Stained Glass Iron Man complete

[tripperfunster]

When I was grinding the glass for this, I was amazed at how many little pieces of glass I managed to get in my hair and on my face and down my shirt etc. Then later, as I was looking through some boxes of stuff labeled 'Stained Glass' is found the GUARD FOR THE GRINDER. Oh yeah ... it almost makes sense now. ;p





You can't really tell from the picture, but his hair and eyebrows and goatee are done with this neat, dark striated glass in mottled shades of brown. It really looks like hair!
It is about ... 24"x18"

And yeah ... I've already started on my next one!

Comments

[sara-wolf.livejournal.com]

That is absolutely, utterly gorgeous.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's really hard to go wrong with nice, shiny glass.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

*applauds* That's wonderful!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

*bows* Thank you!

Are you going to give it a try?

[tipitiwitchet.livejournal.com]

Wow. Just wow.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks!

[hogwartshoney.livejournal.com]

Wow, Tripp.... the colors are so fab!
Will you be doing a Cap one???? *bats eyelashes prettily*

[forest-rose.livejournal.com]

*joins eyelash batting* If we all do it we might trap her with the force of the wind from our lashes until she has to comply! ;-)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Wow, those eyelashes ...... *stares*

:D Yes, I have plans for a Cap one. But first I'm doing a sort of ... cubist Iron Man.

[dottycow.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic...looks amazing I can only imagine how much more amazing it must look with the sun pouring through it. :-D

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Sadly, the room it's in is light, but doesn't get much direct light. I even had to take it into another room to get a good picture of it.

I think I'll have to convince hubby to move it. :D

[forest-rose.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! I am so jealous, I want to do stained glass! Maybe a project for next year.... xx

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

It is really meticulous and time consuming (and expensive) but SHINY, SHINY GLASS!

Seriously, you have to try pretty hard to make it ugly.

[kabal42.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is gorgeous! Just… wow… Such brilliant colours. There's really something about stained glass.
I think you can kind of make out the lines in the glass that makes up his beard. It really is amazing.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And yes, there IS something about stained glass. Even ulgy ones are nice, if you know what I mean.

[icmezzo.livejournal.com]

That. Is. Awesome.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[tealightwhimsy.livejournal.com]

Clappy hands and grabby hands! This turned out great!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It was my first (real) foray back into it after a 12 year break, so even though there are a couple of problems with it, I'm very happy with how it turned out.

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

*GASP* AMAZING!!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks hon!

[pennswoods.livejournal.com]

You amaze me! This is the coolest idea.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not the first, but thanks!

[kalime80.livejournal.com]

This is amazing, as are your skill and mastership of many different art techniques. Did I mention it already? That's because it's true. And yes, the world needs Cap's stained glass now... *joins eyelash-batting*

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! i would honestly get bored if I only worked in one medium. (short attention span much?)

And yes, I've already designed the pattern for Cap, but I'm working on a second Iron Man first.

[dracavia]

Right, clearly I need to ask my sister to make me a stained glass arc reactor for Christmas. Don't know why I never thought of that before... This is really quite amazing!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! The arc reactor would like nice in stained glass!

[garrideb.livejournal.com]

Very awesome!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[benevolntgoddes.livejournal.com]

beautiful... FTW!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Everything Iron Man is FTW!

[pinigir.livejournal.com]

Love how this looks! :-)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! All stained glass is pretty, even the ugly ones!

[pinkelephant42.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful :D

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[demicus.livejournal.com]

And I just saw this now?! Well worth suffering for your art. Glad to hear you found the guard for the grinder though! Perfect medium! Tony seems lit from within. Va va voom!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D Yeah, I was wearing safety goggles, but the glass still got EVERYWHERE. :D durrr