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Suncatcher — a bee inside a honeycomb frame
About this piece
Estimated difficulty
Some experience
Estimated time
Over 4 hours
Rated by Solar, piece by piece. The hours are for one session at the atelier, confirmed when you talk.
- Fittings
- Decorative charm — not used in this pieceSet stone — not used in this pieceDecorative cord — not used in this pieceMirror inset — not used in this piece
- Technique
- Load-bearing solderThree-dimensional solder — not used in this piecePainted glass — not used in this piece
- Teamwork
- Made by two — not used in this piece
- Technical drawing
- Advanced technical drawing — not used in this piece
Materials
- Stained glass
- Copper foil
- Solder
The longest part of this piece was not the bee but the honeycomb around it. Six equal sides means six lines of lead have to meet at one point, and a millimetre out is a gap the whole way round. For the body we used opaque yellow glass, so that it still holds its own against a clear ground.
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- Lầu 1, 98 - 100 Tôn Thất Tùng, Phường Bến Thành, Quận 1
