Step One, after agreeing on colors and size, draw up 2 exact copies of the pattern. One copy remains whole, and the other copy is cut very carefully on all lines with special scissors that trim away the areas of the marker lines. This allows you to cut the pattern, while leaving room for what will be filled in with either copper foil and solder, or lead came, depending on which route you take.

More to come!

A Stained Glass Window

I have made many many sizes and shapes of stained glass Peace Signs suncatchers over the years. Well, recently I was commissioned to create a Peace Sign Window! This is a 17 inch diameter window that will hang inside a 19 inch opening, and in front of a 17 inch round window in a 2nd story bathroom. It's cold and another snowstorm is headed toward the midwest, so I don't know how this will effect the delivery of said window, which seems to be in no-man's land according to the tracking system of USPS. I'm hoping to hear some word from its new owners that it has arrived! And better yet, that is looks fabulous in the room, the colors match and go great with the decor, and with the morning sun shining in it casts beautiful splashes of color throughout the room.

I decided to photograph each step of the creative process so that I can share this with you.