A sampling of my 3-D glass artwork

Out of all the glass-work I have made so far, my favorite ones to do were three dimensional. From an igloo and Egyptian pyramid that took roughly 200 pieces each to do to fully enclosed "gems" made from beveled pieces.

I also made two lighthouses. The one below was the first one, it includes a hinge on the roof so that I could put a candle in it only to find out that the glass became too hot. The second lighthouse that I created, I drilled a hole in the bottom of one of the sides so I could put a light in it similar to that of the Christmas village lights.

Some of my older glass artwork

I figured that I should show some of my earlier work with stained glass...

This was the first piece that I made. It turned out really nice even though it was a pain to cut out the brown pieces.

 The last two are variations that I made after seeing similar styled pieces that were bought from Studioworks in Luck, Wisconsin before it shut down.

And finally, one of my favorite pieces that I made so far...

A possible business idea...

Last year, I made a large stained glass piece for my sister and her husband for their Wedding present. I had done several panels in the past, but this was by far the largest of them. It is approximately 11x17 and is supposed to be the Tuscan Hillside since my sister and her husband like wine.

While making it, I had to alter the design a little. My original plan did not have a cloud, but since I couldn't get a long enough piece for the sky, I had to create a cloud above the highest hill. I also had planned on having another bunch of grapes on the left side of the table, and the cheese would have been located more toward the bottom. The reason that I changed that part of the design was so the table would look like a table (with the grain all going the same direction). I also made the necks and base of the wine glass using wire for the same reason. Another thing I did to save time was that instead of cutting every piece of field individually, I just put the copper foil on top of the glass to make the rows in the fields.

My sister gets comments on it all of the time, so I must have done a good job ;)