Stained Glass is Done!!

[tripperfunster]

Dear Lord, if I'd known how long this was going to take me, I probably wouldn't have started! The faces (and hands) were painted and fired four times, plus the lettering and the wings and the frame. I also chose glass that was STUPID hard to cut properly, so I ended up grinding and grinding and grinding. (and not the good kind of grinding!!)

And of course, while soldering, one of the pieces of glass CRACKED! I almost pulled it out and fixed it, but meh. I don't have any more glass in that colour and FUCK YOU GLASS! I dare you to find it. The glass is odd and sort of crackely anyway, so it shouldn't be noticeable.

And then, when I went to cut/miter the aluminum frame THE MITER BOX WAS MISSING. guh! Okay, whatever, I'll use the dremmel, and just eyeball it. Except the little cutting end on the dremmel was broken! *tears out hair* I love my husband, and he is a far better person than I, but where (and the way) he keeps his tools is not unlike that giant warehouse at the end of the first Indianna Jones movie. And whenever I buy tools for myself, since I cannot find any of his, MY tools invariably end up in the vortex that is his tools. RAGE QUIT.

I ended up using an actual miter saw. Like POWER TOOL. Like, CUT YOUR FINGERS OFF POWER TOOL. *shudder*

Anyhoo, it's finished and I still have all my fingers, so yay! Sadly it's not sunny here today, but have a cloudy view of my new window!





It's about 3 feet by 2 feet.

Comments

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

that is some lovely detail work, my friend.

*applause*

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks!

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

OMG so amazing!!!

[counteragent.livejournal.com]

Do you have a tumblr post? I would love to reblog.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you!
Yes I do, it's right here: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/tripperfunsters

[akatnamedeaster.livejournal.com]

I am in awe of these projects that you do and this is amazing, seriously. The colors are really bright and beautiful and the figures are so well done. And you made this all from glass!! Again, amazing.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thanks dear! I kind of feel like I"ve fallen off the face of the earth, with these huge projects. Drawing is so much faster! :D

Of course, these have the ability to last a lot longer than a piece of paper ...

[foxestacado.livejournal.com]

Holy crap. This is AMAZING.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D Thanks! It is very satisfying to have this huge, heavy hunk of glass art when I'm done. I honestly had serious doubts about it looking okay until almost the very last minute. I am very happy with it though. (not that I don't see a million things that need improving …)

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

Oh. Wow! That is exquisite!

I'm reblogging this on Tumblr as well.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And thanks for the pimp!

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! I only wish I had more followers to see it, I've only just joined Tumblr. This is an extraordinary piece of fanart that needs to be seen by the masses.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

I"m fairly new to Tumblr as well. About a year, I guess. Beware, there are many trolls there!!

[reggie11.livejournal.com]

I've only been on there a week and I can't believe the amount of hate people are throwing around. I get that everyone has their favourite character but so many people seem to think if you like one you have to hate the other. It's vicious. I'm steering as clear of that as I can, it's too depressing.

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

that is so frickin' cool. i love the banner and the wings. and the colors! the colors are gorgeous.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Colours are really tricky for me. I don't have a ton of experience with them, and I"m always cautious about making it look … tacky? I dunno. I don't have great taste in colours, and with glass, there are SO MANY to choose from! :D

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[indiachick.livejournal.com]

Lovely!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[theficklepickle.livejournal.com]

That's so insanely superb that it's quite beyond words. I totally envy you having the skill and ability to produce something so elegant - the mediaeval stained-glass masters must absolutely be spinning in their graves right now; you just make it all seem easy! (And profane, LOL!)

Seriously, is there even anyone else in the world making fannish stained-glass? I doubt it. Another first for Tripper!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hee! Nope, not the first. There is some Iron Man stuff out there, and some Transformers stuff, but nothing Shippy! And most of them are more smaller things and not painted like this. Man, I wish I'd been doing this when I was crazy for Potter and Snape!

Supernatural is really suited for it, with all of the pseudo-religious themes and such. Someone could look at this and be 'moved' by it and never realize it's ALL ABOUT TEH SLASH! :D

[birdsofshore]

I just can't begin to imagine how you do this. Those feathers! I love the ambitious nature of it all, almost as much as the gorgeous outcome. Bravo!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And oh God yes! This one was very ambitious. My husband was even … "Are yo sure you want to make something this big?" GO BIG OR GO HOME! :D

I was honestly not very happy with it right up until it was done. Then I was … Hey! This is awesome! The sum of the parts were not coming together like I had envisioned, and the faces didn't look like I wanted them to, but MAGIC. It worked anyway.

I guess it's hard, because I am right at the apex of learning how to do it, so my skills and my vision are not yet cohesive.

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

That is utterly beautiful.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you dear!

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Oh mah god, it's gorgeous. Wow. I feel the urge to troll humorless church-going folk with this art and see if they notice it's fandomy and slashy; that's probably not very nice of me. (And, yes, I applaud the idea of even more explicit stained glass art.)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hee! Well, the place where I buy my glass (and took the lessons those many years ago) is having a 'show' and they want me to put this window in it. So there will be lots of people looking at it and assuming it's what it says on the tin, minus the yanno, rimming and trotting and stuff. ;)

Hmmm… I couldn't make any full-on porny windows *cries*. Not until my kids are grown up and moved out, but I COULD make something … erotic! *ponders*

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Ugh FROTTING! Damn you autocorrect!

[kalime80.livejournal.com]

*speechless*
I'm sorry it was such a pain to craft this, and for all the troubles you had to overcome, but it is GORGEOUS! The wings, the flames, the colors - I also really like the pose.
I'd say this fine piece of art deserves to have people kneel and adore in front of it...

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks! The tool issues are an ongoing thing, and if they weren't my ONLY point of contention with hubby, I'd have divorced him years ago. Lucky for me, it's pretty much his only downfall. ;) Hey, he's got a slash-artist for a wife. You KNOW he's a good guy!

I can hardly wait to put this in a window and see it with the sun shining through it. (cloudy again today.)

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Let's face it - it was worth the pain! The flames look great, and I love the outer feathers on Castiel's wings.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, totally worth the pain. (and cuts and burns!!) I honestly didn't think I'd be happy with it, right up until I lifted it up and saw it with the light shining though. Yay!

[droxys-dad.livejournal.com]

FAAANtastic...!!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[synn.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that is AWESOME! I'm amazed at how you managed to capture their features/expressions in such detail on stained glass, and the wings in particular are stunning

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The wings were pretty quick (well, the painting of them, anyway) the faces not so much. I guess I was careful to not use too much paint, and then after four layers of it, just gave up. I think, next time, that I'll go for more contrast.

[vandlp1088.livejournal.com]

Beautiful work! You're very talented :)

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!

[alexicyn.livejournal.com]

Oh!
My!
GODRIC!!!!!

That is farking AWESOME!!!!

*running off to reblog on Tumblr because, DAMN!!!*

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you!

Stained glass is frustrating yet satisfying to do.

[verizonhorizon.livejournal.com]

OMG I would hang that on my mantle!!! That's amzing! You're so talented. You make me want to try stained glass again. I did it as a teen three summers. I'm in awe.

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

You want to put it in a window! Not on your mantle!

You SHOULD do it again! Too bad it's such an expensive hobby.

[sra-danvers.livejournal.com]

OMG!!! So big and gorgeous!!!

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

Thank you dear!

We have lots of windows in our house, so expect many more!

[samtastic4.livejournal.com]

oh. my. god. tripp this is so fucking fantastic.. i am in awe of you all the time. stop being so great!! <3

[tripperfunster.livejournal.com]

:D I can't stop, it's a curse. ;) <3

[phoenixacid.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is amazing! The details and colours are just so beautifully done.