Heh, I love coming up with titles based on other titles. It tickles my punny bone.
I was over at Bad Bad Juju and happened to see the Juju Woman’s latest work of art. She does some beautiful stained glass work, and Anjin/ Yabu isn’t shy about posting photos, thank goodness. I get a nice fix of purdy when he does.
Anyway, it got me to thinking on getting back into my stained glass hobby. Yes, I used to do stained glass, mostly by copper foil method, but did some lead came work, too. Copper foil is easier, but not as forgiving as came. Still, it is so cool to cut and grind glass into shapes that fit together to form a beautiful glass painting. Most of the works I did I gave away as gifts. I remember doing a bunch of angels using bevels and flat glass marbles (like the ones people put in vases or fish tanks for decor) for one of my mother’s many Christmas trees. And not to mention a ton of little flowers using said marbles. Biggest one I ever did was the Texas flag in the shape of Texas. My brother-in-law got that one for his birthday one year. This one, however, I kept as a reminder of my many stained glass work mistakes:
As Yabu says, it’s a pain to capture the beauty of a stained glass panel. I think I took 15 pics with my phone and this one was the best one. Even with all the rookie mistakes I made, it is still one of my favorite pieces and a very nice pattern to boot. I think in my heyday I must have made about 20 of these, in different colors and backgrounds. And now as I begin to reorganize and purge stuff in the garage, I may get back into it, if only to make gifts for friends and family.
But first, I’m going to make an Aggie panel for my home! 😉
Sithy Things 
May 14th, 2012 at 2:12 PM
That’s really pretty. I like the way you took the seams (or whatever-is-their-name, from “Hombre”) smoothly around to complete other shapes.
Will you take special orders? How about a Bevo?
May 14th, 2012 at 2:32 PM
NO!! 😛
May 14th, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Mistake? What’s wrong with it?
May 14th, 2012 at 2:34 PM
Well, glass has a “grain” like wood does. I didn’t take that into account, and thus cut the clear ripple glass in different directions. Also, I didn’t prep the outside came, the “frame”, and it isn’t patina’ed like the rest of the seams and joints. On top of that, glass also has a front and a back, and the flowers I cut using the back, instead of the front.
I’m just a bit picky 😀
May 14th, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I see the grain thing, but I thought that was on purpose. And I thought the patina was due to it being outside.
Looks good to me! You want me as a judge at the next contest, doncha?
May 14th, 2012 at 2:47 PM
Totally. You and LC LtC are hired 😀
May 14th, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Thanks for the complement. Your flower is beautiful. My first piece was a tulip. Know what you mean about the grain. I made that mistake before. Getting better all the time. Glad you’re going to start up again. It is a great hobby.
May 14th, 2012 at 3:22 PM
Awww, thank you! Glad you stopped by 🙂
May 14th, 2012 at 3:45 PM
I’d like my tulips in red or yellow, please.
May 14th, 2012 at 4:56 PM
I’m on it!!
May 14th, 2012 at 5:05 PM
The town where I grew up had a HUGE Dutch population, and our spring festival was “Holland Happenings!” Lots and lots of tulips around. And one of my summer jobs was digging tulip bulbs.
May 14th, 2012 at 5:44 PM
I had about 120 tulip bulbs in my front yard in Germany. It’s a pity they don’t grow well here in South Texas.
May 15th, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Hmm…you start up into stained glass again, you know you’re going to have to make a stained glass sithy.
May 15th, 2012 at 9:50 AM
In a corset.
May 15th, 2012 at 10:00 AM
Sometimes the simple stuff is the best. Did some of that a few years and a lifetime ago. I remember the shredded fingertips from the glass edges. I made a spectacular hummingbird and fuschia piece which the wife promptly gave away to my parents the day I finished it. I also did the large dragonfly lamp as a first lamp project. Not for the faint of heart but still have it in a box. Needs some repair…can I ship it to you?
May 15th, 2012 at 10:30 AM
LC LtC wrote:
“In a corset.”
Um, Darth Vader in a corset? That’s really sick man.
May 15th, 2012 at 2:33 PM
I find your lack of taste disturbing.
May 15th, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Two words:
Not. Happening. 😉
May 15th, 2012 at 7:29 PM
Stained glass is something I always wanted to get into. It’s so dang unique in its own sort, too. The virtually unlimited creations one can come up with makes for a great hobby, too. Nice piece, btw.