Starry Starry Night GOG Window

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Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 22:41

Here's the window, glass and pattern for the GOG.

And here's the progress I made today (it took a little time trying to find that snake that slithered in my work area - never found him and was a little jumpy all day!!)

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Posted by fldirt (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 18, 12 at 23:13

Looking good! Thanks for sharing.

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 9:37

Oh, those teensy details to follow. This one w/be insteresting to watch.

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Posted by cathyscache (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 12:13

gonna be another wonderful piece!!!

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Posted by toomuchglass (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 12:18

I love the flow .... can't wait to see it done :)

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Posted by ItsmeChickadee (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 12:40

It looks good! You and I are inspired by the same painting. I'm working on a piece right now that's ridiculously hard and fussy that I'm calling "Reach for the Stars". It's a mosaiced hand that's a bit influenced by Van Gogh. I'll try to post some photos later.
Becky

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Posted by mattie_2008 (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 19, 12 at 13:22

Excellent! Very nice and will look forward to more pics.

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Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 0:03

What a great start!!! Thanks for sharing the work in progress pics, I recently looked thru CanadianSquirrelly's album and she has a cobalt GOG that is making me wanna do a GOG soon!

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Posted by emtnest (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 27, 12 at 14:12

That's going to be so beautiful!!! Let's see more!!!

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Posted by Bon22 (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 21, 12 at 23:35

What adhesive did you end up using? and do you like it?

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Posted by ernie85017 (My Page) on
Sun, Apr 22, 12 at 14:12

More pictures!

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 10:49

So sorry I haven't posted an update. I'm using Maryland Mosaic's glue. I finished the bottom half last night and took the paper pattern off. Here's a picture of the entire window and a few close ups:

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Posted by oldcrafty (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 11:22

GORGEOUS!!!!

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Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 12:05

WOW! Amazing! So Dark and Mysterious!!! Good Job! Can't wait to see the upper panels done...ohhh this is Good!

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Posted by ItsmeChickadee (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 13:34

Way cool. I love doing GOG. Can't wait to see the top part too.
Chickadee

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 19:32

I'm absolutely blown away w/this. It's outstandingly GORGEOUS. Man, are you talented. Like the above mentioned I anxiously await the work on the upper part - Vincent's swirls. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh - I can't WAIT to see how you do those. Such beautiful work!!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted by nanatricia (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 30, 12 at 22:49

Yes yes yes to what every one said!!!!

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Wed, May 2, 12 at 15:40

Thank you everyone! I'll keep y'all posted with updates.

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Posted by cathyscache (My Page) on
Thu, May 3, 12 at 21:31

Absolutey STUNNING China!!!!! WOOOOOWWWWOOOOOWW!!!!! Love it!!

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Posted by ernie85017 (My Page) on
Fri, May 4, 12 at 16:52

Vincent would be so proud.
Are you cutting each little piece with a hand cutter?

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Posted by fldirt (My Page) on
Fri, May 4, 12 at 22:22

That is amazing! Can't wait for more pictures.

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Mon, May 14, 12 at 14:09

Hi all. Thank you. Not much progress since we had to go out of town the past 2 weekends. Hopefully I'll get a lot more done this week.

Yes, ernie85017, each piece is cut by hand. I score about four to six 1/4" strips from a sheet of glass and snap those strips as a whole from the sheet. Then I score the strips about 3/4" apart. After that, I just use my running pliers to snap all the pieces apart. It's amazingly quick!

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Mon, May 21, 12 at 10:10

Updated photo. Not happy with the moon and surrounding yellow. Do y'all think after I grout in dark gray/black there will be more contrast?

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Posted by silvamae (My Page) on
Mon, May 21, 12 at 10:14

So far the upper right panel is my favorite! Can't wait to see the final result!

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 12 at 15:02

I finally glued the last piece on and will be ready for grout this weekend.

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 12 at 17:25

Absolutely outstanding. I don't know how you do this kind of beautiful work. LOVE the church. It's beautiful just as it is - can't tell it isn't grouted. Vincent w/be pround

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Posted by Keana (My Page) on
Wed, May 30, 12 at 20:24

OMG...that is beautiful! I have an old chippy window waiting. Never thought to draw on paper and put it behind. What a great idea!

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Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on
Thu, May 31, 12 at 11:19

WhooHoo...you are on the home stretch!!! Good job! Such nice colors!!!I just love that church!

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Posted by loribee2 (My Page) on
Thu, May 31, 12 at 11:52

WOW that's ended up amazing! Beautiful work!

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 16:35

Finally finished! These are so hard to photograph! I didn't like the original moon so I replaced it with a yellow for more contrast - much happier with it. The frame is actually white and I decided to leave it "shabby". I must say I'm pretty pleased since this is my first GOG (but not first mosaic) and I'll definitely be doing more.

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 17:43

Absolutely magnificent. Professional mosaic work, and I love the whole design. I know you must be very proud of this wonderful work of art. Can't believe it's your first GOG - what a beautiful job you did.

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Posted by loribee2 (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 7, 12 at 21:19

Gorgeous! So much detail, what an amazing amount of patience you have. It really looks lovely with the light shining through it like that!

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Posted by emtnest (My Page) on
Fri, Jun 8, 12 at 23:42

Beautiful Chinatreasures!!! It really flows!

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Posted by bettycbowen (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 20:19

This is very beautiful and so well done. I agree the new moon is best. Congratulations.

My middle school art students have a hard time "reading" the big tree in the foreground of this painting as a tree without prompting. There is often somebody who thinks it is a monster going down to eat people in the village. (we don't have elementary level art obviously)

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Posted by chinatreasures (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 9, 12 at 21:58

Thank you everyone! I was really stumped when I started this as I wasn't sure how to do the bushes on the right side. Someone here did a little tutorial on their blog showing how to make the curved pieces (she used them for fur on animal portraits) and they were perfect for the bushes and rolling hills. I wish I could remember who to credit with that tutorial. Does anyone know who that is?

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Posted by slowmedown (My Page) on
Sun, Jun 10, 12 at 7:10

Could it have been EMPTNEST? She did several GOGs on windows. I'm still in awe on this project. The andamento is really important in this piece, and yours is perfect.

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Posted by sadiesadie (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 13, 12 at 13:43

AMAZING!! Just gorgeous!

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Posted by murraysmom (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 13, 12 at 15:33

Simply amazingly gorgeous!!!

What a wonderful piece of work!! Hard to believe it's your first GOG.

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Posted by crafty_lady (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 18, 12 at 11:16

Beautiful window!

Cacbeary did a tutorial on her blog showing how she cut her glass using wheeled nippers for her lion. Took a while to find it but here it is. You need to scroll down to the bottom to see her technique

http://themosaicobsession.blogspot.com/search/label/Wheeled nippers

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Posted by calamity_j (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 20, 12 at 10:31

I can't believe I haven't commented...musta been one of those times that the forum was acting funny and not letting me post....ever get that? Anyhoo, LOVE this! I just love GOG and this one is super!!! Looks so good all grouted. I am such a fan of the grouting GOG! I am helping a freind make his first GOG, it is gonna be a enneagram. He has this awesome round frame! I look forward to seeing another GOG from you!

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Posted by nancita (My Page) on
Sun, Jul 1, 12 at 16:05

Well, I am speechless at the beauty of your work. I only wandered over to this forum to see about either purchasing a stained glass for apstairs window and/or to get advice about doing so. What a beautiful surprise.
We were in Belgium last summer and went to see Van Gogh's work, but not Starry Night, my favorite.

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Posted by pjaxson (My Page) on
Wed, Jul 18, 12 at 10:53

I'm so jealous! I will be willing to pay a lot for that ;)

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