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Stained Glass Mirrors

18 years ago

After getting the picture posting down, I thought I'd send a one of four stained glass mirrors I did for Christmas presents.

To everyone here... and all the fabulous projects... it is truly great inspiration. Thank you!

Becky

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Comments (25)

  • 18 years ago

    AMAZING Becky !!!!! But I only got one~~~ I'll wait for the others! lol
    They are great !!!
    Lori : )

  • 18 years ago

    WOW!!!!

    I really dig that fern one... you do a great job on cutting!

  • 18 years ago

    WOW BECKY!!! I LOVE the sunflowers from the exchange . The FRENS are WONDERFUL!!!! I MUST learn to cut glass!!! Besides just into squares and rectangles. LOL

    I am so glad you have the picture posting down now!!

    Chris

  • 18 years ago

    Geez, Becky, these are fabulous. How far away are you from me? I think I'm taking a road trip to IA so you can show me how you cut those perfect shapes!

  • 18 years ago

    Heck yeah, the ferns are THE BOMB!!
    You really have tallent!

  • 18 years ago

    Good looking mirrors!!! Mirror Mirror, on the wall, who of you is the fairest of all?!

  • 18 years ago

    Thank you for all the kind comments! I have been doing stained glass for many years, but never mirrors/frames until these. And after seeing all the different ones here, I really want to get into doing more. My favorite is the sunflowers and the orange mirror tile. I put the mirror tiles along the edges and grouted it. Then took polished rocks and filled in. After the weldbond dried, poured resin over the rocks. I didn't dare grout or it would have covered everything. They were beautiful polished rocks and many were clear with brown streaks running through it. (If you look real close, there is a lizard and a shell in two of the corners.) By pouring the resin over, it encased the rocks and created an incredibly smooth finish over everything. I am going to do some more experimenting with the resin. I just like the finished look you get,

    The ferns were not hard to do, just cutting out lots of pcs.
    And I would love it if you made a trip to IOWA! Any of you. We would have a lot to talk about!

    Becky

  • 18 years ago

    Becky, Love all of your mirrors but I favor the ferns! I wish I could see the orange one closer. It's hard to see the fill of rocks but it sure looks great. What size are they?

  • 18 years ago

    Wow! they are beautiful every single one of them. You do some really neat work.
    lala

  • 18 years ago

    Really Nice Work! I haven't cut out shapes in a while, been
    trying to be more free. I love your perfection. Really
    Great designs.

    Hazie

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful mirrors. Can't decide which one I like the most!

  • 18 years ago

    They are all so pretty I too like the orange one .I wanderd how you did it .So cool.

  • 18 years ago

    The rocks are small, about the size of a thumbnail. Double click on the picture and it will zoom up a bit so you can see them better.

  • 18 years ago

    Those are all so awesome and nicely done. I love the orange mirror glass you've got on the one. Its the same as Im using in my chair wip. Its so vibrant it almost hurts your eyes.

    My favorite out of the four though is the sunflower with the bees....I just drool over that!!!!!

  • 18 years ago

    All your mirrors are beautiful. I can't pick a favorite. I love them all!

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful mirrors,but my fav is the ferns...I LOVE it!

  • 18 years ago

    They are just lovely, all of them! Good idea with the resin, I've never worked with it but I like the effect.

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful mirrors. I love them all!

    Barb

  • 18 years ago

    Nice job on the mirrors!

    Maria

  • 18 years ago

    All very beautifully done. Still w/like to know how you made the perfect petals on the sunflower - scored or nipped?

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful work!

  • 18 years ago

    Beautiful! I especially like the lower left but they are all just lovely.

  • 18 years ago

    Wait, wait! Back up the gravy train, kids...you did WHAT after grouting? The rock sections (I'm assuming this is the ENTIRE area between the inside rim of orange/red tiles, and the edge ones?)...it looks like the same color grout throughout the piece...help me out here. Is there grout in there, or no?

  • 18 years ago

    mmqchdygg-Orange/Mirror: First I painted the wooden frame to a color that was the same as the grout (terra cotta). Then I attached the orange mirror tile and grouted just the edges. Then smeared weldbond on the wood and put the small polished rocks (many of them clear rocks) in the weldbond. Let completely dry for at least a week. Then poured the resin over it all, including the edges to cover everything. It created a very smooth polished look. The resin says on the box that it is like 75 coats of sealant/varnish.

    Slowmedown-Sunflowers: Scored...I cut out all the sunflowers from stained glass with an oil glass cutter. The blue mirror are tiles ordered on the internet from "Happycraftn".

    Someone else asked about the bees...they are small 1/2 marbles for the head, and stained glass bodies.

    Again, thank you for the nice compliments! I just received a dozen more frames/mirrors from IKEA, so am ready to go again!

    Becky

  • 18 years ago

    Very pretty....I especially love the last two.....the orange and the ferns! WOW!