What Inspires Janet Tysiak

View from Mom’s Deck

What inspires me?  The project I’m currently working on was sparked by a photo my mother took from her deck…a stunning sunset seen through the leafless trees in late autumn.  I pulled some very old and hand rolled glass from my glass stash…stuff I’ve had for many years but was waiting for the right inspiration.  The pattern I drew was limited by the amount of glass I had to work with.  Pattern placement is key.  No mistakes could be made while I was cutting the glass, or I would not have enough glass to finish that portion of the sunset.  The order in which the cuts were made had to be well planned to successfully cut out the orange sunset pieces.  The panel is almost ready to be soldered.  Once finished, new images will be posted.