The Herodiade convex mirror is unusual in that the frame itself has a convex shape. I was required to snip the Venetian glass rods into sections to fit the curve. The results have a fractured dazzle that is unique. Gold, gray, straw and clear rods are placed over a silver leafed surface. The inner frame is studded with clear cabochons. …
the Sparkle convex mirror
The Sparkle convex mirror is just that. It sparkles, sending out scattered shards of light! It is a silver gilt frame surrounded by rock crystal faceted spheres. The inner part of the frame has clear Venetian glass, small faceted quartz beads and acrylic jewels. Its a mirror that makes me smile. The Sparkle mirror is 8 inches in diameter and …
the Sarabande convex mirror
The Sarabande convex mirror started as a cheap plastic frame. But the size and shape worked for me. I then filled it with resin to make it more substantial and sturdy. The frame was then gilded with gold metal leaf. The curved inner frame is covered with a mosaic of clear, sand and light brown Venetian glass rods. Surrounding the …
the Pollione convex mirror
The Pollione convex mirror is a brother of the La Colombe mirror in that they are roughly the same size and shape. But where La Colombe is brilliantly silver and white, Pollione is deeply gold verging on tortoise shell. Stacks of gold, amber, straw and light brown Venetian glass rods were attached to a gilded frame. The center, raised frame …
the La Colombe convex mirror
The La Colombe convex mirror is on the small size but glitters like a diamond. Starting with a silver gilded frame I added layers of Venetian glass rods, all clear. The center is raised and topped with rock crystal beads. La Colombe is about 10 inches in diameter and is being shipped to the Ainsworth-Noah showroom in Atlanta. For more …
the Lascaux convex mirror
The Lascaux convex mirror uses a molded wood frame that I finished with a random application of gold and silver metal leaf. Then I took Venetian glass rods in clear and pale gold and rolled them in silver leaf. The rods were layered deeply on the frame. The inner frame is embellished with glass cabochons. The combination of gold and …
the Belinda convex mirror
The Belinda convex mirror is unusual for me. For one thing, its an oval. But, more significantly, I mirrored the piece of oval convex glass. No spray paint. A real chemical process! Not perfect, but I really don’t want it to be. The frame is gold leafed and the spikes creating a corona are rock crystal quartz points that are …
the Cadmus convex mirror
The Cadmus convex mirror consists of a black lacquer frame with a corona of large smoky quartz points. The inner rim is composed of chunks of raw smoky quartz crystals ranging in color from bronze to almost clear. This mirror is one of my favorites because it combines smoothly finished with rough textures. Cadmus is around 14 inches in diameter. …
the Pendragon convex mirror
The Pendragon convex mirror is composed of gold leaf, Venetian glass rods, rock crystal spheres and rock crystal points around the perimeter. Gold, black and crystal; a very striking combination if I say so myself. The Pendragon convex mirror is about 14 inches in diameter. It is hanging in my studio pending being shipped to one of my showrooms. The …
the Daughter of the Night convex mirror
The Daughter of the Night convex mirror is on the small size( about 10.25 inches in diameter) but carries a lot of dazzle. I used stacks of thin Venetian glass rods then sprinkled the top with glass cabochons. The tips have rough rock crystal with spheres. Hoowee, when I named this mirror Daughter of the Night I was thinking of …
the Glinda convex mirror
The Glinda convex mirror is made from a silvered round frame that has spokes of silver leafed cones topped with a sphere of clear crystal. Each spoke is studded with small glass cabochons. The frame is circled with large crystal spheres. To me, this is a fairy tale inspired mirror! I’ve updated Glinda. I’ve added beautiful hematite spheres between the …
the Eponine convex mirror
The Eponine convex mirror is cousin to met Marius mirror. Same shape but a very different look. Eponine discovered with a thick layer of Venetian clear rods. They vary in color from gold, straw and light topaz to an inner ring of clear. Surrounding the mirror are glass cabochons. Each cab has been gilded with silver metal leaf on the …
the Arianrhod convex mirror
The Arianrhod convex mirror is built on a plastic frame that had a great shape but a flimsiness that made it unsuitable for my purposes…..Until I filled the voids in the back of the frame giving it a solidity and heft that made it possible for me to create a jewel-like mirror with it. It has stacks of thin Venetian …
the Chakra convex mirror
The Chakra convex mirror was inspired by the discovery of beautiful stacked mineral obelisks at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show. They determined the look and construction of the frame. Each obelisk is made of minerals related to the seven chakras: Amethyst( Third Eye), Sodalite( Throat), Rock Crystal( Higher Conscience), Jasper(Sexual), Lapis Lazuli (Throat) and Green Carnelian( Heart). The rest …
the Alceste convex mirror
The Alceste convex mirror uses an unusual base that required inlaying Venetian glass bits in curves. This was achieved with a great deal of patience! The existing frame was gilded with gold metal leaf and then the glass was applied( the shine of the metal leaf is used to “back light” the glass). The tips of the frame have spheres …
the Stellina convex mirror
Milky Way starlight Sicilian style. The Italian Magic Pony Stellina board game!
the Rameau convex mirror
The Rameau convex mirror is a hybrid of sorts. I found a frame that was unforgivably ugly in the worst ’60s and ’70s way with the faux antiquing that you’d find in a in conquistador or pirate themed restaurant. You know what I’m talking about. But the basic shape was good. I covered a lot of the bad antiquing with …
the Hyperion convex mirror
The Hyperion convex mirror is a twin of sorts to my Kismet mirror. They both have the same wood frame but the Hyperion has a sunburst of gold as well at the sides. I managed to fit many large chunks of rock crystal quartz points making this one of the heaviest mirrors I’ve ever made! The Hyperion convex mirror is …
the Kismet convex mirror
The Kismet convex mirror uses one of the frames I designed as a starting off point. I used silver metal gilding on parts of it then filled the upper flat frame with a sunburst of clear Venetian glass rods. I then studded the perimeter of the frame with large rock crystal quartz points. The Kismet convex mirror is around 16 …
the Alba convex mirror
The Alba convex mirror is small but contains a lot of glitter and depth. The frame was a great shape but it was plastic and took a considerable amount of resin to give it heft and solidity. It was gilded with gold metal leaf and then given a thick crust of yellow, topaz and straw colored Venetian rods. The tips …