Jean's Sunflower - 2014
This is a very unique sunflower piece, realistic but a bit funky. The design was adapted to fit a specific window and it was very tricky to choose the orange streaky glass as the border does not go all the way around. Part of the challenge with doing sunflowers is the need for many seams off of every point.
Rectangular Hummingbird on Morning Glories - Feb 2007
Globs were used for the centre of the flowers, adding a 3 dimensional look which is picked up by the glass bug which was a find. The window features a border of bevels and faceted jewels in the corners. The unusual two tone rondel picks up both the orange and the yellow shades. The letters “JJ” for Jean Jennison, and “M” for her maiden name, Merlina are etched into either side of the arc.
The arc is done with many different textured clear pieces with the idea that Jean’s grandsons can try to figure out how many different ones there are. The ribbed outside border is an unusual shade of green. The dancing leaves are done in a very unusual kind of splotchy artistic uroboros glass.
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Rectangular Hummingbird on Morning Glories - Feb 2007
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This window was designed as a surprise for my son and daughter in law when they were away on a trip in the winter of 2007. The piece fits into an oval window in the living room of their first house in Toronto.
Although the window is oval, the opening has a rectangle of wood around it so I made the glass rectangular so that in future homes, it could be removed and hung in another spot and remain stable. This was the first time I'd used the background iridescent cell shaped glass and it reminded me of my son's penchant for drawing shapes on shapes. The morning glories had to be purple because that is my favourite colour and the opalescent green border picks up the background hues.
Although the window is oval, the opening has a rectangle of wood around it so I made the glass rectangular so that in future homes, it could be removed and hung in another spot and remain stable. This was the first time I'd used the background iridescent cell shaped glass and it reminded me of my son's penchant for drawing shapes on shapes. The morning glories had to be purple because that is my favourite colour and the opalescent green border picks up the background hues.
In 2014 the family moved to the Broadview Danforth area of Toronto and asked me to rebuild the window for a space over their front door. I was able to remove the outside rectangular border without breaking the glass and then reused that glass to create an oval border. I then added some turquoise globs and a different textured clear for the area that would now be exposed to the natural light.
Standing Picture Frames - 2014
These multi-coloured 3D picture frames were made as gifts for some of my bridge ladies milestone birthdays. I was able to make good use of the morden cutting system to get accurate widths and mitered corners. This took me back to my grade 10 geometry. It was a good way to use up some of the extra solid glass I had acquired over the years.
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Napkin Holders - 2014
The wavy foil around the outside edge adds a nice finish to these napkin holders. Extending the wings facilitated larger napkins. These were gifts for some of my bridge ladies milestone birthdays.
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Steph's Geometric Rebuild - 2015
I was given the two white and blue panels below that a friend of Steph’s had made for her and asked to build it into an appealing window for her new home.
It was a challenge to make an interesting but matched design since the panels were so simple and uninteresting. I decided to use a yellow and blue spirit glass since it had the right colours then added some vibrant rondels for strength and visual appeal. The bright orange border brought a lot of life to the piece and it looks great in her new kitchen.
Once the white frame was added it pulled the piece together and matched the cupboards nicely.
These pieces were made for my friends Helen and Lorraine to celebrate their 60th birthdays and also to commemorate their trip together walking the 800 km of the Camino in Spain last fall.
The Japanese Kanji letters stand for “friends” and “journey.” The powerful baroque swirled glass in the background twists around like the many paths they took on their journey, sometimes even walking backwards downhill. Often their vistas were brownish in colour.
The blue colour symbolizes the water on their trip which ended up on the ocean. The green symbolizes the vital life experiences they had along the way as well as the food they were served in the many albergues they stayed at.
The beveled border picks up the clear behind the swirls and this along with the faceted jewel will bring rainbows into the room, a symbol of hope which they often experienced on their trip.
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 framed Kanji piece |  Nanci with Lorraine |
Sibbett Art Deco Potted Modern Lily - 2006 and 2015
Sibett's art deco patterns are unique and appealing in their design and simplicity but not as easy to do as they seem. This futuristic purple tulip-like flower has dancing petals and dancing leaves.
In the first piece that was made for Elske and Derryk, spirit glass was used to add realism to the vase. Wine baroque glass adds an extra swirl to the background. In 2014 I made a pink version of this Lily as an 80th birthday gift for Marg Liota.
Sibett's art deco patterns are unique and appealing in their design and simplicity but not as easy to do as they seem. This futuristic purple tulip-like flower has dancing petals and dancing leaves.
In the first piece that was made for Elske and Derryk, spirit glass was used to add realism to the vase. Wine baroque glass adds an extra swirl to the background. In 2014 I made a pink version of this Lily as an 80th birthday gift for Marg Liota.
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