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In 2007 we made these Spring Violet’s with colored jewels. The panel measured about 7 inches in diameter and the center portion around the violets was left open. The violets were made using a Kokomo glass which unfortunately is no longer available.
Design by Marianne Crivellaro
A client who lives in Ottawa purchased this Celtic Cross in Ireland a few years ago. Unfortunately it fell and broke the bottom piece of the cross. The broken glass was a Ruby Red Spectrum Waterglass which we could match.
This was a very sentimental stained glass piece, which we were able to restore. The first picture shows the broken glass.
The next picture shows the cross after being totally taken apart, cleaned with burnished black back foil applied and ready for soldering.
In addition our client wanted a larger shamrock made using Wissmach Emerald Isle glass and the following picture shows it all foiled and ready for soldering.
This last picture shows the completed Shamrock and Restored Celtic Cross. Black patina was used and then a stained glass polish was applied. Then both of these items were shipped to Ottawa Ontario and arrived safe and sound.
We just made this horseshoe for a donation to The Alberta Horseshoe Pitchers Association who are having a Provincial horseshoe tournament this August 2013.
We used Spectrum’s Black Waterglass for the horseshoe and Amber Spectrum’s for the horse.
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A number of years ago a neighbor brought us this old wooden frame stained glass window. Fortunately the only glass broken in it was one of the center frosted (Glue Chip) pieces of glass. While the wooden frame looks flimsy it was quite solid and our clients wanted to leave it as is. Replacing the one piece of broken glass was not a big issue, but over the years and numerous coats of paint, the colored glass become speckled or had a substantial amount of paint on it. The only way to remove that paint from that rough textured glass was to pick it off little by little with an X-Acto knife, ensuring that we did not scratch this old glass. After this detailed cleaning we then polished the glass, restoring it to it’s original beauty.
Here is another color combination of the quilt block we made in 2007. With snow on the ground even on a dull winter day stained glass will brighten your home.
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