Large Stained Glass LXXXIX

(Above:  Large Stained Glass LXXXIX.  Custom framed:  63" x 23".  Layers of fused polyester stretch velvet on recycled, black industrial felt.  Free-motion machine stitched and exposed to unique melting techniques.  Click on any image to enlarge.)

This is the last piece made before Steve and I start packing for the Smithsonian Craft Show.  It's a big one!  I needed it.  Why?  Well ... loading the cargo van is always tricky. The ProPanel booth must go in first, on the bottom.  Artwork goes on top, layer by layer ... from the larger pieces to smaller ones.  It works best if I have two Large Stained Glass Windows, side-by-side.  This simply provides more space/room for the next layer.  Until last week, this was no problem at all.  I didn't have any Large Stained Glass pieces ... well ... at least ones that I still liked!

 

(Above:  Two Large Stained Glass pieces!)

Last week, a giant truck pulled up and delivered the three pieces that spent two years in Tallin, Estonia through the Art in Embassies program.  I knew one was a Large Stained Glass piece.  So, I started creating another one!  Hopefully, both will find permanent homes next week while at the Smithsonian Craft Show!  Details of the new piece below ... and also "what I did with the Large Stained Glass piece I didn't like"!

(Above and below:  Details of Large Stained Glass LXXXIX.)

I guess I could have taken Large Stained Glass L to Washington, DC but ... well ... my selection of polyester stretch velvets has increased.  I now have brighter colors.  This piece was made way back in 2013.  It never found a home.  There was only one thing to do!  Cut it up and create something new!

 

(Above:  Stained Glass LI.)

I cut and trimmed and started arranging the pieces.  I used the frames from two Lancet Windows that were also returned from Estonia.  The framing material was discontinued sometime last year.  Thus, they didn't match the other Lancet Window that are going to the Smithsonian Craft Show.  We reframed the two Lancet Windows.  I put my new arrangements into the older frames.

(Above:  Fragments II and III.  Framed:  11 1/4" x 31 1/4".)

I think they look great now!