You know how you embark on a project and once you’re done,  it has created a new list of projects?  Kinda like when you remodel your kitchen and you do the cabinets… and soon as it’s done, the floor now needs to be done.

You read about my stained glass door here … https://kritterspaw.com/2018/12/10/stained-glass-door/ 

The door came out great, and is now a centerpiece in the house.  I was already planning on building a stained glass floor lamp, but something simple.  With the door completed, and the elks peering in on us…  our lamp design took another turn.  Why not use animals from our forest to grace our lamp.

So I began the task of drawing up patterns for 4 panels….

There would be an eagle, a squirrel, hummingbirds, and a pygmy owl.

With the patterns drawn, the pattern pieces had to be made.. and glass had to be cut.

I did one panel at a time… pattern, glass cut, grind, foil / lead, solder, pack, repeat four times.

Once the glass was cut and ground, each piece had to be foiled or leaded.

After it was leaded, all the joints had to be soldered, and then it was packed with a window caulking and glazed with a gypsum powder.

All to make a final glass panels to ready for the wood working portion of the project.

On to the next phase.

To be continued…..