I did not plan to make any trees this year.... A review of my fused pieces revealed that I had five glass fans so I decided to see if I could cut them successfully as they were very thick. Once I had cut the fan into a triangle, I just had to frame it....tree # 89! It has a small stress crack in the bottom left corner of the tree - one of the unpredictable factors of working with heritage glass....it's how the light gets in. Then I got curious and decided to see if I could cut a long, narrow tree. There are a number of technical challenges, but it can be done with very good effects (and a new, expensive tool from Stained Glass Stuff). Tree-mendous (tree # 90) uses Winter fracture-streamer glass and a flat white. Tree # 91 was made using Kokomo ends maximizing the shapes of the outside edge of the glass, grinding only enough to attach the foil. The glass has a variety of air bubbles, ripples and thickens at the bottom edges, all of which add to the character of this tree. The gardens behind Galerie Old Chelsea offered a perfect backdrop today for photos to demonstrate how the clear, textured background glasses pick up and reflect the outside colours and bring them into the room! I already have orders for three in specific colours so it looks like I may hit # 100 in the series soon enough!
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