One-handed fused glass- Tzedakah Box

 I'm working one-handed since I dislocated my elbow and gave myself a call fracture. With some commissions due, I had no choice.

My wonderful husband was kind enough to move large sheets of glass for me and hold things in place when I needed help...but I found I could get the work done...I just had to slow down and think through every step.

One of the commissions I had was to craft a tzedkah box (like a piggy bank for charity.) I ended up fusing the Hebrew letters to the face and then copper foiled and soldered the rest. I somehow failed to capture the beautiful marble I glued to the top as a handle.

Min Ha-Metzar: Out of the Narrow Places

 Darn it! I dislocated my elbow and gave myself a little fracture. I won't bore you with the details.

Anyway, when last I posted, I was fusing hundreds of blobs. I finished that before I became a one-handed glass artist.

This was a commissioned gift. It's called Min Hametzar . From the Narrow Places. It comes from Psalms... the rest of the phrase says:... I called to You, and You answered me.

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