Over the last 6 weeks I've been neglecting my work in favour of a new craze.....copper foiling! My friend Mandy asked me if I fancied doing a 6 week evening class at our local gallery and, using it as an excuse to escape my loom, I eagerly accepted. I had no idea what copper foiling was so went along thinking that it was something like using gold leaf on things......WRONG! It's stained glass, am I the only person in the world who had never heard of it? Well, what a joy, it felt so good to do something other than textiles, a completely different medium. Of course the designer in me wanted to experiment with the most complicated design but I think I pulled it off in the end. What do you think?
This is Mandy's flower in progress. I just love the way that the swirls in the glass are being used to show the movement of the wind. Hopefully she'll have a chance to finish it as she wasn't a well bunny for a couple of the sessions.
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| Julia's Angel |
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| Pete's Mondrian inspired clock |
A variety of evening and daytime courses are available at Gallery 77 Lee on Solent.
Tracy, you've fulfilled my dream! I so want to do a stained glass course!!! They are so expensive though, or it was when I looked into doing one! Plus we live in the country now so courses are few and far between anyhow :( Love your design, I bet it's beautiful when it catches the light! You did a great job xxx
ReplyDeleteThat would make a nice stained glass quilt wall hanging too!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, I'm really pleased with it and will definitely be having another go when I get the time. My little bird has proved very useful and has been the inspiration for a couple of other projects since he flew in. I've used the design on some lampshades that I've recently made, which are now hanging in the Oxmarket Gallery in Chichester x
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