To the Stars: Making a Stained Glass Space Shuttle
Space. For most, this is the final frontier. For others, it remains a galaxy far, far away. But for some, like the creative team of Nicole and Thure at When Geeks Craft, it's a destination already reached. Their stained glass, fully lit replica of the Space Shuttle Discovery demonstrates a passion for craftsmanship that is truly otherworldly.
The two creators of the original YouTube channel spent almost a month and a half working on this project. While Nicole was building the shuttle and glass booster tanks, her partner Thure modeled the base in Fusion 360, laser cut the parts and added lighting for effect. Although Nicole has worked with glass before on When Geeks Craft, she says it's not an easy material to master. She used a paper model kit version of Discovery as a starting point, which gave her a better understanding of this build; “If you can start a project with some sort of reference,” she says, “it will always make your life easier.”
Hand-cutting and grinding around 150 individual pieces of glass took days of hard work. Although it was difficult without the use of a water jet machine or other precision cutter, Nicole remarks that having some basic knowledge of craftsmanship made working with glass quite simple , especially when it came time to apply copper tape to the parts and solder them together. When asked if she had any advice for those who would be inspired to try working with glass, she replied that "if you are able to understand the basic functions of craftsmanship like soldering and using from a model, it becomes much easier to learn a new skill like glass". /p>
The incredible teamwork between Nicole and Thure shines through in the video tutorials they make for all of their projects. They think it's great to be creators and creators of content, even though understanding how to make and film something simultaneously can sometimes be complex. But above all, they love the support they get from their YouTube commenters and Patreon members. "Our community is full of very active creators who inspire us to keep creating." Nicole and Thure have plenty of future projects gearing up for liftoff, and you can follow them on When Geeks Craft on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
Space. For most, this is the final frontier. For others, it remains a galaxy far, far away. But for some, like the creative team of Nicole and Thure at When Geeks Craft, it's a destination already reached. Their stained glass, fully lit replica of the Space Shuttle Discovery demonstrates a passion for craftsmanship that is truly otherworldly.
The two creators of the original YouTube channel spent almost a month and a half working on this project. While Nicole was building the shuttle and glass booster tanks, her partner Thure modeled the base in Fusion 360, laser cut the parts and added lighting for effect. Although Nicole has worked with glass before on When Geeks Craft, she says it's not an easy material to master. She used a paper model kit version of Discovery as a starting point, which gave her a better understanding of this build; “If you can start a project with some sort of reference,” she says, “it will always make your life easier.”
Hand-cutting and grinding around 150 individual pieces of glass took days of hard work. Although it was difficult without the use of a water jet machine or other precision cutter, Nicole remarks that having some basic knowledge of craftsmanship made working with glass quite simple , especially when it came time to apply copper tape to the parts and solder them together. When asked if she had any advice for those who would be inspired to try working with glass, she replied that "if you are able to understand the basic functions of craftsmanship like soldering and using from a model, it becomes much easier to learn a new skill like glass". /p>
The incredible teamwork between Nicole and Thure shines through in the video tutorials they make for all of their projects. They think it's great to be creators and creators of content, even though understanding how to make and film something simultaneously can sometimes be complex. But above all, they love the support they get from their YouTube commenters and Patreon members. "Our community is full of very active creators who inspire us to keep creating." Nicole and Thure have plenty of future projects gearing up for liftoff, and you can follow them on When Geeks Craft on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok.
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