Kathy Maier
West Palm Beach, FL

The photos show the full panel in backlight and a partial view in reflected light. These contrasting images display not only the use of the required elements, but also show the vast difference in "night" and "day" colors.

My primary problem in this round was one of design scale. Each sketch, acceptable in miniature, fell apart when confronted with the reality of a 4" x 6" bevel. The world of Bill, the Ding-a-ling Amazon parrot began with the idea of one clawed foot stretched to grab a piece of wind chime.

Design time--days.

It took me about 2 days to mark and cut the pieces, 6 hours to shape them, 8 to foil and 4 to solder.

Required Elements:

Flat panel 21 x 29.75 inches

One 4" by 6" bevel is the top of the wind chime

The 2 hexagon mirrors are the knobs used (a) at the top of the window to hold the wind chimes and (b) as the hook for the curtain tie back. Each mirror was embellished with copper foil to give it substance and a more traditional look

The white jewels (35) are the fringes on the tieback.

Glass used includes:

• Bullseye 6446: Blue parrot feathers
• Bullseye 6212: Green parrot feathers
• Spectrum 327-6: wispy green leaves
• Spectrum 6034-86cc: Cobalt Rose/Cobalt tieback
• Spectrum 308: White wall and eye patch
• Spectrum dark gray: beak and tongue
• Spectrum light green: above eye
• Uroboros 60-625: red eye
• Wissmach 07 Pink/white; top leaves
• Dark green transparent: chimes
• Brown/green/red: branches
• Kokomo Lt blue/pink/white: forehead
• Kokomo 64LI purple/blue/clear: border
• background behind the leaves and chime is Spectrum clear ice
• Purple transparent: drapery and chimes