Design 1 completed!

Design one is completed,  using clear textured glass in the main design and a milky glass for the background, the orange/red streaky glass is beveled to add light play and depth.  Zinc came surrounds the piece which is not pictured and a chain on top to hang it up.

"Take your child to work",day

Today, I have had the pleasure of my son joining me at work.  I showed him the process of designing a window for a client, how to figure out the square footage of a window, the business side of doing art, etc  We have been having fun!

He has learned that there is a lot to the process of creating the completed project.

Stained Glass and Oil Painting Combination- an Experiment

I am trying something different, something I have not seen before and thought I would give it a shot and see how it turns out.  I have been mulling over this for quite awhile and it is finally coming together in my mind.  The idea is of an ocean wave flowing off of a canvas.  Portions of the design would be oil painted and others would be glass flowing off the space.

This is the basic concept sketched out.

I have the glass all picked out and am excited about it.

New project- 8 Stained glass windows for a church

I am working on a project which entails 8 windows for a church in Spokane, WA.  The design was done by Joan Smith in Cour d Alene, ID and I helped a little with it.  Each panel is approximately 4ft by 28 inches.  The design starts with upper left image and all 4 follow each other in a diagonal line.  The design is mirrored making a total of 8 windows. 

The next 2 images show the beginning steps of laying out the design and figuring out how to shape the glass that will be hand beveled.

Painting Completed

I enjoy the depth of the leaves.  I find it calming to look at. 

Started new painting- untitled so far

Feels good to paint again.  I have really been fascinated by leaves, whenever I go out on walks with my daughter we go through an area with lots of different trees, it is very beautiful and peaceful.  I get caught up watching the leaves, how they move, their shapes, the sound they make when there is a breeze. 

Stained glass for bathroom windows completed

Here is a before and after image of the bathroom window project.

Before

 After

Art for Your Windows

I have been thinking of this as a phrase to add in marketing my leaded glass work- "Art for Your Windows".  What do you think?

Interior Window dividing two rooms

I was watching HGTV today and one house had a window up high in a bedroom separating it from another room (unsure as to what kind of room).  I thought what a great place to put a leaded glass window.  It would add a nice touch to both rooms.  I did one like that in a house in Anchorage, Alaska where the window separated a bedroom from a walkway at the top of stairs.  It was up high enough so no one could see in.
How do I get in touch with these designers to show them what can be done in a space like that?

Birds of a Feather juried show

I just found out that I have been accepted into a juried exhibition titled Birds of a Feather at Gallery 360, 111 W Ninth St, Vancouver, WA 98660, June 6- June 30.  My painting titled "Second Flight" was accepted. It is a feeling of flight and has elements of birds and aircraft. The three panels also represent torso and wings This painting was of a glass piece I did titled Flight.

Two pane slider window, leaded glass design

This client has a two pane window that slides across each other.  The design needed to work as the windows are side by side and when one slides in front of the other. The drawings show both side by side and overlapping.  I do not have a pic of the actual window overlapping.  I enjoyed doing this piece.

overlapping design

Glass piece in front door

This piece looks great in a door.  This is on display at Discount Doors in Vancouver, WA and is for sale. 

First project of 2013

I am doing a leaded glass piece going into a front door.  The door is at a door company in Vancouver, WA and will be displayed at the Portland Home Show the end of February.

This is the design drawn out.

This is the completed glass piece not installed in the door.

Detail of bevels.  Take note of  the bevel widths.

Stained glass trifold room dividers

The following are room dividers that I have for sale.  I enjoyed making three panel divider with designs flowing through the three panels.  A friend of mine made the wood frames.

The first two pictures bring out the image differently.  I originally had the glass in the first wood frame but changed it to the white oak frame in the second image.   Hand beveled glass with color pieces beveled and bonded on top.  I enjoy the flow of the design.

 Measures 6 ft tall and each panel is 18" wide.

This one stands 5 ft tall and each panel is 18" wide.  Ash wood frame.  Both dividers have double joint hinges so they can be folded/unfolded in different ways.  I love how the different textures of glass pick up the colors and light/shadows from the background.

"Gusty"- stained glass process- completed

I enjoy the movement of this piece and how the design flows outside of the frame. I also enjoy the painterly feel that it has. At some point a wood frame/stand will be made and this will be a freestanding piece.
The inspiration of this piece was during a windstorm I watched some trees get blown pretty hard and I had a mental image of a design for glass. 

"Gusty"- stained glass process

I had drawn the middle shapes of the clear bevels and placed the above colored glass over the clear bevels, drew the outline, scored and broke the glass to get the above shapes.  They were then beveled and now ready to bond onto the top of the clear bevels.

"Gusty"- stained glass process

Whiting is used to help the putty dry faster and to clean oils off of the glass.

"Gusty"- stained glass process

This image shows the soldered joints and the putty in the channel and preliminary cleaning of the glass.

"Gusty"- stained glass process

All pieced together and ready to solder the joints.

Frosted trees-Hyouju

The following images I took on Friday (Dec 31) morning and evening of frost on the trees.  Our son's name is Hyouju which means frosted forest or trees.  It was beautiful. I find it interesting how my photos seem to be compositioned similar to my painting and glass work.

This was soon after sunrise and the fog is still in the distance.

I took this pic after the fog lifted.  I enjoy the color change from the pale orange to the blues.

This one I took in the evening.  I love the light and shadows on the snow.