This is a very special design, a stained glass panel entirely handmade using the Tiffany copper foil technique.
It is a 'picture' of a bright shiny turquoise and blood red coloured hummingbird / kingfisher hovering under a rainbow of sun's rays.
I designed this last year as a wedding anniversary present for my husband and made it in A3 size as a leaded window. This version is copper foiled not leaded and is a smaller version at 5.5 x 7.5 inches. It is designed to hang as a suncatcher in the window. This is the 2nd I have made and I love it.
When it has the sun behind it it casts all its rainbow colours beautifully. I have 'framed' it for strength with twisted wire. It hangs from a strong silvery chain which is attached to either side of the top by soldered rings. I would recommend that this would be safer hung from a proper hook rather than suction hooks as it is quite heavy.
It comprises 37 pieces of individually cut glass in all colours of the rainbow and I've used a big variety of different textures to give it lots of movement.
I am very pleased indeed with this piece which looks quite stunning hanging in the window.
The lst, 4th and 5th photos are of this suncatcher and the 2nd, 3rd are the previous one I made so you can see that they are different even though to same pattern.
A lovely present for Valentine or Mothers Day.