I managed to crash my computer while I was posting on my blog yesterday so here is a fresh link to my website. Please scroll down to see yesterday's images and post.

Summer has turned out to be pretty busy. I have started a new series which is evolving into a garden of flowers. The first was a commission which required a lot of consultation to select the glass, working to balance colors and textures and to be sure the glass would 'sing' with or without a light source.  When I thought I was nearly done, I actually changed the glass for the hill which drove the change for the glass for the outside edges! some of the 'rejected' options are shown on the side in one image. This piece is now happily basking in the sun in a window in Nova Scotia. 
I enjoyed the challenge of working to find that balance of colors and textures so the second flower started with the selection of the red for the petals and again went through a considerable process of selecting glass for the hills and edges. I learned that some of my favorite purple glass looks black without a light source, even though it rocks in the sunlight!
The flower and the hill for the third piece were cut from the same piece of glass which had 'hidden' colors in layers, making it look very different with full light. I had just enough of the clear background glass with the little blue flecks to cut the pieces I needed. The glass for the edges is full of texture and character and the layers of colors within the glass mean it looks radically different with and without a light source. The 'reject' pile of edges continues to grow!   I call the final image Two Bachelors Chillin' in the Rain!
There is a third piece on my table now. I decided to start this one with the background color and selected some pink crackle. The short story is the background is now pale green and there is no pink in the plan. I am now working on getting the colors and textures for the borders to emerge.  
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