Category Archives: technique

Sermons and Seeds

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Maggie C

The dVerse poetry prompt today is all about the pantoum poetry form. As explained by Gina on the dVerse Poetry blog, the pantoum is a series of interwoven quatrains and rhyming couplets. I won’t elaborate further than that (‘cuz I’d just confuse … Continue reading →

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Unpremeditated

Posted on April 21, 2018 by Maggie C

I’m trying to catch up in the National Poetry Writing Month challenge. Here’s NaPoWriMo Challenge, Day 20: “Write a poem that involves rebellion in some way.” One suggested approach was to write the poem in a way that rebels against … Continue reading →

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Take Two

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Maggie C

Here’s another take on Days Five and Six of the NaPoWriMo challenge, combined. Same photo, different poem, different experiment with line breaks.    feel this day with the soft touch of your gentle eyes inhale this view; safeguard the scent … Continue reading →

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“Rued” Awakening

Posted on April 6, 2018 by Maggie C

You wake me in the morning and it’s always too early, as though I had only just found sleep and had just chosen my dream and then – boom! – here you are and there’s the light coming through the … Continue reading →

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Metamorphosis ~ a slide show

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Maggie C

The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Story

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Curved Glass Candle

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Maggie C

.. in the making:   The Daily Post weekly photo challenge: Curve

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Chiseled Features

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Maggie C

Art comes in many media and creative techniques. These three faces were carved from logs with chain saws, with final touches added by chisel. The first two represent lumberjacks. And the third is none other than Sasquatch (Big Foot) himself. … Continue reading →

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U Came, U Sawed, U Conquered!

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Maggie C

You know about Tiffany and his lamps, and how the lamps are put together with copper foil? Well, before Tiffany came along and foiled everything, there was came. Here’s a little description of came. Came 101, if you will. Came … Continue reading →

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Fids Flatten Foil

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Maggie C

For me, one of the best things about taking up stained glass has been learning the word “fid.” Scrabble, anyone? Sure, it’s only three letters, but that little word has helped me limp along on the Scrabble board more than … 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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