Previous Work - Guillaume and Felinah Panels

These are the devices of Her Grace Duchess Felinah Tifarah Arnvella Memo Hazara Khan al-Din, OP, OL, and His Grace Duke Guillaume de la Belgique, KSCA, OP. During my time in Caid, I was squire to His Grace.

The panels below are some of my earliest work. The panel on the right, with the purple gore and black bell, was the second glass panel I'd ever made. I made it while still in stained glass class, and my teacher suggested that I had a talent for creating 'cartoons' or stained glass patterns. I have always been proud of the Guillaume panel. I have since improved my lead lines considerably, as well as my placement of color and the selection of my glass.

For both, I used lead came (period technique) throughout and Wispy Opaque and Water (modern style) glass.

Previous Work - Blue and White Panel

Sadly I can not remember the name of the kind lady that this panel was made for. This panel was the first donation I had ever done as part of an auction. I was asked to make a panel, but instead I offered a promissory note for the winner, and the note could be redeemed for the winner's heraldic device in glass. I dont remember what the auction was for, but I do know that the lady who purchased my panel paid $50 which was quite a steal.

I used glue chip glass (modern but pretty) in clear and blue, and copper foil (again modern, but it makes it easy to execute fine details) on the body of the panel. I surrounded the panel with rounded U-lead cames.

Previous Work - Brianna Panel

The panel below is the device of Baroness Brianna JeNell Aislynn of Blue Shadows, OL. This project was my first time working with hand-blown glass, and it proved to be pretty difficult because the surface of hand-blown glass is not uniform or smooth. I made a poor choice in that I couldn't get anymore of this glass.....what I had is what I had. Meaning if I had made a mistake, I was out of luck in trying to fix it. Happily, I was able to finish the panel and paint on the gold ermine spots.

This panel was made using copper foil, but is surrounded with U-lead cames.

Previous Work - Bronwyn's Device and Rose

The person I credit for getting me interested in stained glass at all is the lovely and gracious Lady Bronwyn McKay Kellogg. She was working on a project for a friend, and wanted to etch a glass goblet. She brought me with her to a place called Blue Dolphin Stained Glass in Lemon Grove, CA, and at first sight of the beautiful shop filled with stained glass and bright glass and shining bevels, I think I fell in love.

I immediately took a class on how to do stained glass, and I learned both copper foil and leads. My first panel, a small picture of a koi fish in a pond, was given to a lady named Mary. My second project was the heraldic device of my then knight, Sir Guillaume de la Belgique. I enjoyed it so much, I went on a bit of a spree and started creating heraldic devices for all of my friends. The one below was for Bronwyn. The glass is Baroque Streaky, and I used copper foil to execute it. The small rose suncatcher was my first attempt at working with mirror as a medium, and it went pretty well.

I still have the cartoon of this rose, and think it might be fun to make a few as gifts, maybe for the queen or perhaps as largesse for out-of-kingdom royals at Gulf War.

Previous Work - Armand Panel

*The first picture is of the Tewkesbury Abbey original, with the pictures of the panel I created to follow.*

The panel below is the panel of Duke Armand de Sevigny, the largest panel I've created thus far and the first panel I have ever displayed at a Laurel's Prize Tournament. I created it to be a representation of the knights windows from Tewkesbury Abbey in England. I didn't seek to necessarily copy the window exactly, but instead inserted various SCA-specific motifs and symbolism that would clearly communicate who the subject was to the audience. I wanted people to take one look and know clearly who the knight was without a doubt. My panel was well received, although sadly His Grace has never seen the panel himself. I still have the pouch full of 'Laurel Loot' that I got from the event and keep it in my glass toolbox for good luck.

This panel resides in the home of HL Avenell and HL Bronwyn in Calafia, Caid.


And detailed views:

Previous Work - Korwyn panel

It has come to my attention recently that I need to post some of my previous work online. I have been meaning to do this for quite some time now, and the opportunity finally came up for me to get some of my old pictures scanned and put online. I am happy to present a few entries showing my previous works, all of them stained glass or leaded lights. They each mean a lot to me, and I hope, to the recipient. *Side note- I do not have any of these panels in my possession. All of them live with their recipients.

The first is the panel that I created for a People's Prize tournament in Calafia in the Kingdom of Caid years ago. I don't remember the specific date, but I do recall it was at Calafian Anniversary. I had been inspired by the knight panels at Tewkesbury Abbey in England, and had created a panel for His Grace, Duke Armand de Sevigny to enter for my first Laurel's Prize Tourney held at Great Western War I. I had such a good time creating it that I wanted to give it a go a second time, and so I asked Baron Master Korwyn Arionnod if he would be my subject. As he was the Knight of my then-boyfriend, Sir Rustam, I thought it would be a nice thing to do, and he seemed quite pleased that I asked. I had fun making the panel, and was able to show it successfully at the event. I was happy to see it well received, and as I recall, I received quite a few bits and bobs of favor from the populace.
This panel is more simple than the Tewkesbury Abbey windows which inspired it, but that's what Korwyn preferred.

It's been such a long time.....

Where the heck has the time gone? Oh yeah, right about the last post, I went into serious study for my test out at the salon, and I've been focused on that ever since. Apparently my SCA life has suffered because....wow....I haven't worked on anything since my sideless surcoat snafu.

Ok so the golden Burgundian of linen screw up has been salvaged. I have decided to recreate a dress that I saw on the Marie-chantal's page, and about the only thing I need to do is to line the thing, and add in the sleeves and collar. I expect I will do this out of velvet or maybe a similar weight fabric as the linen and call it my summer Burgundian. Thank God all was not lost!

The buttons on the sideless surcoat....the fur part is totally salvagable and I plan on putting it atop something pretty. The dark red brocade, however, was totally lost. Ah well, thats what I get for chopping up a table cloth. I should have used actual yardage so I'd have enough. I can probably use the bits for something, probably on Aaron's stuff since he has red on his device. But yeah, gotta find a suitable skirt fabric.

In the meantime, I have found a burgundy velveteen that was screaming out to be a Burgundian gown, and so Ive been messing around with that. The truncated henin of awesomeness has been completed, the mega beaded one, and there has been much rejoicing! Best of all, I plan on wearing it to Lysts and feeling like a million bucks :)

Thats about all for now, I need to get a game plan together and figure out whats going on next. I will write again once Ive found the clue I currently search for.....