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Great Blue Heron Panel

Filed under Birds, Featured, Panels, Panels, Wildlife by windows on March 18, 2012 at 5:30 pm {2 comments}

The Blue Heron Panel measures 28 in by 18 in, this photo taken in full sun. What always fascinates us about stained glass is how it changes with the light from sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy days along with time of the year and the ever changing seasons.

Design by Mark Waterbury

The Blue Heron Panel is now finished and is in it’s final cleaning and polishing stages. We will post a picture of the panel in full sunlight in the next few days. For the water we used Spectrum’s Pale Green/Aqua Blue Waterglass and matched it across the panel along with the sky using Kokomo’s 14SPL. For the bull rushes we used Spectrum’s Brown on Gold Streaky Granite and for the leaves a Brown/Green Kokomo 59L.

We now have cleaned the panel’s solder lines with steel wool and applied black patina. Next step will be to make the frame. The first photo is of the front of the panel, while the second photo is of the reverse side.

Here is the Blue Heron Panel with the front side soldered and all the flux has been removed using Kwik Clean. Next step will be to finish the reverse and then we will clean the solder with #0000 Steel Wool and then patina all of the solder lines black.

We now have finished burnishing on the copper foil overlay on this blue heron panel. The next process will be the soldering of the panel which will be somewhat difficult due to the narrow pieces of glass and the copper foil overlays as too much heat could crack the glass.

We just finished putting in all of the pieces of glass today(October 25, 2012), now we have to put on the copper foil overlay (re legs etc.) and once that is finished will post another picture with that burnished on, then the panel will be ready for soldering.

This is the latest construction photo of the Great Blue Heron Panel as at Oct 11, 2012.

This is an ongoing construction photo gallery of this Great Blue Heron Oval Panel which we are making for a home in Toronto. The oval panel measures 18 inches wide by 28 inches high.

Below is Picture # 3

We have had a very busy year with many extenuating circumstances which prevented us from spending time in our studio, all that now remains to be done is the Heron and the foil overlays. Then of course soldering, cleaning, black patina cleaning, polishing and framing.

This is picture # 1 the start of construction

Panel designed by Mark Waterbury

Featured in Glass Patterns Quarterly Winter 1990/91

This is picture # 2

We used Spectrum’s 423-1W Pale Green/Aqua Blue Waterglass for the water and it is matched all across the design. For the bull rushes we are using a Kokomo # 59L.

Shamrock for St. Patrick’s Day

Filed under Festive, Gifts, Sun Catchers by windows on March 10, 2012 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

We make these using Wissmach’s Emerald Isle Green English Muffle Glass as well as Spectrum’s Green Hammered Glass. Ideal St. Patrick’s day gift for your Irish friends. We make these using black backed foil for black patina on the solder lines, silver backed foil for edging left in silver and copper backed foil for copper patina on the solder lines as well as polishing each with stained glass polish.

“A Party for the Pachyderms”

Filed under Gifts, Mammals, Panels, Wildlife by windows on March 7, 2012 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

We made and donated 2 small Elephant panels in 2006 to The Calgary Zoo’s – Zoo Gala Fund Raiser “A Party for the Pachyderms”. These 2 small panels were designed by Chantal Pare of Montreal. If you get a chance when visiting Calgary take in their world class Zoo and view their elephants in their awesome environment.

Glory Angel

Filed under Angels, Festive, Gifts, Sun Catchers by windows on March 5, 2012 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

We made some of these using pinks, blues, whites and greens in 2003. By using various clears and iridescent clear glass for the angel wings then each angel takes on a different feel. A glass nugget is used for the head with twisted wire for the halo.

Old Came Window Change of Colored Glass

Filed under Old Came Windows, Repairs, Restorations, Windows by windows on March 3, 2012 at 5:30 pm {no comments}

This is an old came window which was in good condition considering its age and where it had been. Our clients wanted to change the yellow/green glass to blues, retain the original frame which was going to be installed inside their home. We are unsure as to it’s age and origin.

Here is the reconstructed and restored window with the new blue glass and mounted in it’s original frame.

This picture shows the window taken out of the wooden frame before we replace the colored glass.

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