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A Kalidescopic Napa Valley Beveled Glass Entryway

Hand Beveled & European Mouth-blown Leaded Glass Entry Doors Feature Vines Of Roses Amidst Cluster Bunches Of Grapes In An Arched Trellis Motif To Welcome All Who Enter. Grapes Are Fashioned Using Half Cut Marbles Called Muggles, Which Are Finely Fit Using High Speed Water Fed Diamond Wheels & Then Wrapped With An Adhesive Backed Foil Base On Which To Hand Run The Finished Solder Bead Close-up Of Side lite Can Be Viewed Below

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Sharon De Vore 24 Jun 2017

WOW INCREDIBLE BEAUTY, JIM. YOU ARE SO TALENTED. THIS IS MAGNIFICENT.

Artist Reply: Hi Sharon This Was Our Studios Very First Hand Made Bevel Project & Started In 1990. It Was To Be The First Of Many Collaborations With Robert LemMon, Glass Beveler Extraordinaire, Who Fashioned Our Rose & Leaf Patterning Pieces With Facets Aplenty. All Grapes Are Made From Half Cut Marbles Called Muggels Which Flip Reality Beyond Upside Down, Due To Their Surface Curvature. Viewing This Entry In Person Is Quite The Kaleidoscopic Experience..Peace Interesting Note That Our Sketch Artist On This Beauty & Others Was Sharon Rose Eisley https://www.facebook.com/sharoneisleyart/?ref=br_rs

Joanie Holliday 24 Jun 2017

THIS IS SO GORGEOUS JIM. FANTASTIC WORK. I WISH IT WAS MY FRONT DOOR WAY... OUTSTANDING.

Artist Reply: Hi Joanie. This Was Our Studios Very First Hand Made Bevel Project & Started In 1990. It Was To Be The First Of Many Collaborations With Robert LemMon, Glass Beveler Extraordinaire, Who Fashioned Our Rose & Leaf Patterning Pieces With Facets Aplenty. All Grapes Are Made From Half Cut Marbles Called Muggels Which Flip Reality Beyond Upside Down, Due To Their Surface Curvature. Viewing This Entry In Person Is Quite The Kaleidoscopic Experience..Peace