A few photos to show you what I've been up to and why I've been so scarce around here lately...
And this is just the tip of the iceberg with things I've been making! More photos this week!
I used almost exclusively sea glass collected in Jamestown and Newport, RI for this window. For a client from Jamestown.
All the coke bottle green on the right comes from the shoreline near the Naval Base in Newport. Apparently soldiers drank lots and lots of Coca Cola!
Dry setting is complete
Resin poured
Cured and ready for hanging (hard to get a good photo of the green sea glass in the evening light, sorry!)
So this is where we started. An old, wood framed, double hung window scrubbed clean and given a fresh coat of paint.
Once it's dried, I coat the panes with a wash of glue and let it dry overnight
Then I start planning out the design. 
And gluing it down.
These swirly ones seem to take on a life of their own, I can never predict how they'll turn out.
The last piece is adhered!
After drying for 48 hours, the epoxy is mixed and poured.
Cured for another 48 hours and it's ready to hang!
I wish I could find the "before" photo of this little coat rack. I bought it in the clearance section after Christmas for $.75- it was white with 4 large plastic snowmen on it (one over each hook). I pried them off, filled and sanded the holes they left behind and then added a little mosaic of sea glass, sand dollars and starfish. I've hung it in my (very green) bathroom helping to make the green a bit more bearable until I can get around to toning it down some!
It took me a Sunday afternoon football game to go from before to after. :)
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