I just got a cool old guitar

I am still working on the head, a little at a time. I nipped and tumbled two more barrels full of glass, all small pieces and with the points nipped off.



I am starting a new project to run concurrently with the head, an old 12 string guitar that has a few holes and cracks in it. The theme is going to be (loosely) a blues club from the twenties. I will use mostly blue stained glass along with some special tiles. I think the two ladies (nipped from a porcelain vase) look as if they are sitting in a club listening to the blues. It is intended to be a birthday gift for a special guy. MUST have it done by the end of June.

Working on this head a few bits at a time. I see that I must nip and tumble lots more glass. I plan to pop off some of the red-orange glass on the nose and also on the chin and replace it with random colors here and there. It's time-consuming since it's so rounded. I have received some puzzled looks from family over this one!

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You're not from around here, are you? Alien WIP

I found a life sized glass head at a garage sale!

I will mosaic this fabulous creature using translucent stained glass and display it on a base.