Glass of Sherry
Rainbow Row with the resin poured and decorated. Just need to wait for it to cure now.
I had to re-adhere a couple of pieces on the other panel so I poured the resin on it another day. The “sky” is decorated with blue shell flakes and small, clear glass glitter.
Every day I spend a bit of time adding some detail to these two little Rainbow Rows. I like to add trees, birds and flowers for decoration. I should go for a field trip downtown and get some inspiration for other things to add. After the mosaic adhesive dries, it will be time to add the resin coating.
While I was wrapping up the placement of the smaller transom window, I took a bit of time on the side to start working on a couple of variations of small row house panels. Since I’m in Charleston, I try to make them resemble the famed Rainbow Row. I’m comparing painting on the doors and windows to using glass for those features. So far I have the larger pieces, doors and windows in place (plus a few tree trunks), and just have the fun details (trees, plants, etc.) to add before I pour the resin. I used resin spray to seal the black paint I used for the windows and doors on the top panel, as occasionally I have run into issues with it smearing when I pour the resin.
Despite the snafu where I forgot to use adhesive on the main panel, the smaller transom turned out OK. It adds some cheer to our kitchen.
I decided to try adding a border around the old smaller transom window. I made a piece of backer glass that fits the space and centered the old transom insert on it, then cut some matching pink and green glass to fit around the edge. The below photo is before I glued the border glass down.
Unfortunately I just realized that I forgot to glue the backer glass to the old transom, so there will be some tricky adjustments once the border glass adhesive cures. With three layers of glass, it’s pretty hefty.
I haven’t been very productive lately as I’ve been pretty sick with the current thing that is going around of late, but I have two new projects to work on around my house for 2023. We got a new front door and a new kitchen door and both transoms are significantly larger than the old ones, so I will have to make something new for both areas. I might alter the old one for the kitchen and see how it looks, but I am pretty sure I will make something new for the front door.
The old kitchen transom is stained glass coated with embellished resin. I might set it on another piece of glass and add a border in similar white shade of stained glass to make it fit the new transom, but I haven’t decided for sure yet. I did already cut the clear backer piece of glass for this transom, though. The old front door transom was dichroic and seedy clear glass edged with lead and framed with a zinc frame on the outer edge. The new front door transom will likely feature some dichroic glass and incorporate our house number, but the design is still forming in my head. It will have to be multiple panes of glass as I don’t have any glass that is large enough to cover the full horizontal length of the front transom.
Below is how the old transom looks when just sitting unsupported in the new front door transom window.
Today was the November West Ashley Artisans and Crafters Fair at Citadel Mall. It’s always a lot of fun to see all of the talent and creativity our locals have! There were vendors with scenes in bottles, baked goods, bath and body products, candles, wreaths, toys, holiday items, jewelry and many more that I didn’t get a chance to see (I was solo manning my booth). I’m looking forward to the next fair – December 10th from 11am-4pm at Citadel Mall. Hope to see you there!
Here is how the Hummingbird with Flowers window turned out with the sapphire blue mica sky – photos outside in the sun. I will have this and other glass items at my booth at the West Ashley Artisans and Crafters Fair tomorrow (11/19) at the Citadel Mall.
I went to pour the resin on this window a few days ago and didn’t like the look of my hardener (it looked too yellow / old). So I waited until I could buy some new resin at a local store. However, when I got it home, the new resin didn’t look much better than the resin I already had on hand, so I decided to try what I already had open on some small projects before pouring it over my whole hummingbird window.
After a few hours, they looked fine, so I decided to decorate them (four ornaments and a festive red and green coaster). Then I felt better about using the resin I had on hand to do my large hummingbird window. I mixed 12 oz of resin and took the plunge.
After it set for about 30 minutes, I started filling in the sky / background with sapphire blue mica chips.
These should all be ready for the West Ashley Artisans and Crafters Fair being held at the Citadel Mall from 11am-4pm Saturday November 19th. Please stop by my booth! I will also have a few holiday themed paper crafts on hand.
I wanted to fuss around some more with the glass in this window, but I also want to pour the resin before the West Ashley Artisans and Crafters Fair this Saturday at Citadel Mall, so I used mosaic adhesive to adhere all the glass in place – ready for the resin. I plan to use some beautiful sapphire blue mica chips for the sky / background.
