I have enjoyed making such a variety of stained glass pieces over the years and its always an exciting challenge when I get a request, especially from a family member to make them ‘this or that’.
So, what about a werewolf stained glass?
We’ve all seen stained glass flowers, stained glass fairies, stained glass hummingbirds and so forth and truthfully I never would of thought about building a stained glass werewolf, if not for my son who really likes werewolves!
“Okay, so you can like it or dislike it. I love it, just because it is different and adds a different flavor to stained glass art.”
I used an Uroboros Glass 11-006 (clear,white,snow-white fracture with clear streamers) for my moon.
I think it gives a perfect effect.
I used Spectrum black Waterglass for the werewolf and although this photo does not do justice to it, the waves in the glass give a more ‘alive’ feel to our creature of the night.
- The wolf was a pretty difficult project to make. You will notice all the detailing in his claws. I used a very small grinding bit to achieve most of the detailing. It took time and patience to grind out the details, but I was determined not to put too many cuts in this piece as it would of spoiled the effect.
The really pointy parts of the claws I achieved using copper foil. I adhered small bits to the pieces once I’d done the main wrapping of the glass with the copper foil and with an exacto knife I cut the foil into the pointy claw shapes.
Whenever I do a stained glass piece, if it is a person, bird, animal or stained glass sunflower, anything ‘alive’ I try to find glass that will emulate that effect.
When I was a beginner in stained glass, I used non dimensional, flat colors.
I never realized that there were so many varieties of glass available, but once I discovered that Spectrum had some interesting textures and colors I started to incorporate more of them.
Then I discovered, Uroboros, Kokomo, and Wissmach and an entire new world opened for me in my stained glass artwork.
Some of these glasses are more difficult to work with as they are not always as smooth or even, but the colors and textures are fabulous and I use glass from all these manufacturers depending on what stained glass project I want to build.
Really, as stained glass artists we are so lucky that there is such a diverse selection of glasses for us to choose from.
