Dragon and Girl stained glass by Maria McMahon, 2014

Those are Brian's hands. Not pictured: Your Narrator, in fetal position on the floor, wailing.

A very tricky leading process due to glass shrinkage from multiple firings

Leafy Border detail, Dragon and Girl stained glass piece by Maria McMahon

Girl detail, Dragon and Girl stained glass piece by Maria McMahon, 2014

Dragon detail, Dragon and Girl stained glass piece by Maria McMahon

Hi all! Over the weekend I finally got my Dragon and Girl piece leaded up.My (amazing, talented, wonderful, and - most importantly -) teacher Brian Waugh helped a lot with this process and basically prevented me (very helpfully) from making a complete botch of it. As I would almost certainly have done if I'd attempted it on my own!It was a very tricky leading up job, as the acid etching and multiple firings had made some of the pieces of the glass shrink and change shape. There was lots of grinding involved and it took us several hours to get the job done.Can I just say that, while I like the piece and everything, I'm kind of tired of looking at it? It seems like I've been working on it for the past few ages! (OK, OK, so Ibeen working on it for the past few ages.) That being said, I am pretty pleased with the way it came out. I felt I didn't do too bad a job of the soldering. The leafy border is nice.Here are some more detail shots:All that still needs to be done is to cement it, give it a final cleaning, and get a frame contructed for it. The Scotsman has very kindly agreed to make the frame. Best husband ever!Then, hopefully I'll be able to wheedle somebody into buying it. Anybody wanna buy it? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?