Friday 21 March 2014

Back to the Future

I've gone all retro (for me) with this new range of Birds. I started my Glass Art career making Copperfoil pieces, and I've revisited that technique with the Birds:

 
I've always enjoyed decorative Soldering, and making these Birds gives me the chance to use it lots!
 
 
 
 
These Cranes look beautiful as a matched pair.
 
 
 

 
The bases are nice and heavy so the pieces are very stable.
 
 

 
BIRDS IN FLIGHT:
Well not really, but these can be hung outside to gently rotate in the sun and breeze - look fantastic!
 
Three -  Dimensional Pieces:
 
 

 
 
 
 
Two - Dimensional Pieces:
 
 
 
 

 
This Lorikeet hangs from its tail but the photo wouldn't rotate when I uploaded it!
 

 
 
 
 
 


Larger Lazy Susans

I've had a request for a larger version of my Lazy Susans, which are normally 500mm in diameter.

This one is 600mm in diameter, which doesn't sound like a big increase but is actually 40% larger in area:


The bearing is larger too - I use a 12 inch bearing rather than the standard 9 inch one.

We sold the larger one to a Scrabble aficionado who places the board on it! Brilliant!