Glass of Sherry
Today I spent some time filling in the smaller gaps in the blue background. The hummingbird window is almost there! Once the mosaic adhesive cures, I will look at the whole window in the light and decide what other smaller gaps still need to be filled. After that, it will be ready for the resin.
Working on gluing the background in place today. I needed to cut some more pieces, only to discover I had a helper hanging out underneath my Morton Glass Works straight edge… Luckily I was gentle with the piece of glass I was trying to shove underneath it. My husband said he heard the scream two levels up in our house. Thanks to the hubs for relocating Mr. Lizard outside in our yard!
I’ve got the larger pieces of blue glass cut and glued down for the background. My next thing to focus on is cutting small pieces to fill the larger gaps in the background.
Today I cut the larger pieces of the blue background for the hummingbird and laid them out. I will remove them and glue down the bird and flowers before I commit the background, though. Right now I’m still figuring out the layout options. I am thinking a few more green leaves might be nice, but I want to show it to my friend in whose home it will eventually live first.
Starting to fill in with some more vine, leaves, flowers and flower buds. Next will be the blue glass for the sky, which was chosen by the friend for whom I am making this one. Nothing is glued down yet as I’m just in the beginning stages and want to be able to change things if needed.
Today I made progress laying out the hummingbird along with the beginnings of a trumpet vine. Still lots more to do, including some fine tuning of the bird itself, but I wanted to start to try out different layouts for the flowers and vine.
I’ve been working on prepping a recycled window (sanding, painting, cleaning, etc) that will be positioned vertically and hold a sparkly hummingbird. Today was the first day the rough shape of the little bird (who’s actually significantly larger than real life) began to emerge. Still lots more to do, but he’s looking more “bird-like”.
Look what you can bid on at the W. Brian Moody Foundation Golf Tournament / Auction / Raffle Fundraising event in 2022!
Mosaic in a recycled window. Crafted with Spectrum Iridized blue stained glass and Dichroic glass coated in resin. 30.5″ w by 27″ h. – $800.
My booth is ready to go and the Holiday Market starts tomorrow morning at 10am. Come by and visit!
I will have a booth at the Holiday Market at the North Charleston Convention Center. This event was cancelled last year due to COVID-19. The hours are:
November 19, 2021 – Fri. (10am – 8pm)
November 20, 2021 – Sat. (10am – 6pm)
November 21, 2021 – Sun. (11am – 5pm)
I haven’t seen the admission price for this year on the event website yet, but in the past, tickets were around $5 for access to all three days of the event, and you can usually get a coupon for a discount at the above link a couple of weeks before the event. The new parking garage should make getting in and out a breeze!
I will have hand made items from suncatchers and ornaments up to large mosaic windows, and a special $400 “Seasons” gift set that includes a display stand. Get all of your holiday shopping done before Thanksgiving and be able to really relax for the holidays! Check out some of the items that I will have in my booth at this link. There will even be some hand made pendants / necklaces. I hope to see you there!
The resin cured overnight and the corner sun is complete. This is a neat piece as it can be hung horizontally or vertically.
