I finally got around to doing the drawing for the stained glass for the inner front door. I have some cobalt blue glass left over from the other two panels, which I want to use for the border. The inner door doesn’t get much natural light, and we don’t need the privacy, so I can use a lighter textured clear glass for the background. I need a good red or pink glass for the rose, and some light gold glass for the ‘wings’. I’m thinking of doing the central part in green. That might change. I’m going to finish the hyacinth painting first though, since this will take over my studio table for the duration of the construction. I’ve been thinking about doing this for a year, at least. After this, there are three small windows in the front outer door that will have to be done too. I’m still thinking about them. This design came from a picture of a firescreen I saw on Pinterest.
This is the original photograph from Pinterest. I liked the overall idea, but I changed some parts of it.
I saw this too, which I liked as well. The central single rose panel might work for the other door.
The inner front door, in the front foyer.
This is the outer front door. I did the pattern, but when I was cutting it out I realized some of the pieces were too small, so I stayed up until 3 a.m. trying to redraw it without any success. I’ll have to rethink it.
This was the drawing I did on the computer. I really like it, but it’s too complicated. I have three 7 inch wide window panes. This would have to be a lot bigger than that for the smallest pieces to be cut from the glass. I really like it too.
I saw this screen on Pinterest, and liked the pattern.
The mess I made trying to re-draw the rose panel. The original is so pretty. Well, I have other patterns I like, I can do one of them.
A close-up of the large rose window for the inner door. It’s soldered but it hasn’t had the patina applied yet.
The finished window, with the black patina. It still needs to be cleaned and polished, and it needs the zinc came applied to the outside of the panel. Then I can install it. It looks nice.
The rose window for the inner door, with the came attached to the outside edges, and painted black. It’s ready to install now.
A close-up photo of the rose window. Cleaned, ready to go.
We managed to get the rose window installed into the inner door. It’s held in with some clear silicone seal, and some glazier’s points. I’m going to add some thin strips of wood to cover the edges, and make it a bit more secure. I like it. Now I can put the zinc came on the three small rose windows for the outer door.
The finished window with the wood strips installed over the zinc came to hide the glazier’s points, and the small gap around the came.
The three rose windows installed on the outside of the house. They have silicone seal holding them in. I had to order 1/4” wood strips from Canadian Tire to trim them, to hide the little gaps. I have to paint it, then I can install that, which should help hold them in place.
The windows from inside the foyer. Ooooh, they look good.
The left hand panel.