When I design a window like this, I first create the main feature. Much effort goes into the detailing, so I avoid leaning over into the middle of the window during its creation.

When designing vegetation, I like to make it look like it’s in its later stages of life. This sets the stage for building character into the design, making it more exciting and suggesting motion.

I used iridized glass for the background to give the effect of late evening.

The vines were solder sculptured over finishing nails for strength, so reinforcing bars are unnecessary. I beveled small pieces of crystal to give the window a little sparkle as if ice had collected in the crooks of some of the limbs.

I created this window for a home in Wintergreen, Virginia, around twenty-five years ago.