Stained Glass Pieces Made in 2013

CAT PORTRAITS

Chloe and Cosmo

These cat portraits were a gift to Judi Oehlrich from the bridge ladies in honour of her 60th birthday. She is very fond of her cats who are both getting quite old. Chloe (on the left) is a Burmese cat who has green eyes. Cosmo (on the right) is a Raggedy Ann Siamese cat who has blue eyes and an interesting white marking on his nose. I used a special coated glass for the nose so I was able to grind off the surface and have the white show through. I used a special dichroic crystal containing a pink star  and ground each cat’s name into it. The pink colours brought some life into the pieces. I used a mixture of brown, beige and black glass to try and imitate the cats as  per the photo above.

WILLIAM MORRIS DAFFODIL

This funky Daffodil was a gift from the Newcomers Club to thank Meryl for her three years as president. I used leafy yellow centered globs for the stamens. The background glass was a one of a kind piece that had streaks of yellow as well as little flecks of the greeny blue colour that I used for the leaves. Pink was need to give this an artistic touch and complete the balance requirement for three colours.

TURN and DOTS RIDDLES

This piece was a 70th birthday gift for one of our bridge players, Lois Wilson. When cutting out the clear glass I made a complete circle then traced the design and cut the whole project out of clear. The left over pieces can be used for a second project in reverse. The lovely fractures and streamers glass used for the background led me to use mauve and blue for the dots and the border.

She was most pleasantly surprised with the gift and it accidentally matched the colours in her living room. 

KANJI for LOVE

This piece was a wedding gift for Amber’s friends Kate and Joe who were married on Manitoulin Island in June. The turquoise colour for the letters ties in with the original spirit glass used in the background. It was interesting to do my first  project to be set into a metal standing holder.

REBUILT PARROT

Sharon Keogh gave me her old glass supplies and in return I rebuilt a parrot she had made over 30 years ago. I added the circle, crystal and branch and repaired several broken pieces.

NIGHT LIGHTS

Maple Leaf Night Light

Sea Shell Night Light

GEOMETRIC WINDOW REPAIR AND REBUILD

This project was undertaken for Scott and Katrina Helm.

The original windows were made using the lead came technique and were damaged when Scott had the house windows replaced. Although the damage was minimal, the putty was very dried out and I was no longer able to get the antique red glass so the project became a total rebuild combining the three windows into one in a new geometric design. This new window is stronger because the foil technique was used.

The beveled flowers, jewels and ridged clear borders from the two smaller windows were retained along with the diamond bevels and jewels from the larger window. The original red glass became a single border around the centre design. The outside clear glue chip glass is new but this type of glass was also in the original windows. I was able to match up the rippled gold glass to create side borders and the rippled mauve background glass has been replaced by a clear glass with a different texture but same shade. The new 24 x 34 inch window has been set in a new smaller wooden frame and can be hung vertically or horizontally.

A WORLD APART and NORTHERN LIGHTS

This project was created for Chantal and Dave as a belated wedding and house warming present.  They are avid skiers and hikers who love the north, water, snow and ice. The scene is a blend of two different patterns adapted to fit a specific window opening.

Pastel globs and rondels have been incorporated into the glass to reflect the soft hues from the iridescent glass used for the frothing waves. A very expensive and unusual fractures and streamers clear white speckled glass was chosen for the mountains. The pink/mauve glass used for the northern lights was over $100.00 and is nicely offset by the rippled lime green glass.

Scenes are very hard to do as it hard to make things blend and you often have too many colours. Choosing glass for this piece was extremely challenging. The window needs lots of sunlight coming through in order to appreciate the many subtle colours in the lights.

 

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