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The Arctic.
A free hanging panel
made to commission October 2009
This client approached
me with an idea to create a free hanging stained
glass panel as a birthday gift for his wife. The
inspiration for this piece would be, The Arctic.
He sent me a few photos that he and his wife had
taken on a recent trip there. A beautiful and
desolate place and one that inspires. I loved
his photos and had no trouble at all being inspired
to design a window to capture the beauty of the
ice flows and mountains.
The panel is made using
my own fused glass. I create this using layers
of powders sifted and then manipulated using a
paintbrush, pins and other fine objects to evoke
the ice the reflections in the water. This is
then carefully fired and monitored to make sure
I get exactly the right finish. The
larger 'pebbles' of glass are then added and fired
again to give depth and form to the piece.
I have also combined
mouth blown thin opal glass with the fused glass
and just to add a bit of 'umph' there is a splash
of 'Sparkle' a machine made glass that catches
the light beautifully and look like ice!
Then I leaded the panel
together and included two hanging points at the
top. This is a piece of fused glass art that can
be taken and hung anywhere.
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