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Old 12-19-2009, 10:36 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Location: my Lady's manor
Stained Glass

So my Lady has this office with a terribly boring view of walls of windows, a slice of sky, the top of the CN tower. She wants me to make her a stained glass window or 3. It (or they) will be fairly large - the minimum I think I can make them is 24" wide x 36" high.

In order to make these windows I need to learn how to do glass. So I took an 8-session glass course at a local glass store. I made 2 student pieces that I started this thread to show, both approx. 17" wide by 11" tall.

The first one was a supplied template I chose and modified by adding a couple of beveled circles of clear glass. The technique was to be leaded carm glass.

The second one was to be a copper foil piece, and I wanted to do my own one so I came up with a design of a fish. It is fun picking out the glass, not so fun cutting it and having it split for no discernable reason. Oh whell. The kitchen now has 2 different stained glass pieces hanging in it, and I think they really add to the look of the place So some preliminary sketches, a colour sketch to scale, and the windows themselves in place in the kitchen.
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File Type: jpg Landscape stained glass Nov 09.jpg (98.3 KB, 78 views)
File Type: jpg fish window sketches (Medium).jpg (64.4 KB, 79 views)
File Type: jpg fish window sketch colour (Medium).jpg (79.4 KB, 78 views)
File Type: jpg Fish stained glass Dec 09.jpg (98.3 KB, 79 views)
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