Monday, December 20, 2010

Cabinet - royal gold


Took weeks but I made this cabinet mosaic painted beauty. The counter is mosaiced and the rest of the cabinet is painted and fauxed. LOTS of work!

Turning the corner


My favorite and best piece. Dichroic glass, stained glass, lots of jewlery, smalti, rhinestones, and miliflori.

Jeweled Box - sold



Junk store wooden mail box holder. Made from all kinds of jewels, stained glass,gold smalti, rhine stones, and costume jewels. Beautiful piece - sorry I sold it.

First Commission


Here is my first commission for my friend Colleen. It took me months to make this - out of plates and stained glass. Learned a lot and really had to grow to make this.

Hummingbird Ball




The garden ball is very light, and extremely colorful. . The hummingbird is stain glass and the rest of the ball is made from glass beads (multiple colors). It is sealed for the outdoors. The color - bright blue:) The back has roman type style lines.

Crane of hope!




The crane was a real experience for me. The center of the crane is gold smalti (bumpy) and smooth gold smalti. The black edge is smalti, as well as the blue crystal or clear Italian smalti. The rest of the works is fused glass and mirror. The beautiful tile bars I purchased for $.50 a piece (on sale of course). The grout is both sanded and non-sanded (boo!) grout. God I hate non-sanded grout! The entire piece is twenty-one by 29 inches. It is mounted on Hardibacker (so great for the oudoors). The mirror is very old (extremely) andhad ejected flowers. The piece is very flawed, which I like. The piece is for sale at $500. The work is gorgeous and one of the best pieces that I have done - have to see it to appreciate it!