New glass for the coming week

Here are a couple of projects I've been working on and hope to have them completed by Monday. The rainbow stained glass peace sign will measure around 9 1/2 inches when completed. The glass I've used for this peace sign is called Waterglass and it has a wavy texture to it.
This stained glass hummingbird will measure around 7 3/4. I've used iridescent glass for the head, belly and wings and the eye will be a solder ball. The pale blue background glass is called Baroque and its full of random swirls. I've got both pieces ready to be soldered tomorrow. I've also started a second peace sign using cobalt blue glass. I'll post a picture of that one soon.

I've gone rainbow crazy!! New items for January

There's something fun and happy about rainbows.

Here are a couple of new items completed recently.

The rainbow stained glass peace sign measures 9 1/2" diameter, approximately 24 centimeters. The glass I used for this one is called Waterglass, its manufactured by Spectrum. The glass itself is very bright and clear and ts got a light wavy texture to it like water on a lake's surface.

The stained glass hot air balloon is also made with the same type of glass. In this piece I've assembled the glass pieces in such a way that it appears that the balloon is full of hot air.

Both of these items are now available in my Etsy shop. Receive 10% off the cost of either of these items by mentioning that you saw them on my blog. Simply key in "blog" in the message to seller field and I will send you are revised invoice before you pay OR if you check out and pay I will refund the 10% to you. Cost of shipping not included in the discount.

New weekend projects--Its all about rainbows, man..

Someone posted on an Etsy forum that they like rainbows. I guess that's all it took to get me going on making a couple of new rainbow themed items.

The first I hope to get done is a stained glass rainbow peace sign. Once completed it will measure out at less then 11 inches diameter. I've done peace signs in glass before but not in this design. I'm excited about this piece and hope it looks great when its done (its a toss up sometimes). All of the colored and clear glass pieces are Waterglass, which has a light wavy texture to it and all of these pieces will be 'flowing' in the same direction. I hope to have the peace sign completed Jan 24 or 25.

The second is a stained glass rainbow hot air balloon. I've done several of these in the past and thought it would be a good time to add another to my shop. This piece like the peace sign is all Waterglass (except the basket) with the direction of the glass pieces positioned to give the appearance that the balloon is full and ready for launch. This piece should be completed in the next few days.