Here is some information on the creation of
The Prairie Door Glass

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This is one of three lights to be used in
The Prairie Door Project
There is 6 different types of glass and bevels.
The Copper foil technique is utilized
in the Tiffany style
Here you can see the beautiful iridized cobalt blue glass

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We started out with a black and white template and the "colored" the layout
The Sandy Forrington of Dragon Eye glass cuts and grinds each piece to an exact shape
And then each separate foiled piece is soldered to each other

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Sandy reinforces each joint with copper wire on each side of the window

One of the 3, finish window

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