This show is The Best! My whole family laughs so hard at the wise-cracking humor of Jimmy Diresta and his crew in Making Fun, streaming on Netflix. The team gets an idea from kids about what creation they should make, like “a T-rex that vomits tacos…onto you, while you’re sitting on a toilet”, or a “Cat-a-poop vs. Tre-poo-chet” cat-poop-flinging competition.
The glimpse here was prominent but easily suspect. Is this bold and bright shop signage real stained glass? While watching the show, we see the male worker in both the interior and exterior signs facing to the right. Clearly not the same sign, but two signs! A quick search shows how the signs were made by pouring epoxy into a plywood frame. Using CNC machines and colorful pigment, the stained glass effect is constructed intentionally and unmistakably.
Now, when you see evidence that someone avoided making real stained glass by using epoxy, it seems the trail of bread crumbs ends. But not for Jimmy Diresta! He makes everything, and he did in fact use real glass to make a smaller version of the design.
Rather than rely on the customary, handcrafting tools for stained glass, Jimmy used a waterjet cutting machine to cut the plexi frame and glass shapes, He then attached the glass into the open spaces using silicone.
Not exactly the methods of the masters, but close enough to say the rabbit hole led me to a true glimpse of glass!
Watch his method in the video below!
#stainedglass #stainedglassglimpse #stainedglassglimpses #glassglimpse #glasscameo #stainedglassinthemovies #stainedglassintv #stainedglassontv #artinmovies #setdesign #makingfunnetflix #makingfun #makingfunshow #diresta #makersgonnamake #workshop #dreamworkshop #woodshop