These are some of the projects in progress. They have been cut and some of them have been foiled and are almost ready for the soldering process.
This was my first original piece, done on a pattern that I drew for myself. I had limited luck with varying the patinas I used, but you can't see them in this pic, so it doesn't matter.
I'm very proud of the final results and the glass that I chose seems to work very well for a night sky and moon.
This is a piece that I cut and tack soldered today. It shows how messy the initial soldering is before the piece gets smoothed out and finished. I'm going to be making these little votive candle holders for my family for Christmas, I think.
This one was my first non-rectangular piece, and it has a copper patina, which is different. My mother actually drew the design based on a piece of jewelry I have (a celtic triscele) that I really love. This was also the first piece that I was able to use my circle stripper tool on. Fun, but definitely one of the more challenging pieces I've done.
This was a particularly challenging piece because it was my first attempt at 'free floating' rocks within the glass. I used a table vise to hold the piece up, and my mother and I took turns holding the stones in place with salad tongs while the other one soldered the tiny copper wires to each stone. The real beauty of this piece is the tiger-eye river stones in the center, which don't show up well in the the window, so this piece might be better suited to a wall-hanging.
Scrap glass is inevitable after a few pieces, and I had tons of blues, lavenders, and some nice textured border pieces, and I put them together to make this piece a month ago or so.
My largest project to date, and still not finished after 65+ hours spent cutting, grinding, foiling, and soldering. So far it used about 7 square feet of glass, 61 pieces, 2 pounds of solder, and I'm still not finished. You can notice in the picture it's missing a border, and it needs hangers and trim.
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