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Connie’s Abstract Stained Glass

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19
Jan
2011

I was going through some photos of some of my artwork and found this one. It’s of a stained glass piece I created for my friend, Connie, several years ago. Connie was my mentor when I was student teaching in art, and we became friends and colleagues when I became a teacher in the same district. This was a piece I designed especially for her.

Connie's Abstract Stained Glass

Connie loves abstract art, and she’d had a special stained glass piece in her home not long before I met her. But a fire ravaged her home and that stained glass piece was one of the many casualties. I was so glad to be able to make this for her. I used lots of cobalt blue and white glass, along with some varieties of clear glass and glass bevels.  I wish I had a better photo of it, but digital cameras weren’t quite the rage yet then and it wasn’t always easy to get a good photo. But I’m glad I have the photo anyway…I don’t always remember to photograph my artworks that I make as gifts…but I’m getting better. :)

Tina Siggy
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Glass on the Hoosier

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22
Jan
2010

These panels were made to fit an old Hoosier cabinet, the top half of which we inherited when my husband’s grandmother passed away. Not sure where the bottom half of the cabinet went (sure wish we had it!), but the top half had been completely painted. It’s been totally restored now. It was lacking the original panels that would have been in these two doors, so I created the glass panels to replace those that were missing.

Hoosier Cabinet Glass Panels

These are both leaded glass panels that match other pieces in the kitchen. With the arched shape of the interior part of the panel, I was trying to mimic the glass doors that are on my China Hutch, which have a very similar shape. And the diamond shape appears on my floor and in the glass panels I created for our ceiling light fixture in the kitchen.  Burgundy and green colors appear through most of my house, and the kitchen is no exception. So these colors tie in there as well.

Tina Siggy
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Another Stained Glass Light

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22
Jan
2010

This piece is another stained glass light fixture, but this is one I created for a customer of the Hubs. He kind of volunteered me to make one, which I was not thrilled about. Even though I like working with glass, something of this size (and the pattern that was involved) was very labor-intensive, and time-consuming as well. One panel is challenging enough, but three? It’s just not something I want to do too often (if ever again), LOL. But this did turn out very well, and the customer was pleased.

Stained Glass Geometric

The pattern I created was made to closely resemble the ceramic tile the customer had put in her newly remodeled kitchen, both in style and in colors.

Tina Siggy
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Stained Glass Ceiling Light

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22
Jan
2010

This is stained glass light fixture that the Hubs and I created for our kitchen. He created the wood parts (and the “guts”) and I created the glass panels. The 2 side panels are traditional leaded gas; the center one was copper-foiled, as an experiment. I do not like the center panel as a result! One of these years, I will redo it. But overall, the fixture turned out great. The panels match other glass pieces we have in the room.

Leaded Glass Celing Light

Tina Siggy
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Abstract Glass Panel

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22
Jan
2010

I’m not a fan of abstract art myself. I totally appreciate it, but it’s just not my favorite form of art. That doesn’t stop me from creating abstract pieces for other people though.  The piece below is one that I did for a friend’s daughter, as a wedding gift. She likes abstract art, so I thought a stained glass abstract piece was in order.

Abstract Stained Glass

The colors on this are blue and white, with some textured clear glass mixed in. The blue is almost cobalt in color. What I like about this piece is that it looks like something different to everyone who sees it…kind of like the inkblots on a Rorschach Test.

Tina Siggy
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Butterfly Glass

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22
Jan
2010

This was a really challenging piece to design and create, but I love how it turned out. It hangs over the front door of our house, like old transom windows used to do. I love butterflies, and they are symbolic in this stained glass piece, as they represent my daughter, Jennifer, my husband, John, and myself. The butterfly on the far left is me, the little one (natch) is Jennifer, and the one on the right, with the outstretched wings, is my husband.  My mom told me once that it made her think of John as protecting us. I think that’s very fitting.

Butterfly Stained Glass

The colors are much more vivid in person. The background glass is a marbled-look green, while the butterflies are red-violet. It’s all leaded glass, which is my preference because it’s easiest to work worth (though not the healthiest, I admit).  I don’t create glass every day though, so I don’t worry too much about the lead exposure.

There is really something very rewarding about creating a drawing, which becomes a pattern, which becomes a lot of tiny, cut pieces of glass, which ultimately become a beautiful piece of glass art.

Tina Siggy
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My First Stained Glass

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22
Jan
2010

When I was in college, I had two amazingly talented art professors, Val Kramer and Steve Smith. Val taught primarily the 2D stuff, and Steve taught the more 3D stuff. Val would often be working on a stained glass project while we were working in class, and I loved to watch her create her beautiful glass art works.  One day, after I’d mentioned how much I’d love to learn to create stained glass, she offered to do an independent study class on it with me. It was one of my all time favorite classes. It took the entire semester to create the stained glass window below.  (It took years before the Hubs and I finally got it hung in an upstairs window in our house!)

Stained Glass

My photo is not the greatest on this…it was taken years ago on a non-digital camera, and I had to scan the small photo to get it on my computer. Not high quality, to be sure. I’d love to get a better pic, but it’s difficult considering the window is in place in a rather unreachable part of my attic at the moment.  But I think you get the idea. I absolutely love stained glass and have done several pieces for my house and for other people.

Tina Siggy
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