It's a Miracle!!

I finally finished the teapot! It has been my biggest nightmare ever, but I also learned a few things.

• Working around curves takes twice as long and a lot more frustrating than on a flat surface because it is so easy for the tiny shards of glass to fall before it gets to the glue.
• It started as a full teapot and with only 1/8 of it left to do and after 4 months of painstaking work - it got broken. This isn't the first time something broke after spending months working on it, but it made it very difficult to find the motivation to work on my glass work. After many tears and loud noises I decided that I will no longer throw out anything I've spent so long on - I'll incorporate it into a different type of art.

A different type of art also presents new problems - how? I didn't want any sharp edges of the teapot showing and I have nothing blue in my house. I decided to put it in molding clay and paint it with browns/golds/copper, yet leave those options open to changing the color should I ever change my house colors.

I'm just glad this is over and will finish off some jewelry pieces I'm working on, then my momma and baby elephant!!!!!

To see how it is done, and what other pieces of art I have completed - visit Loonar Gifts.