We have a small business near us that does that kind of thing so I think that’s what I’ll do. With my techie skills I’ll probably end up on a dating site and get whisked away to some republic by a nubile angel.
It’s not always what is usually expected and the pics below are one or two examples of themes that were requested and completed. People came in with vague ideas more in hope than expectation and the look on their faces when they saw the result was a wonderful thing.
Pic 1. Customer wanted her particular theme of Art Deco based on a well known picture that had a single greyhound only – but she had two of them. So the pup was added and the window placed in her hallway. Leaded light (with integral steel rebar) of 3 sq. ft.
Pic 2. Nicknamed Fiona, another Art Deco theme. 1920’s girl-about-town overlaid on a full sized mirror and done Tiffany-style. Wall mounted in the customer's dressing room. The reflection shows the other side of the studio. Copper foil and soldered on top of Mirror plate with support under. 5ft x 3ft.
Pic 3. A customer who happened to be a property developer kept the Penthouse for himself and family on the top of flats he had built. The lady of the house was into butterflies and went into raptures when she saw the butterfly (a glass one!) that I had fused into the clear glass. The place was S/SE facing and the colours travelled across the room most of the day.
Pic 4. Customer was into Art Deco and winged wildlife. He nearly cried when he came to view the finished job when installed in the double doors inside the lobby/hallway. 3 years later he moved house and took the double hallway doors with him. Leaded light. 10 sq.ft.
Pic 5. A customer with season tickets to every bikefest here and abroad. 5ft. X 4ft. That’s not the customer but is the window. Oh, and he knocked the hole in the wall between the dining room and the sitting room. He lived on his own. Notice the pipes? Any guesses? Begins with an M and a V....
Pics 6/7. Quick shots of some of the lighting stock in the front of the shop we were in. Imported, of course. Usually over 100 of them.
Not a car amongst it all, but it enabled me to indulge my desires in that direction.
