Decision Made

With the help of my favourite blog followers, I have finalised my design for my new stained glass project. Can you guess which design? Ta Dah!!

Playing with Rectangles

I need your help! I spent all day yesterday cutting out sweet little rectangles of coloured glass. I then had a play around with the layout and colours and came up with something I thought I was happy with. This is the layout, you'll have to imagine it with the lead between each of the pieces.

 

Anyway, I went to bed last night and couldn't stop thinking about my design (the things we lose sleep over!). Was my design really what I wanted? I then started to wonder whether I should change it up a little bit, maybe by subdividing some of the rectangles. I've had a little play with the photo above and added a few additional divisions to the horizontal rectangles (a little roughly!). Below is the new (improved?) design, what do you think? Sorry, I should have added the black lines to the first image too, to make it easier to compare.

 

 

So thats the quandry. Should I leave it well alone or get cutting? I'd love to hear from you, please add your comments below.

 

Coloured Glass

I have finally finished my first stained glass window, I think I'll leave the final reveal until after it has been fitted (sorry!). This has meant that my thoughts have turned to the next project and I really only have one option - the glass panel beneath the first project (which is still sporting hideous safety glass - see here). I'd really like to get the two panels fitted at the same time so I need to crack on.

I used lots of circles for the original panel, but don't think I want to do the same again as it might be a bit visually overwhelming. My thoughts at the moment are to go with squares and rectangles. We'll see. The lovely Tim was kind enough to drive me to Kansa Glass today. I have chosen five different pieces of glass. Although the colours tie in with my first panel, I have changed the palette to include purples and exclude greens. I'll also include the leftover glass from the original panel.

 

So pretty... but yes I did manage to break one piece on the way home!!