Prairie Scene -- in progress






This piece will depict (I hope) a typical
Prairie scene... with prairie grasses in the fore-
ground and farm fields in the background.
For the grasses, I started by 'painting'
some frit onto the glass (CMC and glass
powder applied with a squeeze bottle.



I have used a candle to bend some glass
stringers which I will place on the piece
and glue down with hairspray (works great).

                                                                                                                           



The background will be created on a second piece of glass.
More to come......



Jazz Man - experiment with CMC and frit



I placed a clear sheet of glass
over the image I was using.
The first step was to outline
key shapes using the CMC and
powdered glass frit.  I then started
to sprinkle colored frit to fill in the areas

I wanted colored.



  

I added a border.

Once all the colored frit was in place,
I sprinkled clear glass fine and coarse frit
over the entire scene.

A zinc frame and hooks for hanging will complete this piece.

Forest Scene

My intent was to create a forest path and
to give an impression of depth and
perspective.  I started with the key
tree shapes.

Although I am currently in the desert, my foremost images still relate to home....

I have been experimenting with using CMC as
a medium for glass powders -- and thought
to try creating some small branch detail with
this technique.

   

I used glass frit (ground or chopped glass)
to create the impression on leaves and path.

The outcome.  I will need to find a suitable stand for
displaying this piece which I am quite happy with.