Mirror, mirror on the wall...

A couple of friends stopped by the house a while ago. I was at work but I heard through the grape vine that they were admiring my work.

I also had a coworker interested in purchasing a piece from me. So I decided I'd work on a couple of mirrors them.

For my friends I wanted to do something geometric and modern to fit in with their style. This was the piece where I veered away from using a pattern and instead broke out my ruler. I'd always loved geometry while in school and it's exciting now that I'm putting these skills to use.

While making this piece I really felt a connection with the glass. The shapes fell into place perfectly. My cuts were straight, therefore my soldering turned out much more even. I really wanted to make something I'd be proud to have displayed in someone else' house and I achieved that.

Then it was on to piece number two. I felt a bit of pressure as I'm still a beginner having only made a handful of pieces, and here someone wanted to purchase one.

With this one I knew the color scheme as they really liked the glass I had used in my first piece. I was really inspired by a couple of scrap pieces that were about the right size and had an interesting curve to them. As I plotted things out I wanted to give it a bit of a mosaic look with small glass squares framing the mirror. As I worked I kept in mind how the odd shapes may make the mirror hang crooked and was very careful to determine where to place each piece of glass so that the mirror would hang evenly without throwing off the overall look of the design.

These two pieces were big steps both creatively and professionally. I never expected that after such a short time I would already have people collecting my work.