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    Greene & Greene Stained Glass Window

    Thought I'd share the project I've been working on as of late. It's a Greene and Greene Style stained glass window.

    The frame is a copy of the framed mirror, on pg. 19, of Darrell Peart's book on Greene & Greene design, and was originally done by John Hall.

    The frame I built is much larger 37 1/2" x 26". It is made of macassar ebony, and the window was an ebay purchase by LOML.

    Much of the work had to be done by hand for the final fit, and other than routing, and bandsawing the waste, the joints at the bottom are almost entirely hand done. This really stretched my handtool capabilities. I'm happy with the way it turned out.

    I apologize upfront for the poor photo quality. My Nikon 5700 broke and I was trying to use a point and shoot camera that won't allow me to turn the flash off and manually focus.
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    VERY NICE !!!

    I love the Greene and Greene stuff !
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    Oooohh....that's lovely! Nice job!
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    Great job, the joinery is beautiful.
    Where did I put that tape measure...

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    What Gary said!
    Beautiful!
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    Very nice.....LOML is after me to make one with "The Tree of Life " motif. Someday................
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  7. Very nice work!

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    Thumbs up

    Very sharp Mike. Some really neat joinery going on, and a very unique project. Really nice!
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    Wow Mike, that's some very nice joinery. I really love Greene & Greene pieces and stained glass. When I saw the mirror in Darrell's book I didn't think of using the frame for stained glass. Now I have another project to add to my "must do" list.
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    Thanks for the kind words folks. It was a fun project, kinda nerve wracking at times. The frame reaches a point in construction where there are no right angle references, so it makes it a little harder to plan out the sequence of cuts and assembly.

    Don. I love the book that Darrell Peart put together. So much is in it for inspiration and direction. I think we'll see a lot more of the details replicated in peoples projects. I've already seen the legs, in the style he makes, in another project here on the board. Should you make a stained glass panel with antique glass. One tip for the glass is to use 0000 steel wool to clean all of the grime off the glass. Works like a champ.

    Once again. Thank you all for the kind words.

    Mike
    Last edited by Mike Cutler; 07-04-2007 at 10:14 PM.

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    Mike,
    Beautiful, and well executed. I suspect your lumber budget may be out of balance for a little while.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan Turner View Post
    Mike,
    Beautiful, and well executed. I suspect your lumber budget may be out of balance for a little while.
    Yeah. I may be using a lot of scrap pine for awhile, maybe some dumpster diving for used pallets.
    While the cost of the ebony was fairly high, simply finding it in widths over 3" and 4" was also difficult. Most of it came from a lumber seller on eBay down in your area. Apparently it's very popular with luthiers.
    Little un-nerving to cut, mistakes can really cost big $$$ in a hurry.

    Thank you for the compliment.
    Last edited by Mike Cutler; 07-05-2007 at 7:24 AM.

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    Bravo Mike! Your workmanship with this piece is impressive. The ebony really works with the design... the joinery is an interesting extension that John Hall made of the G & G style.

    Have taken a look at Robert Lang's G & G book? It's a nice compliment to the Peart book... a little less "how to" and more into specific design details and factoids. An amusing side note from the book... the Halls' billed $680 for famous Gamble Chiffonier back in 1908... 1150 hours of labor @ $0.50/hr. plus materials!

    Dan

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    I'm impressed, Nice Work

  15. Wow. Form leading function.

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