I’ve been quietly working on some small stuff – working out a few different types of flowers and some glass ball hearts on the side.
Small Stuff
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Rainbow Row Window – done!
This window needed an extra coat of resin (likely could use a little more, but sometimes I go overboard). Now it’s ready to go to the SC Artisan Center, where it will be available for sale.
This is the largest Rainbow Row piece I’ve made to date at 30″ wide by 13.5″ tall.
Operation Sight
This piece, Mermaid Tale, has been donated in support of the work of Operation Sight to provide sight-saving surgeries for South Carolinians suffering from cataracts or urgent, sight-threatening retina disorders. It will be available for bid at Operation Sight’s event:
https://www.operationsight.org/event
A NIGHT OF ART AND IMPACT
Saturday, January 27 at 6pm
High Wire Distilling, Charleston, SC
Resin Poured on the Row
Today I poured and embellished the first resin layer on the Rainbow Row window. I used 8 ounces of resin and might need to make a second layer as this piece has a lot of depth to the details such as trees / bushes.
Mermaid Tale
This piece, Mermaid Tale, has been donated in support of the work of Operation Sight to provide sight-saving surgeries for South Carolinians suffering from cataracts or urgent, sight-threatening retina disorders. It will be available for bid at Operation Sight’s event:
https://www.operationsight.org/event
A NIGHT OF ART AND IMPACT
Saturday, January 27 at 6pm
High Wire Distilling, Charleston, SC
Today’s progress
Slowly working on adding layers of detail, plants, window boxes, decorations.
Adding Details
Today I added some detail to the window boxes, which have to be done in layers (layer, wait for mosaic adhesive to dry, another layer, etc).
Artisan Center Handmade Event
I had a great time at today’s SC Artisan Center Handmade event. I met several other local SC artists as well as many visitors to the Center. I made some good progress on my next window, too!
Nov 18 – SC Artisan Center Handmade
Come check out the “Handmade” event tomorrow, Saturday November 18 from 10am – 2pm. SC Artisans will be demonstrating their methods! I will be working on a mosaic window. The address is 318 Wichman Street, Walterboro, SC.
Next Window
I have been procrastinating on my next window project for several months. Initially I had planned on doing a larger version of Charleston’s Rainbow Row, but I wasn’t sure if it would look as good in a larger format than the other panels I’ve made with it in the past. I bought the glass I needed and then started thinking that maybe I should make another sun, or maybe a moon because I have great moon glass and great spooky sky glass.
But this morning I was asked to donate a window to an upcoming charity event and I decided to just go for it with the Rainbow Row. I won’t know how it will look until I do it, so I might as well do it and stop wondering about it. Hopefully having more room will allow me to do more decorating – trees, birds, flowers, bushes, etc. What I have so far is just rough cuts – I still need to finish the first cuts and then use the grinder to smooth / shape everything before I start with the mosaic adhesive on the first layer. I’m not sure if this will end up in the charity event auction or if another window will, but at least my procrastination is over for the time being!
