I thought it would be a good idea to string up a few lenses within a frame (not the shape of the final design) to see what the problems might be. E.g. it might be a two-person job and I am not sure threading them 4-deep will work. I did think I had got the methodology right -- 2 holes in each lense, a metal or rubber ring glued inside, and then threaded on tensile cable and double crimped. However, looking at it with a jeweller's eye, the tutor of the day, Yvonne Coffey, thought the detailing a bit naff and she was worried about safety. So it is back to the drawing board. At any rate, this is the effect I want -- lots of distortion and illusion, which this picture doesn't convey.
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