Description
A very special design, a stained glass picture entirely handmade using the Tiffany copper foil technique.
It is a ‘picture’ of three bright, cheerful beach huts on a golden sandy beach by a shimmering turquoise sea with a little green boat on the water’s edge. The sun is out, the sky is blue and the little flags on the beach huts are waving prettily.
I can’t paint with paints and a brush but I can put different textures and colours of glass together to form a picture.
There is a good variety of different textures to give the picture lots of movement.
Each of the 47 pieces of glass are individually cut, shaped then carefully wrapped in copper foil before all the pieces are soldered together to create the picture. Once the pieces are all soldered together I add a ‘frame’ of twisted wire. This gives the suncatcher neatness and also strength. I then add little wire rings for hanging.
The suncatcher is 8 inches square and hangs from a strong silver chain which is securely attached to the wire rings at the top. I always supply a strong suction hook so it comes ready for you to hang. I would recommend that this, to be safe, would be better hanging from a proper hook rather than suction hooks as it is quite heavy at 350g.
This item is absolutely unique. I never make two pieces exactly the same, I always use slightly different shades and textures of glass.
I should mention that a previous version of this suncatcher was a prop on the new BBC Scarborough comedy. Made me rather proud to see it there. I have a snip of a scene, I just wish they would open those net curtains so it would show properly. You can see it in the last picture.
Please note that no two of my suncatchers are ever the same even to the same design. I deliberately don’t keep a record of the types of glass used so it is pretty impossible for me to make an exact match and that is my intention. I like all my pieces to be unique and I always use different combinations of glass.
Posted out Royal Mail first class and signed for, with lots of padding to keep it safe on its journey to you.
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