The story of the stained glass...

[susandennis]

Edit April 13... done!! They are being shipped next week!!!

At the end of last year, I commissioned earthmother45 to create one of her beautiful stained glass windows for my living room.

The space now has a plastic cling thing on it that I put there to keep the eastern sun from frying my ass on Summer mornings.



We agreed - for both artistic and practical (shipping - since she's 3000 miles away) on 3 windows - a triptych. We settled on fish. I turned her loose.

She is generously documenting the entire process in her journal. And so, I get to watch my windows unfold. I'm collecting all the entries here and will update when she does. It's a wonderful thing to watch.

1. The beginning
2. Next - check it out the glass that makes the bubbles has bubbles!!!
3. Shells and grass and a new fish
4. A bad break turns out special!
5. A bad/sad mug break but beautiful adds to the window!
6. Wanna come up and see my etchings??
7. Window 1 is looking great!
8. Sod it all!!
9. One of three gets framed!
10. The many lights of the first window...
11. And the second window begins
12. Two fish, blue fish
13. Iridescent fish!
14. More fish are born.
15. Even horse hoofs get in the act!!
16. The second window finished!!
17. The sun peeks out!
18. Just the prettiest weeds ever
19. Two fish, blue fish
20. Stunning new bits to window 3
21. The third window gets filled in.
22. And then a piece escaped!
23. DONE!!