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17 years ago

I got this great large glass door fireplace cover this weekend. Its gold metal (blah), but I figure that the frame can be painted...tied to some stakes put into some of my containers with some pretties hanging from it. Maybe even my austrian crystal faceted teardrops. Only will the prisming scare off the birds?

Where I need help is ideas for the doors. There's 2 of them, bi-fold. Putting them around or over plants will intensify the sunlight too much. Not sure the bi-fold would allow me to make them into tables and then not sure how I would connect the legs. Other ideas?

I'm collecting ideas and ingredients for projects, so I hope I don't spend too much when my money gets here on Friday...have to remember I have all spring/summer/fall to work on these things! LOL

Joyful!

suz

Comments (4)

  • 17 years ago

    As soon as I read that it was glass I straight away thought 'mosaic'. I've seen panels of glass that have been mosaiced with bright stained glass and either grouted black or grey or not grouted at all, I like the black grout coz it reminds me a bit of a lead light window. You could then hang it in the garden somewhere, would look gorgeous.
    I also made some glass hearts and moons with stained glass and instead of grouting I used a contrasting colour glass frit and I have them hanging near my porch (glass frit is ground glass used for glass fusing and slumping) you could even do something like that.
    I have a pic in one of my mosaic books of a glass sun panel, I'll scan the page and upload it to my Flickr account so you can see that and some of my hearts and moons.
    HTH
    Tracey

    Here is a link that might be useful: Sun panel, hearts and moons

  • 17 years ago

    They're beautiful! I've never heard of glass frit. Where do you get it and how do you apply it?

  • 17 years ago

    Thanks Laura. You can buy glass frit from art glass shops or online. I used clear glass silicone for the hearts and moons, I applied the glass tess and then pressed some frit into the gaps where the grout would normally go. I just did a small area at a time as the silicone dries pretty quickly so you don't want to cover too big an area at once. Hope this helps!
    Tracey

  • 17 years ago

    oh my! mrsdutchy they are beautiful.

    I haven't mosiaced (is that a word) since I was about 6...my dad bought me a kit...small metal saucer, lots of square tiles. I enjoyed it, but that was it. They were always doing that they'd introduce me to something new & creative then drop it.

    This sounds fun although my family will have a fit when they find out I'm working with cut/broken glass. What kind of tool is required to cut the glass?. I expect its available pre-cut but that would be expensive, huh?

    I can't hang things at my apartment, so I'd have to find a way to secure the doors to keep them from being blown over. Then again maybe they can be set on the bar between the kitchen and great room...has floods directly above it, large ceiling florescent in the kitchen and track lighting just the other side of it.

    Just for clarification...the glass frit is the "sprinkle" looking pieces of glass right? And what is glass tess?

    Thank you!
    suz

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