that I learned a lot from this opportunity and I enjoyed doing something I have never done before. If you have never soldered before, I would highly suggest you to try it. When I went downtown to do stained glass I did about 6 different objects. One of my favorite stained glass creations would have to be either my Christmas tree or my collage. == == I would have to say aside from sports this would have to be my next favorite activity would have to be stained glass. When I go to university I would really enjoy taking art classes with drawing and stained glass. My 2 favorite types of art would be pencil and paper and stained glass, but I do like stained glass more because you get to put in different shapes and colors and if you do not like then you can change it. When I did stained glass I made a pumpkin, Christmas tree, a boat, a star, a light house, carrot 2010 unukshuk and a penguin and my latest creation is my collage. == == My favorite color is usually red and orange but in stained glass my favorite color would have to be lime green it inspires me to use it in all my pieces and I try to put it in all my pieces of work This concludes my possessive letter. Thank you for your time and I hope this convinces you to continue stained glass. Sincerely, Andrew P ==

__Stained Glass __ By: Jessica J For the past 8 weeks we have been working down at Sunbury Shores. We have been making stained glass items such as hearts, animals, birds and maybe even letters. This has been a fabulous experience that I am sure we have all enjoyed. I enjoyed this because it was something different then what we usually do in a class room, and also because I love doing art. This experience that I have received for to past 2 years has been great! This was also fun because we got to chose what we were making and what color we wanted our pieces.

This has been the second year that I have been doing stained glass at Sunbury Shores. The objects that I have made have been; 2 hearts, blue whale, 2 peace signs, bird, flower, and others too. I have not only made them for myself I have also made them for my friends and family. Once I am done making my stained glass item I go to my house and hang it in my window in my bedroom. I am defiantly hoping that my school will be participating in this Sunbury Shore stained glass again.

To be able to make a stained glass object correctly you need to have glass of different sorts and color, a glass cutter, safety glasses, pliers, a grinder, a solder, and metal stuff. If you don’t have any of these objects then this will be difficult to make anything with out.

Every time that we went down to Sunbury Shores we went up stairs and sat with whom we wanted to sit beside. I really like that we didn’t have a sitting plan because that just wouldn’t be fair! After we sat down we needed to find what we had been making the week before. We need to keep on working on it, or if we had finished something the week before then we got to start all over again and pick what we wanted to make again.

Every piece that we made was different and very unique. This means that we got to invent our very own pieces. I loved that we were able to invent something well we were down there because usually we have our eyes glued to the screen or text book. So this gets us out of the class room and out to a new ‘environment’ and even learn something well having fun. ( the best way to go)

Something that I didn’t quite enjoy was that we had to go down there every week. I personally believe that if it was like every other week it wouldn’t get as boring. Or maybe even for four weeks then 4 weeks of something else then four more weeks of stained glass then four weeks of the other activity or class, it would be more fun or interesting. Something else that I didn’t like was that only half of our class was down there so we might not of had any friends down there and would just have to sit there for two hours talking to our self, which is no fun.

Thank you for giving me the time to tell you what I enjoyed about this experience and what I might not of enjoyed. I would be more than glad to go back down to Sunbury Shores. Sincerely, Jessica J

__ Stained Glass __ By: Hannah Sullivan
I believe this year was a better experience then last year. I say this because this year I know more about it and how to do it. As for last year it was just the beginning for me. I had a great time making glass this year I learned more about how to do different patterns. Today, I will tell you about what patterns I did make, what I enjoyed the most, and if I would like to do it again next year and why.

Well, this year I made about five objects, most of them for my boy-friend or a crush! The stained glass objects I made was hockey sticks, hearts, Olympic rings, a platform type thing I’m not too sure what exactly it was because I made it myself. My favorite object I made was the Olympic rings because why’ll I was making the rings the Olympics were going on…..so why’ll making it, it really meant something to me because Canada was doing a really good job!!!

The thing I enjoyed the most about doing this project was getting to experience with stained glass again. Seeing what I could accomplish the most in the time that I had. Also, being able to socialize with my friends…because being in class at school you have to pay attention!! Another thing I enjoyed was seeing what my fellow classmates were making, and seeing what they could accomplish. Overall I enjoyed everything. I would definitely love to work with stained glass again, my reasoning for this is because I love doing it, it is a wonderful experience to work with stained glass.