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Filling in the Hummingbird / Flowers

Today's progress on the hummingbird / flowers window — Today’s progress on the hummingbird / flowers window. Still not sure where the flowers will all end up. Will keep slowly filling in and moving things around until I like it.

More Hummingbird / Flowers

Added some additional flowers – still working on layout.

Slowly progressing on the hummingbird w/flowers window — This week’s progress

I am frequently asked about creating custom windows for people. Unfortunately, due to the difficulty in obtaining glass in my area, I am unable to honor requests for custom pieces the vast majority of the time. Choosing art glass is very specific to the particular sheet / run of glass, so ordering it sight unseen can be disappointing. I have a limited amount of glass only in a limited number of colors, and ordering / traveling to get the right glass is cost prohibitive. I’m still willing to discuss custom work with people, but it is very likely that I won’t have the necessary materials easily available to complete many custom jobs.

Upcoming Holiday Events

This year I won’t be participating in the market at the convention center. Instead, I will be at two smaller events at Citadel Mall. Details: November 19th fair/Christmas tree lighting and December 10th Santa’s Workshop fair. Each fair is 11:00am-4:00pm near the food court at Citadel Mall. Please stop by! I will have some special holiday themed smaller decorations / Swarovski and bead jewelry in addition to my usual glass and resin items.

Swarovski crystal tree pendants with handmade glass bead / wire embellishments on a festive silk cord.

Crystal strands — Swarovski crystal tree pendants with handmade glass bead / wire embellishments on a festive silk cord.

At the November 19th event there will be a lighting of the community Christmas tree with our elected officials at 6:00pm and Holiday music throughout the day by our High School and Middle School Choirs. Some vendors will stay open past 4pm for the day long festivities!

The December 10th fair theme is Santa’s Workshop.

Nov Artisans & Crafters Fair — Artisans & Crafters Fair

Hummingbird w/Flowers, cont.

Little by little I am making progress on filling in the flowers / vines that will decorate around this hummingbird.

Added more flowers and leaves. More to do!

Hummingbird w/Flower

So I am taking this project in baby steps, but over the long weekend I added a flower to the hummingbird window I’m making. I plan on adding several more flowers and a vine in stained glass before I pour the resin and add the sapphire blue mica “sky” background. I will likely move this particular flower to a corner of the window, but for now it’s hanging out near the middle.

Hummingbird w/Mica Sky

I realized I haven’t posted anything in several weeks, so here is an update on what I’ve been doing. I’ve been making a little progress on a new hummingbird window. So far, the hummingbird is ready and I’m working on the leaves for the first flower. I have been having trouble deciding on the color of glass for the flowers. The mica I’m planning to use for the background in this window is a deep blue, so I’m leaning toward orange flowers, but I really like pink flowers. We’ll see which color wins out.

I also made the first leaves for the flower out of the green glass I usually use for the hummingbird body. It doesn’t have striations, which I generally prefer for leaves, but we’ll see if I decide to switch to another type of glass or stick with this.

Bird and beginnings of leaves for the first flower

June WA Artisans & Crafters Fair

I had a great time at yesterday’s West Ashley Artisans & Crafters Fair! These events are held near the Food Court entrance of Citadel Mall and are held the second Saturday of the month from 10am to 4pm. I’m planning on taking the next couple of months off from selling to focus on creating, so I won’t be at the July or August Fairs. I plan on being at the October, November and December ones for sure, and will decide on September when it is closer to the date. Until then, feel free to message me if you’d like something!

Blue Seaglass Mirror

It looks like the taping technique I used worked out pretty well for this seaglass mirror. The tape came off easily for the most part, and I was able to trim the excess resin on the edges with a glass scraper.

Sea Glass Mirror, take 2, cont.

I keep forgetting to take incremental photos, but below is a snapshot of the blue seaglass mirror with the resin poured and spread. I used painters tape around the edges to contain the resin, though I will likely end up trimming some of it off anyhow.