my artwork

[bootlegger]

Most of you all know me as a panel beater painter. Prior to doing this I was pretty good at art at school.
At 15 I made my first stained glass window and after year twelve I went to uni and got a degree in art majoring in glass.
After that I got a diploma in education.
I lasted exactly two weeks teaching deadshits in high school and never went back.
I have been teaching adults this artform for 25 years.
Whilst at uni I worked in a panel shop to survive.
Today I fitted some windows into a customers house near wyong.
Luckily I fix cars as this kind of work has really dried up. I used to make a pretty good living out of it years ag. Apart from this job ive been restoring the windows in st peters church st peters. Its a huge project and ive been doing it for three years now.The windows are 150years old and twenty feet high.
Anyway these are the windows today.

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After I finished putting the windows in I found this in his shed so I brought it home.
Originally these pedal cars were produced by a company in europe call gordini.
The originals are highly sort after worth up to ten grand.
This is a repo so basically worthless but still cool

[hewey]

Gorgeous work on those windows

[WayneXG95]

Looking spec Dave..

[Blacky]

That's awesome, those lorikeets would look great in the panel next to my front door .................

[Devilrod]

Really nice work Dave, always have liked lead lighting.

My old neighbour was a lead light teacher. Sadly it's underutilized now a days

[bootlegger]

Thanks guys. The parrots are my favorite also.
The problem with leadlighting is most people see it as something that goes into an old style house.
They cant see a contemporary application for it.
When federation was hot I was doind really well now the phone never rings for it.
I dont really mind because its murder on my back standing at a bench for hours.
While im bragging I thought I would post a pic of my other passion and thats making models.
This flying model I scratch built from balsa for a nationals a few years ago.
Its a 1931 hall bulldog pylon racer. I even made the dummy radial from scratch.
I built it in four weeks and smashed it straight after this pic was taken.

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[Blacky]

I have GOTTA get around to your place for a week or 2 .......................

[bootlegger]

Dont forget to bring your work clothes.

[samprinci]

WOW awesome stuff Dave..