Glass of Sherry
I see these online and decided to try one myself. I used seaglass, shells, sand and “pool-riffic” fillers, along with glass chips for the background. Love this filler for water. I just poured the resin in these photos – now it’s time to keep the bubbles at bay while it dries.
I “made” my own frit for the background from some scraps of the dichroic glass by putting the scraps in a mason jar and shaking vigorously. The frit turned out really nice, but the remaining scraps are rendered pretty much useless after all that shaking (too many scratches). The white parts on the background are what the frit looked like prior to pouring the resin. They turned into just pretty sparkles. I’m thinking I could have used a lot more frit, but it looked pretty opaque before the resin was poured, so I was hesitant to put more on the window. We’ll see how the finished window looks tomorrow.
Earlier this week, a friend asked what inspires me when I’m working with glass. I had trouble answering, and it has been on my mind. I could probably answer a bit better now, after thinking about it for a few days, but there are so many things that can offer inspiration – feelings, nature, beauty, shapes. But I think individual pieces of glass often spark the best inspiration, or perhaps help make the decision for a project. Today I was absolutely awed by these two sheets of dichroic glass (two photos of each with different lighting). I’m going to try to use these for a Sun / Moon project, although I have to admit it is hard to cut into these beautiful sheets!
I made a similar window several years ago, but with grout. This is the same idea, but with resin instead of grout. Made with Spectrum Iridized blue and Dichroic glass. 30.5″ w by 27″ h. I love Dichroic glass, but it is very expensive. At approximately $3.75 per square inch, I think I have approximately 112 square inches of Dichro glass in this window.
