Stained Glass Pieces Made in 2010

LETTERS FOR STEPH'S GRANDCHILDREN

I was given the two J's not in a circle with the request that I make up similar letters, G, R, C, M and B for her collection that she plans on giving to her grandchildren down the road as each letter represents the first one in their names. In good conscience I could not make the letters stand alone as they would just be too fragile. Hooks to hang stained glass need to go into joints as otherwise the foil will pull away etc... so I decided to put the letters into circles. I used a font from the Word selection and then enlarged it to get the basic letter shape that most closely matched the J's and then added some freehand curves etc. I used various types of iridescent clear glass for the back ground circles. Steph was quite pleased. They hang in a window that has 8 small panels separated by wood and make a happy collection.

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HANGING VICTORIAN LIGHT FOR JOCKIE

Jockie is a collector of historical artifacts and fanciful treats from the past. She presented me with this old pewter light in which the glass was long gone. I had to do a lot of work sanding off the corrosion inside in order to make the solder stick to the foiled glass pieces. I decided to tie in with the lacy look of the light by using glue chip glass which is no longer being made. I used cobalt blue because she has a blue glass collection amongst her treasures. Aren't the cupids cute.

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2010 OLYMPIC LOGO - INUKSHUK DESIGN

Meaning of the Olympic Rings Symbol

As can be read in the Olympic Charter, the Olympic symbol represents the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. However, no continent is represented by any specific ring. Prior to 1951, the official handbook stated that each colour corresponded to a particular continent: blue for Europe, yellow for Asia, black for Africa, green for Australia and red for North and South America but this has been removed. The current view of the International Olympic Committee is that the symbol "reinforces the idea" that the Olympic Movement is international and welcomes all countries of the world to join.

 

While we were enjoying the Olympics that were hosted in our very own Vancouver this winter, I got the idea to create a piece of stained glass that would be a memory piece for this awesome event. I had just the use for this piece as I was wanting to make a donation to a silent auction fundraiser being held at our curling club this month.

I tracked down the logo and inukshuk photos online and then put the pattern into Microsoft Publisher so I could enlarge them before drawing up the design. It was quite a challenge grinding out the inside of the circles, impossible to do without a seam as glass needs to go to the edge of the glass when you make a cut. I tried to match the colours closely with those in the actual logos and then found an interesting abstract fused glass circle that contained similar colours to use at the bottom of the design and add interest. The background was done in various textured clears rather than white so the light would play through the piece as it suits the medium better. Retail value for this piece would be $300.00 as it is a fairly large circle. This was great fun to create. Check out this lovely night light photo taken at the Olympic site in Vancouver as well as this link to an article that my brother Kevin has written about the Olympics.

http://kevinpammett.blogspot.com/2010/03/olympics-proudly-hosted-by-mycanada.html

GEOMETRIC CELTIC CIRCLE FOR PAULA

This celtic circle window was a thankyou gift for Paula from the bridge ladies who have wonderful weekend outings to her home in Port Elgin. The furnishings of the home are kind of 70's retro so the loud orange and blues fit in nicely. The unusual lime green blue glass in the swirls was the workaround colour that is picked up by the blue rondel in the centre and the blue gluechip border on the outside. Choosing colours for geometric pieces is very challenging. The vibrant orange water glass was the final choice for this piece and yep, it's loud!!!

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GEOMETRIC EGGPLANT FOR LIZ

I organized a gathering to celebrate the birthday's of several of my friends who were turning 60 this year. We had a wonderful weekend at the Westlake holiday home of our old high school friend, Liz McIntyre. Ten of us met  for a weekend of fun and bridge, restorative laughter and comraderie, not to mention great munchies. We presented Liz with this geometric piece as a thankyou for her wonderful hospitality. I chose this design because it was one that I had worked up for Liz over a year ago when she was doing renovations on her house and she had not gotten back to me to actually place the order. She was surprised and delighted as the I accidentally chose the right colours to match her new bathroom.

The rectangular opalescent glass was the workaround colour for this geometric. Originally the piece was to have two faceted eggplant colour jewels where you see the two turquoise circles. When I got to the final stage there was just too much mauve and the piece needed a third colour. Turquoise worked but because it had not been used anywhere else in the piece I decided to have Arthur paint the wooden frame he made in turquoise to tie in with the design.

MUIR INSCRIBED FRONT HALLWAY WINDOW

The bevels seen below were incorporated into swirls with stylized flowers coming out of them. The MUIR name is chemically etched onto the surface of the centre bevelled oval. This is my own design.

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MUIR BEVELLED FAMILY ROOM WINDOWS

These 4 windows are tied in with the theme of 8 other windows I have already made for this client using the birth colours of family members as borders within the piece. The bevels chosen for this piece are very elaborate.  Faceted jewels in the birth month colours further enhance the piece.