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desertwillowglass · 8 months

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Big Bend Bloom🌹

My personal favorite piece to date. The pattern is inspired by my birthday trip last year to Big Bend & this piece pushed by skills with glass cutting & soldering.

I’ve only done decorative soldering once before this project & it was on a tiny potted glass cactus. I DEFINITELY went overboard the first go around…just looked like i forgot to smooth my lines. Cooled the piece down, removed the excess solder, cooled it down again, then tried again. Second time was a success in my eyes!

I do tiffany style stained glass, which included wrapping each piece in a copper foil tape. Solder sticks to the copper & stiffens the tape. Generally I don’t love copper patina (patina= an acid that stains the solder, comes in copper or black), but the color contrast of the copper tape convinced me it was the only way to go for this one.

#big bend national park #national park #rose art #yallternative #southwest gothic #southwestern #texas #cowgirl aesthetic #canyon #nature art #desert art #stained glass #cowboycore #my oc art #small artist #texas artist

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