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| Blue Moon or Twinkle-Twinkle? |
Over the past many years, I had a few girlfriends and friends that were into stained glass creations, which I sometimes designed but never did any of the actual work of putting it all together like they did. That being the case, when Sarah, Jessica and I went to visit my daughter Brandi last fall, who lives in Toronto, I visited one of the local stained glass shops and purchased some equipment and supplies; thought I'd give it a try from start to finish. Any craft looks easy when you watch someone who has been doing it for a long period of time but since I paint and write and am somewhat of a perfectionist when I get creative, I realized that before I would be any good at doing stained glass projects, I would have some problems, which of course I did. And the funny thing about attempting to do something for the first time is that there is a certain amount of apprehension about whether it will turn out properly and if possibly someone might even like it enough to buy. Stained glass projects are not exactly inexpensive, so if one is going to continue with that craft, selling some of the pieces is a must as it allows one to purchase more materials; sheets of stained glass, even smaller pieces are quite expensive, depending on the particular type of glass one buys.
I haven't decided what the title of my first start to finish stained glass project should be; Blue Moon or Twinkle-Twinkle but either way, it was fun to do. I got the idea for this stained glass piece from a friend of mine who used to carve small wooden half moons and then hang a small prism from the half-moon's lower point. Since my friend Sandy Boyd has since died, killed in an auto accident about 10 years ago, I'm leaning more towards Blue Moon and then again, he was a very vibrant artistic man, so perhaps Twinkle-Twinkle is more appropriate.
The size of the half-moon stained glass creation is approximately 6" and the star hanging from the upper point on a thin piece of fishing line is a 1" crystal glass prism containing a pinkish tone that was made in Switzerland. The blue glass is transparent and the whitish glass for the eye and mouth are not so transparent and a patina wasn't applied on the copper foil, everyone seemed to like the silvery look, which I believe is more fitting for this particular piece since the moon mostly appears to be a shiny orb in the night sky. It's for sale in Sarah's wee coffee shop here at Golden Unicorn Farm and if anyone reading this blog is interested in purchasing it, the price is $50.00 and depending where you live, there could be a shipping charge. I'm going to start making another one soon, except this one will be a little larger, around 8"in size and it will include a 1" prism star as well (it's actually very beautiful on it's own).
It's Sunday morning and the sun is shining brightly;small birds singing joyfully can be heard as well - hopefully spring has finally arrived. I see the wife is up now and the coffee should just be about finished percolating, so it's time for me to head into the house, pour a shot of elephant balls into the hot brew, swirl it around with a spoon and knock it back - cheers, eh!
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