Saturday, September 26, 2009

More of Our Town Series

our town 003 This one is called Main Street, Our Town. We have some shoes, crafts, gifts a mall and of course clothes. And you can’t have a Main Street that isn’t paved in gold.

our town 007 This is 2 houses in Our Town series, perhaps mine and grandma’s.

our town 020 Away for a few minutes to what I call “The Tree of Life”. The leaves are a moss green while the earth and branches are a bronze powder with dichroic accents.

our town 021 And we are back to the changing of the colours so can’t have that without “Falling Leaves”

our town 023 Back to Our Town, this is simply our house, You can see in the picture below that I put an easel back on it to allow it to stand or be hung.

our town 028 And last but not least, a

night light in the series with the automatic censor, so it comes on as it gets dark, great for bathrooms or hallways.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Dichroic Glass Sculptures

Well I finally took some time to get some pictures. First the fleur de lis for Fortress Louisbourg. Even did some special carding.

Here are the dichroic pendants, magnets and coasters and hot pads.

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Then I did a new grouping of tacked dichroic pendants for the ships and while I was at it did some framed pieces  that I call dichroic sculptures. Unfortunately these pictures don’t do them justice but will try to get better ones before putting them on the web.

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I am really pleased with these pieces especially the one in the pewter frame. The wooden frames can stand, be hung or lay flat. the pewter frame is for hanging only and is bigger than the others as well as the glass pieces is larger.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

New Fleur de Lis Pieces

Time speeds by and can’t seem to keep everything posted. Did do some new fleur de lis pieces for Fortress Louisbourg. Will post some pictures later but have some dichroic fleur de lis pendants done as well as magnets,coasters and hot pads completed. Will take them out this week.

Last time I was out decided to drive to Kennington Cove. Hadn’t been there since I was a kid and forgot how beautiful it was.

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kennington cove 010 Not sure where this guy ended up must have climbed over the rocks from here, no more foot prints.

kennington cove 004 It was a couple of days after Bill went through and the area had just reopened that day.

 

Finally Fired

Well, have been busy, ships are arriving in numbers and business is good.

However did get these pieces fired and framed over the past week so thought I had better post.

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Colours stayed and we are happy with it.

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Again a few bubbles but nothing that distracts from the piece.

And third but not least my favourite and the one we tested with.

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We put a varnish on this one to try and keep the  layers of paint from moving and it worked. Burned off without any adverse affects.