love affair with stained glass

A friend recently post on social media ‘Be careful of how you ask for things…’ implying that my wish for a month off was not yearned for in the right manner, and now we have a pandemic and shelter-in-place orders. I’m refusing to take that on, myself. However it has come about, I now have a month off (longer in fact, as of yesterdays announcement) in which I can work glass on the daily.

so I have been. I finished the mermaid piece. It is the very first purpose-built window for the studio. she turned out wonderfully.

(I’ll have to take a photo later, I only have video)

I cleaned up some paws I hadn’t quite finished, posted them on my fb page, and sold them, yay!! I agreed to a commission of an Oak tree, probably close to a year ago now, and have never quite managed to mentally get behind the idea. with this time frame, I found a pattern I liked and began altering it. I received approval and the deposit from the client, then drove past a gorgeous oak tree in a field, went back and took pictures, came home and completely redesigned the panel.

I did a quickie project, another commission. this one is a cowskull. with dangly feathers. the photos do not do it justice at all. the feathers were quite fun to put together. I’ll do more, but larger, once I’m finished with the tree.

Good times. I need a good audiobook though. I’ve finished one series and am now at a loss. I’ve started two books and just cannot get into them. oh well.

more later. take care out there.

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I think we have reached the point where the internet becomes self aware, and begins the take-over process. sigh. hello Teledyne Systems.

I’ve written a few posts for this site, but they have published on another of my webpages. which sucks mud. the archives folder only shows posts up to 2016. which is utter bullshit. once I figure out how to move them, I will post links.

the last post was march 2019, as I was building the backyard studio. the studio is mostly done now, just the roof to finish up before the rain starts again (fingers-crossed we have another wet winter). the ice & water shield was delivered yesterday, so now I am only waiting on cooler weather to install. we have had a wonderfully mild summer, maybe 12 days over 100, but it is still no fun climbing up there and working in that heat. this ol’ gal can’t do that anymore.

Here’s my backyard studio. this was the day of my open house for friends. it looks so pretty. I’ll be spending most of today out there, once I have my coffee and write. it was so much more work than I initially thought. moving the glass from the garage and the house was so much more work than I initially thought, lol. that took forever.

one of the best parts is the discovery of all the cool glass you have, that you have forgotten about. now I’m settling in, moving stuff around, getting a feel for working in the space. I had purchased a cool worktable from a friend who was downsizing her fabric business, mainly because I didn’t want to move my existing one. but it isn’t working out and I am going move the existing one. today. that is todays chore.

I should probably get to it. coffee is consumed, time to get dressed and get to work/play. Happy Labor Day everyone.

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This beautiful mammal needs to find a new home with someone. Contact me with a reasonable offer. Can ship. 23.25w x 26.25h. Can ship in time for Christmas, as long as it’s ordered by the 15th. 

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And today, the final commission is done. Now to take a break for a bit. To work on my own projects. Get some smalls done for Christmas. This one is heading off to Michigan, to grace an upstairs window in a little house in Yspilanti. Bye bye, beautiful tree…

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without further ado…

  
Champion Bitches, Ms. Lola and Miss Coco

This has been in process for a year, I believe. Possibly more. I began the pattern at the end of last year. The main problem, for me, with patterns, is that I must be in the perfect frame of mind for it. I can’t force it at all. I’ll do some drawing for a time, it’ll be flowing well, and then boom! The creative juices evaporate. It took about 6 weeks to finalize the pattern. And even then, I changed it once I began glass selection.

This piece was derived from the clients’ fave photo of their beloved Corgis, on the bank of the Rogue River in Oregon. The young lady on the left is Lola, my favorite dog in the world. (I’m a cat person, so that’s some heavy, treasonous words to lay down). She’s laying at my feet as I type, waiting semi-patiently for frisbee time.

  
Have a safe and happy 4th, eat lots of corn on the cob.

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so much for blogging every weekend. that lasted all of, what?, two or three weeks? sigh.

Working on the corgi piece.

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