The creative juices are flowing
Now that my last commission piece is officially handed over, and my worktable is cleaned up, I can move on to the next project. I finally listed a piece on Etsy. I only have the one piece, so I want to get some more up there. Figuring out the shipping costs is the hardest part. I need to figure out a better way to photograph these things too. Jake had sent me a article on how to biuld the ideal box for photographing jewelry, or small art objects… but I can’t find it!
Anyway. I thought about doing some small pieces, like suncatchers, but I need to come up with a better name than that. The usual suspects; butterflies, dragonflies, lotus blossoms, maybe a partial buddah head, some flowers. I had envisioned some really simple things, so I could make them fast, put them up.
I sat down after a nap, and did some sketching. Looked through some books for inspiration. Then I scanned the images in as blanks to work from, printed out a couple pages, and sketched some more. Pretty please with the results.
lotus suncatcher
Nice and simple. I had the idea that if I could get a selection of images, that these could be hung in a three panel, one above the other, suspended on thing chains, with maybe little bits of beads dangling from the bottom corners.
Gerber daisy and Peacock Butterfly
This one turned out a bit busy, but I will handle that during color selection. The flower will be pale, and the butterfly done in jewel tones, so it really pops. I like this one very much.
Dragonflies and grass
Love the way this one turned out. Initially I wanted it to be small, and tight, but with the grass, you cant really have that, or it is just a bunch of lines. i think I will use some of my carefully hoarded confetti and streamers glass for the background on this.
So I am going to be starting on these pieces this week. Nothing really to use the saw on, though maybe I will, just to get some practice. Off to my day job now!
love affair with stained glass 
beautiful blog kelli…