Someone buy this

[Tari]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Stained-Glass-African-Grey-Parrot_W0QQitemZ300133686212QQihZ020QQcategoryZ46269QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

I swear when I sell my second blue quaker Im getting this guy to make a TAG.

This would make a great prize too. Hint Hint

 

Post edited by: Tari, at: 2007/07/24 22:44<br><br>Post edited by: Tari, at: 2007/07/24 22:56

[Bekkie]

That looks quite nice

[spookyhurst]

My mom's making me a stain glass piece for the window in my closet (don't ask me why my closet has a window in it :dry:). However, I opted for ultra colorful and asked her to do a scarlet macaw with a blue and gold macaw :whistle:.

[Tari]

Maybe you can tell me. Does it cost a lot of money to do stain glass? Do you need a lot of room? If you do small stuff well that take up a lot less space? Is it hard? I would love to make some of this stuff but I am real limited on space.

[spookyhurst]

My mom says it is kind of expensive, and you do need a special place to do it because of all the glass chips flying around. She used to belong to a stain glass club and used their facilities, but doesn't anymore. Which I guess is why my stain glass birdies still aren't done . My dad bought her a grinder and everything so she could finish it, but I guess she's been busy with other stuff.

[Katt]

I would love to know about the art of stained glass. I 'fake it' buy painting glass, in fact I've just done a set of plates with an African Gray in the middle.<br><br>Post edited by: Katt, at: 2007/08/01 20:54

[judygram]

Katt, why don't you post a picture of those plates so we all can see them, I bet they are a beautiful sight.

[Connie]

Not sure stained glass is something you should do around these birds, as I believe lead is used to hold glass. Fumes and residue on hands might be harmful. I may be wrong, forgive me if I am. I was always interested in doing it myself. I have tons of patterns for it.

[Talon]

Yes, Connie, the fumes would be very toxic to our birds. You really need a separate studio to do that in. But it is very beautiful!

[Trina]

I have been making mosaics and I find you need much less space and you can still make beautiful images. And no fumes. I have just finished a seahorse with star fish. I collected old bits of roman pottery that I found in Spain to make it. I am planning to do a CAG in the same style, based on a drawing that I have now seen a couple of times. One on the members here uses it, a CAG sitting with one wing up. I better get searching for some nice gray pieces....