Geometric

#writephoto #geometric #shapes #buildings Grand palaces and places of state – are no more than jigsaws edge to edge the pieces meet up till out of the flat pack the puzzle turns into something amazing many admire the windows – but they’re jigsaws too, as edges of moulded lead and solder keep the coloured glass …

Coming into Focus

#Promptuarium Creating pretty pictures wasn’t always dedicated to the first thing you saw in the viewfinder Far away things out across the water seemed distant – out of focus Deliberate act? Perhaps… but not always down to the cameraman Yet Captured in Glass in its own little world clear as day – perfect view

Engraving

#Crafts #Glass #Foil #Image #Picture #Octpowrimo Exerted pressure, on a piece of glass nicks away at its surface glass being slowly removed by the metallic nib revealing an image, crafted by the artist as its chipped away – the glass has to be collected very carefully, so there’s no blood or tears spilt – but …

Watch your step!

#WDYS It was somewhat fortunate that you were in the vicinity of a nearby bird-bath treacherously negotiating uneven sandstone underneath your feet The glass was held but the contents flying headlong – towards the pub pond leaping large fish acknowledging your efforts to drop the waters temperature looking back – no oasis of calm on …

Reflection

#WDYS Written for Sadje’s What Do You See prompt. Photo credit: Amine M’Siouri @ Pexels. Staring back at me – someone i know Only different Me – but Mirrored Enjoying a view of myself perhaps? On the other side of the glass he looks No one else behind or in front… Except from my view – everything …

Art in Glass

#Art #Stained Glass #Marble Hummingbird (Marbled Stained Glass) by inky The hot molten glass found its way around each leaden nook and cranny not what you would call your average coloured glass tones mingled past lead colours falling through the cut panels of crystal painting floor patterns Movement by Sunshine makes the bird in the …

Fallible

#fowc #fallible Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Even the finest craftsman can have an off day as his customer looked somewhat bemused at the shards of coloured glass lying on the museum floor scattered shards of red, blue and green had fallen to the ground to repair the glass scenery would cost more than a …

Through a window (stained)

#Stained #Glass #Window #Poetry #art #crafts Produced from pieces of coloured glass individually picked out and placed in a frame capturing a scene of a famous building together, as the sun shines through each piece up on the walls a coloured scene appears reactions – by the people amazing enjoying the site on the steel …