Progress and Changes

The other day I shattered a mirror accidentally, it was my favorite mirror that I had gotten from a thrift store. It broke my heart, yet I had just bought a signed copy of The Tortured Poets Department so I decided it would become a frame for the print. I was left with a pile of glass though, various sizes that immediately derailed this project.

I was, emphasis on was, working on this project and getting pieces together but really was not feeling it. The track and fitting a blade with bumpers seemed to prove difficult, so I cut everything shorter and here we are.
The new plan is to keep the same aesthetic and general idea, but now the guillotine will be more of a useful piece in the home. I have a small amount of wood laying around my home and have everything I needed for the bigger project but I’ll be returning some of it to get smaller bits.

I’ve begun cutting out various stop signesq shapes from a flat piece of plywood from a furniture delivery in my neighborhood. Unfortunately due to my work schedule I haven’t had as much time to document my progress, but I will try to take more photos over the next few days. From there, I will be using pallet wood and wood I’ve gotten off Craigslist to make the general shape. Should be around 3 feet tall, 4 at max. Width is dependent on the stop sign and what works best the track.
I am hoping that the “blade” being wood, painted and mirrored would make it no longer a weapon hopefully. On top of that, I’ve been perfect my cheetah print painting technique and I have bought E6000 and a bucket of rhinestones. I will be getting glitter this week from work, which is another reason it has to be smaller. I am not about to have my cars interior look like a clown threw up and died in it. So it has to fit in a bag of some kind to avoid any damage to my car and self.