A year ago this week, Spectrum announced that they intended to close their doors. Now, there’s a new chapter in our sheet glass manufacturing story and I have LOVED writing it up. Seriously, I was almost sad to turn this puppy over. It was hard to put my pen down, power off the laptop, and just, finish this. BUT… so it is. And the SGAA has the ENTIRE Special Report in Spring 2017 Stained Glass Quarterly! If you’re ready to take an in-depth look at how things went from A to Z to WTF… Subscribe to the SGQ today! http://stainedglassquarterly.com/
McElf for the SGQ: Glass, Science, Definition: The Never Ending Struggle
“Glass, Science, Definition: The Never-Ending Struggle” Stained Glass Quarterly Vol. 111, No. 4 Winter 2016. 48-53. Authors: William LaCourse, Ph.D. & Megan McElfresh Glass is one of nature’s oldest inventions, yet humans are only beginning to understand and exploit its full potential. It may be visually transparent, colored or clear, but scientifically opaque with a host of internal secrets and anomalies. Thus, while artists can capture and tame its beauty, scientists still struggle to fully understand the nature of the glassy state. Physicists and glass scientists still ask the question, “What is glass?”, and have lively discussions with… Read More »
Captain’s Log: Huzzah!
December 21, 2016 (The opposite of sunrise.) HUZZAH! For now, the breathing tubes are OUT! The gloves are OFF! … it’s been such an exhausting day. It was really slow going, really hard work to get those tubes out. Because of the swelling, the doctors and nurses are still really nervous — she’s under constant surveillance. The docs and nurses don’t want her trying to talk yet because they need the swelling in her throat to go down and for her to rest. Colleen looks SO much more comfortable now! What else do we know? Well… We found at least one blood… Read More »
Captain’s Log: All Hail the SmartAss!
December 19th, 2016 We’ve been working with mom all day, but she’s still not quite ready to have the ventilator removed. However. And this is really exciting folks… She is using her arms to motion for things!!! She was making movements like she wanted to write so we got her pen + paper and after a little bit of work… She successfully called me a smartass!!!!! Hells yeah!!! I’m going to declare this day a success!! Nights are hard, but I’m looking forward to tomorrow with renewed optimism!! She’s really not “awake” so much yet as just coming in and… Read More »
Captain’s Log: Day 1?
December 17, 2016 Megan McElf to Bluebird Glass Studio December 17, 2016 · Spotsylvania, VA · Good morning wild birds! I want to take a minute to express how awesome you guys are. TK and I are feeling almost overwhelmed by the outpouring of love and support! Mom made it through the night! She’s wiggling her toes! She’s comfortably settled in the ICU and we’re likely to be here for a while. At this time the nurses have asked us to keep things quiet between her hourly tests so that she can get some rest. They’ve asked us to keep her exposure to germs to… Read More »