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balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
 December 01, 2007
12:57 PM Post #4250501
| It doesn't appear that I had posted these in the past, so for what it is worth, these are a couple of the things that have escaped from my little glass shed. First is the trial window for my dear friends house. It almost fit. 
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balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 01, 2007
01:01 PM Post #4250517
| Then came the "real" one. It was a better fit. 
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balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 01, 2007
01:03 PM Post #4250523
| Brian's window # 2 is finished and waiting for me to get off my duff and complete the frame. 
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balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 01, 2007
01:06 PM Post #4250533
| Little name plates are a lot of fun. Wish I had the ability to do the letter sandblasting myself. 
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balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 01, 2007
01:09 PM Post #4250546
| And currently there is this little piece languishing on the bench. Some delightful pieces of scrap glass awaiting my return to the chilly little shed. 
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balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 01, 2007
01:16 PM Post #4250568
| And this one again. Sorry to be redundant, but each time I go to the sunroom in the afternoon and see the light streaming through the magnificent colors it makes me feel very content, and wishing I was in a Glasgow Tea Room. 
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pinkpoodlegirl
Rock Hill, SC
(Zone 7b)
December 01, 2007
04:38 PM Post #4251083
| You do such beautiful work! It must be great to live with all that beautiful glass. |
weedsgalore
Tampa, FL
December 01, 2007
07:29 PM Post #4251637
| Always such a joy to see your gorgeous work! sue |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
December 01, 2007
09:07 PM Post #4251978
| Thank you. Never could afford to buy the finished product so I figured maybe it was something I could do in my dotage. Turned out to be great fun, and they look ,OK, if you don't get too close. |
kimarj
(Kim) Philadelphi, PA
(Zone 6a)
December 01, 2007
09:09 PM Post #4251984
| the look mavalous!! :*) |
oldmudhouse
Las Cruces, NM
(Zone 8a)
December 05, 2007
02:54 AM Post #4263184
| Well, I'm not really buying the thing about looking OK "if you don't look too close," LOL. I'm sure the craftsmanship looks as good a few inches away as it does in these internet photos!
There's something wonderful about installed stain glass in a room...it really transforms it. I love your last photo. Your work is wonderful, thanks for posting the pictures. |
terriculture
london England
United Kingdom
January 03, 2008
01:51 AM Post #4354968
| I can see why you think of a glasgow tea room, Mackintosh springs to mind!
Beautiful work, Thankyou! |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 06, 2008
07:13 PM Post #4368574
| Love your work..thanks for sharring..
Christmas is over..woodworking all put away..xmas decorations stored for another year and out came the Georgian Bay Scene pattern I promised myself I'd do..so, glass is being organized then on with the project..
even my Taurus3 is waiting to be turned on... |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 06, 2008
07:24 PM Post #4368617
| Hurray Betty, Great news. Glad you are getting started. Hope to see pictures of the progress. Its a nice looking pattern. I just got another scrap glass piece off the bench. Not much, but a bit more glass used up. 
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Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 07, 2008
12:56 PM Post #4371305
| Excellent way to use up odds/ends..going to go on Chantel's site..she had a pattern for stained glass lamp shade designed to used smaller random pieces...thanks for reminding me...love your work..
Was doing a 4' blue heron - we'll he's 90% done, put him aside when I started my Christmas workshops as I needed mega copper piping done to finish the water feature he gets soldered to..well, looked at him this morning..time he comes out as well so he can be my 2008 treasure in the garden..lol.. |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 07, 2008
03:10 PM Post #4371743
| A four foot Heron on a water feature ! Now that sounds like some serious Garden Art. When do we get to see it installed ??? |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 07, 2008
03:26 PM Post #4371799
| Will take a photo of what I have to date and then photo of what the water feature will look like...not quite sure where it will go..know it's my house though..lol |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 07, 2008
03:27 PM Post #4371804
| Because of the mild weather coming through it's very foggy here in the city so the boss just called in and said to leave at 3 instead of 4:45..I'm passing a stained glass studio that is usually closed when I get home (travel 100 miles each way to work) so I'm excited..will get to stop in... |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 07, 2008
06:37 PM Post #4372572
| Found my photo's...still have pieces to add which will cover the heavy solder..as well, the twisted wire will give it a boost once I patina...
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Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 07, 2008
06:41 PM Post #4372591
| If all goes well, I'm hoping for this...lol...
I just love the book this project is in..every one of the projects is something I'd love to do for my garden..now to get the energy..
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pinkpoodlegirl
Rock Hill, SC
(Zone 7b)
January 08, 2008
08:43 PM Post #4377418
| It looks beautiful so far! Is that the stained glass for the garden book? I forget the actual name but I had checked it out of the library last summer and loved some of the projects.
Please post the finished project. |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 08, 2008
09:14 PM Post #4377570
| Will do..usually when I purchase a book perhaps there is one or two patterns that I'd love to do..not this book..absolutely each and every one of them..I especially like the copper and glass obelist...
I just got in from a stained glass studio..she had designed a Georgian Bay scene..I purchased the pattern packed a while ago and then dropped in again and she had another that I loved..so, tonight I picked out all of my glass and she put dychronic bevels around it..just gorgeous..so, I'm ready to take on my BIL's gift..will bring the 2 pattern packets to work tomorrow and let him choose...photo doesn't do it justice...will take photo when completed..
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sempervi
Thomasboro, IL
January 12, 2008
05:27 PM Post #4392466
| Bettypauze,
How do you get to Chantel's site please?
Laura |
balvenie
Marysville, WA
(Zone 7a)
January 12, 2008
06:27 PM Post #4392742
| Laura, try stainedglasstownsquare.com that should get you there. |
sempervi
Thomasboro, IL
January 12, 2008
06:32 PM Post #4392768
| Thanks Betty. |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 12, 2008
08:50 PM Post #4393282
| Checking here for her site, but here's another site that's interesting and has free patterns..
http://stainedglass.on.ca/free stained glass patterns.htm |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 12, 2008
08:52 PM Post #4393288
| Also good references for making your own patterns
http://stained-glass-patterns.org/1panelshades.html
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Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 12, 2008
08:55 PM Post #4393303
| Finally...bought some lamp bases at church bazaar with marble bases..there are quite a few of her patterns I love ...so have fun...
http://chantal-stainedglasspatterns.com/ |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 12, 2008
08:58 PM Post #4393320
| This is the pattern that I'm interest in doing as I could use left over glass, straight cuts..easy as 1-2-3
Again Balvanie, thanks for your help...Taurus3 back in the work force..sure makes life easier.. |
chickeemama
Graham, WA
January 21, 2008
07:40 PM Post #4434931
| Balvenie- I just love your windows. I remember seeing them before..maybe on this site or somewhere else. Anyhow that part doesnt matter. Your work is gorgeous!!!!
Betty- I have that same book...I loved that heron water feature when I saw it. I started making the dragonfly spinner but have yet to get the copper pipe I need to go around it. |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
January 31, 2008
04:02 PM Post #4479257
| Chickeemama, same here..heron is all but done, need to copper..trying to talk my DB into helping me because you really need a few sets of hands..so will wait till late March, get him over and do the copper...I'm just so excited..not quite sure where he'll go..maybe near the pond..but I cut a 3-d heron and painted it and that's where he is placed so have to think that one out... love the dragonfly spinner, what glass did you use for the wings.. |
chickeemama
Graham, WA
February 02, 2008
12:50 AM Post #4485093
| Betty- I used iridized textured glass...it looks so awesome..I will link the picture so maybe you can see it. I have the wire mesh over it so its kinda hard to see!!!
http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m299/chickeemama/drgnflys... |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
February 03, 2008
08:32 PM Post #4491902
| Love it...can't you just wait to get it into the garden..DB was here for 1/2 hr. Friday and I reminded him that I needed help..told me not to wait until spring because he get's busy..so guess I'll have to pick a weekend, get the copper and make a visit..
Normally you purchase a book and there is but one or two pieces you would like to do...this book, I'd love to do each and everyone of them...
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