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« on: February 25, 2009, 08:47:22 PM » |
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It's evident that I live with a 12 year old boy when I type the title of this and I still giggle!
Chantal Pare posted this pattern on her site a little while back and I just fell in love with it! I originally planned on making it with yellows, oranges and reds, you know, to kind of make it kind of like the sun. When I decided that I'd make it for one of my sisters, I asked her what her favorite colors are, she said blue and green (those are my favorites, too!), so I found some pretty glasses and got to work.
It's about 12 inches across, and I used a bunch of different types of glasses. It was the first time I've tried Uroboros glass (center and the multi-colored outer-most diamond pieces) and I liked it a lot!
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2009, 09:00:12 PM » |
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Gwen, this is really nice! I love your choices in the glass. Your sis should love this. Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2009, 10:41:24 PM » |
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Gwen that is really pretty I love the colors and the different glass. Im sure your sister will cherish it  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2009, 11:04:04 PM » |
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And I thought Uranus was where the sun don't shine.
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« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2009, 06:03:14 AM » |
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ooh that's beautiful Gwen. I do love that glass, the colors are gorgeous. Your sister will love it! Nice pic too btw!
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« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2009, 06:47:41 AM » |
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Gwen, you did a great job on the piece. Your sister will love it. I too love the glass selections you made
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 07:19:41 AM » |
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Beautiful Gwen!....I love it!!!!!
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 09:47:04 AM » |
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Same sentiment here Gwen, very nice--Barbara
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« Reply #8 on: February 27, 2009, 08:07:43 AM » |
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Nice pic too btw!
Thanks everyone for the compliments! It was a fun piece to do, and went surprisingly quick considering all of the little pieces. Denise, thanks for the kudos on the picture, too! I always try to photograph my pieces in the daylight. I hang or prop up the piece in a window on the shady side of my house and turn off the flash. This way helps bring out the glass colors and textures, and turning off the flash hides my less than stellar soldering job! (My soldering has greatly improved over the past year, but I still have some rough spots on occasion!) Thanks again! I still think I may do one in the yellows, oranges and reds like I originally planned... I think it would look great out in the garden this summer! |
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« Reply #9 on: February 27, 2009, 09:28:41 AM » |
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That really turned out well. The colors are great.
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« Reply #10 on: February 27, 2009, 01:10:30 PM » |
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Very nice piece, I really like that deep blue! Also a thank you for posting good pic tips!
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« Reply #11 on: February 27, 2009, 08:15:33 PM » |
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lol..yes Thanks Gwen...Amber..she KNOWS I need the help...lol...I'm just going to invite her here the next time I have to take a pic of any of my pieces...just kidding....but seriously I'll put your words of wisdom to use...I take historically BAD pictures...maybe the word should be "hysterically" bad...but anyway..they're bad.
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« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2009, 10:19:17 AM » |
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Thanks Audrey and Amber!
And Denise, bite your tongue (or your fingers, since, um, you typed that)! Your photos aren't bad!
How can they be bad when you're photographing such lovely pieces?
You just gotta turn that flash off so that you don't have a big white shine in the middle of it.
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