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

[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.