Fiona’s Oak Maiden,Backed in Stained Glass

[Old Joe]

So, I am in a grove of doing recessed cuts and backing them in stained glass. Fiona Kingdon didn’t use patterns and didn’t particularly like making them. I found this one challenging, as some of the details are ultra tiny. It’s much smaller than it looks in the picture, as the inner ring is 7 1/4.” I used a lot of Pegas 2/0 spirals, some Pegas MGT 2/0, 0, and #3s. I also used a new to me Hegner 22V and there was a bit of a learning curve with getting the tension just right and I broke more blades than I normally do.  This Oak Maiden is actually cut from 5/8” Hard Maple, stained with Golden Oak. 

[Mike Crosa]

Wow.  Hard oak! Beautiful job.  You have more patience than I have.

 

[rjweb]

Very nice, RJ

[TAIrving]

Very nice @Old Joe.  Lot of fine detail work there and very well done!  I admire Fiona's work and have done a few of her patterns.

There was a discussion a while back about smaller blades, such as the 2/0, breaking.  Sometimes they break just from putting tension on them.  

[daveww1]

fantastic job

[Scrappile]

You must like a challenage, you handled it well.  Great piece.

[Old Joe]

1 hour ago, TAIrving said:

Very nice @Old Joe.  Lot of fine detail work there and very well done!  I admire Fiona's work and have done a few of her patterns.

There was a discussion a while back about smaller blades, such as the 2/0, breaking.  Sometimes they break just from putting tension on them.  

TA, I use smaller blades frequently, especially 2/0 spirals. Actually, I wish Pegas would come out with a 3/0 spiral. Other than for compound cuts, I rarely use any flat blades larger than MGT #3. The 2/0 flat blade was easier for me to successfully use without breaking on the Pegas than on the Hegner, though I got better as I went along on this piece.

Edited May 26 by Old Joe

[Denny Knappen]

Mighty fine on a challenging project