Category Archives: Breaking Glass

Transformation: Pet to Portrait

Posted on November 22, 2017 by Maggie C

This week’s Daily Post photo challenge is around the theme of “Transformation.” A new undertaking for me is turning pet portraits into stained glass representations; a transformation from photo to cartoon pattern to stained glass panel! And even the finished … Continue reading →

Glassic Complaint

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Maggie C

trapped in my own pane cut me loose before I crack waiting for a break My stained glass project waits for my return. The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: Waiting

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boot camp

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Maggie C

break with precision grind sharp edges to conform redefine wholeness Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Numbers: Anything with Numbers on It

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A Smashing Success

Posted on April 22, 2016 by Maggie C

I’m going to make a hole in a window You’re going to break a window? Not break a window. Just put a hole in one. So smash it, you mean. Yes, it might look smashed. What will you smash it … Continue reading →

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Experimenting in the 90s

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Maggie C

NOTE: Stained glass photos in this post are from scans of 3×5 inch prints taken a loooong time ago by a not very apt photographer (me). I apologize for the quality (or lack thereof) and small size of the detail … Continue reading →

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Play Time

Posted on March 6, 2016 by Maggie C

This is Day One of the WordPress Blogging U’s course Photography 101. Okay, I’ve taken the class twice before, but what can I say? It’s fun! Today’s assignment is to share an image showing, “What does ‘home’ mean to you?” … Continue reading →

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Dog Imitates Art

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Maggie C

The theme for this week’s Daily Post photo challenge is “Life Imitates Art.” When I created the “Canid” panel (pictured below), I had a fox in mind. Some folks commented that it looked like my American Eskimo dog, except for … Continue reading →

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Give Me a Break

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Maggie C

When working with stained glass, it’s always wise to factor in the likelihood of breakage during the construction of a panel. That’s what glass does. It breaks. It cracks. It shatters. And when it does, you say, “Oops!” or some … Continue reading →

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120 Years but No Longer Counting

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Maggie C

I had thought it odd the last time I was at the local stained glass supply store. I’d asked for a couple of lengths of the half-inch zinc U-came that I use to frame most of my panels. The clerk … Continue reading →

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Sorting Glass — A Poem

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Maggie C

I’ve turned my energies to poetry for a while, as I take a two-week challenge from The Daily Post. I didn’t write this poem for the challenge, but was reminded of it, so I thought I’d share it here: Sorting … Continue reading →

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