This is a recent commission, I have never made a ” Lantern ” before but I always try to tackle anything that comes along. I used Spectrum glass for this piece, the red and amber are waterglass and the blue top is rough rolled. The dark green oak leaf is a piece of Kokomo. I used lead came to construct the four panels and then soldered them together before finally adding the finial. © David Kennedy 2015
Back to the tattoo influence here, “I always thought a koi fish would work in stained glass just had to do it pretty big”.
Quite a bit of work arranging this panel but David eventually settled on him swimming downstream.
Bullseye Glass used for the pink cherry blossoms everything else is Youghiogheny.
Dimensions : width 479cm x height 938cm
The full size pattern for this panel is now available in the Pattern Store http://www.kennedyoriginalstainedglass.com/?sd_product=koi-fish-with-cherry-blossoms