Around twenty years ago, I experimented with combining glass and metal motifs.

This was a design for a powder room entrance. Starting with a garden gate design, I used zinc to represent the ironwork and stained glass for the background. Then, I cut the leaves and extensions for the tops out of flat copper, melted solder over both sides and shaped them with a hammer and anvil.

My first thought about the hanging vines and leaves was to carve them into the glass and paint the etched areas. However, I revised my idea and used a traditional stained glass window approach.

My initial idea was to use small glass tiles around the transom and upper part of the door.

As with many projects in the beginning stages, ideas change and evolve.