WestArtGlass FUSED DICHROIC BUTTERFLY WINDOW JEWELRY Start Price USD 99.99 Current Price USD 99.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, July 09, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 16, 2008 Location CARLISLE, AR See more about 'WestArtGlass FUSED DICHROIC BUTTERFLY WINDOW JEWELRY ' Description PREMIUM LISTING........this is an exceptional offering!  Member No. 76 of TBHV, (The Bead Hive), an INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BEAD ARTISTS, and E-bay's SRA GROUP OF ARTISTS. FUSED .........DICHROIC ........(OOAK ... ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND ......ARTIST SIGNED AND DATED -----THIS IS A BHV ARTIST'S CREATION WHICH CONTAINS AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DICHROIC GLASS, NOT DICHROIC FRIT, BUT REAL PIECES OF DICHROIC, APPROXIMATELY  FOURTY FIVE DIFFERENT PIECES,  FEATURING CBS, UROBOROS AND SAVOY DICHROICS, 3" x 3" OVERALL (ESTIMATED), IN TOTAL AREA OF DICHROICS.  THIS ITEM ALSO CONTAINS BULLSEYE DISCONTINUED NEO LAVENDER, WITH CRANBERRY PINK ACCENTS CATSPAW RING MOTTLE GLASS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL EMBELLISHMENTS I'VE EVER USED ON ONE OF THESE BUTTERFLIES. Copyrighted WestArtGlass (TM)/West Art Glass Studio 1994---This is truly an EXCEPTIONAL CREATION of FUSED DICHROIC GLASS.....For those of you already familiar with my work, this is one of the most beautiful original, one of a kind, large butterflies made to date.  It is  difficult to make, but is  truly colorful, and makes a neat addition to either an inside window, veranda, porch or patio area, or delightful when displayed in  your garden area.  Copyright periods cover all WestArtGlass/ West Art Glass Studio creations for the periods January 1,  1969 through December 31,  1977, and January  1,  1978, when Federal Copyright laws were amended, through December 31, 2008, all dates inclusive.  THIS, BEING A CONTINUING SERIES, FEATURES MANY COLORS OF GLASS, AND MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF EMBELLISHMENTS........THIS LISTING IS EXCEPTIONAL. THIS ONE HAS SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL........A FUSED, DICHROIC CABACHON, PENDANT.......THIS PENDANT, SUSPENDED FROM A COPPER FRILL AT THE LOWER RIGHT, CAN BE EASILY DETACHED FROM THE BUTTERFLY AND WORN AS A FOCAL ON ONE OF YOUR OWN NECKLACES....IT IS A LARGE PENDANT, APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2" x 1-1/4" X 3/8" AND IT CONTAINS A VERY LARGE QUANTITY OF DICHROIC GLASS, NOT DICHROIC FRIT, BUT REAL PIECES OF EMERALD, TEAL GREEN, TEAL BLUE, COBALT BLUE, PURPLE, GOLD, AQUAMARINE, DICHROICS, APPROXIMATELY 1-1/2" IN ALL.  This pendant, made of the much more expensive COE 90 GLASS, and suspended on a 18K gold plated bail, IS ON A CRYSTAL BASE AND INCLUDES TURQUOISE, CRYSTAL, BLACK, COE 90 FUSIBLE PLUS MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL LARGE PIECES OF COE RATED DICHROIC GLASS ....fired in a computer controlled kiln at approximately 1600 degrees, it has been very carefully annealed for both strength and durability....A WIN WIN SITUATION, AS YOU WILL BE GETTING TWO GREAT ITEMS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. Titled "THE ENCHANTED FRITILLARY / BUTTERFLY -----A MAGICAL BUTTERFLY FROM MY NEO LAVENDER/PURPLE, AND CRANBERRY PINK CATHEDRAL   PALETTE", this auction featues an ORIGINAL, ONE OF A KIND, very intricate, 3-DIMENSIONAL piece of window jewelry from my copyrighted series -----THE MAGICAL ENCHANTED FRITILLARIES---Series #3.  The item featured in this listing, all logos, series name, components, color combinations, etc., are property of West Art Glass (tm), and are protected by copyright law. This  fused, and/or fused DICHROIC item made in my studio features fully COE 90 compatible components......YOU CAN TRUST ME ON THIS ONE....YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE A MIX OF COE'S in the ITEMS I CREATE.    This item was then completed in the Tiffany manner, featuring lead construction.  (My studio is fully stocked with THREE SEPARATE COE COMPATIBLE systems, including COE compatible DICHROICS, so if there are colors, items you would like to see in future E-bay auctions, please let me know, I'll add them to my work schedule and have them posted on E-bay as soon as time permits). This is a HUGE piece of WINDOW JEWELRY, approximately 9-1/4" X 8" X 3" in depth.....an attached hanging chain, not included in the above measurements, adds approximately 13" in length......this hanging chain IS NOT INCLUDED in the above measurements.....THIS IS A VERY LARGE PIECE OF FUSED/DICHROIC GLASS.........if you do not want to display this item in a sunny window location, just detach the chain and place the item on a large plate stand in a curio cabinet, or elsewhere.  (At the close of the auction, if you do not want the chain, just let me know and I'll gladly remove it for you). THIS ITEM HAS BEEN MADE TO HANG EITHER HORIZONTALLY, OR SUSPENDED WITH EITHER WING UP, I.E., THE PHOTOS SHOW THE BUTTERFLY HUNG HORIZONTALLY, BUT IT CAN HANG WITH EITHER THE RIGHT  OR LEFT WING ELEVATED IF THIS WOULD MAKE A MORE PLEASING DISPLAY IN YOUR HOME.  DICHROIC GLASS is extremely difficult to photograph because  the color shifts as the DICHROICS are viewed from different angles....but this ENCHANTED BUTERFLY HAS IT ALL....DICHROICS which flash in all the different colors of the rainbow.  This item includes BOTH CBS,  SAVOY, AND UROBOROS DICHROICS.....UROBOROS is to stained glass as are Waterford and Baccarat to fine lead crystal.   I love textures almost as much as I love color, and, for better than 30 years, have made every attempt to seek out unusual glass, and glass components, both antique, some hand cast, some machine rolled, but anything that is truly exceptional.  The glass used in this item was specifically selected at one of my wholesaler's warehouses, and coordinated for this lovely item.  (If you want the best glass available, then personal selection of each individual sheet serves to insure you get the best of the besT.    All photographs have been made inside without transmitted light.....in a sunny window this item simply sparkles....especiall the DICHROICS. THE GLASS USED AS THE BASE FOR THIS ITEM IS BULLSEYE, FULLY RATED COE 90 GLASS IN AN IRIDESCENT PURPLE/AMETHYST  CATHEDRAL......IT IS GORGEOUS.  THE UPPER WINGS ARE ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE KIND AND COLOR OF PURPLE/LAVENDER STAINED GLASS.....IT IS TRULY, TRULY ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF GLASS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE TO OWN...BULLSEYE NEO LAVENDER CATSPAW RING MOTTLE....BECAUSE THE RING MOTTLES WERE SO EXPENSIVE VERY FEW STAINED GLASS ARTISTS WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE THIS GLASS AND, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST NOT ENOUGH DEMAND BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME COST THE BULLSEYE GLASS COMPANY HAS DISCONTINUED THE RING MOTTLES....I BOUGHT AS MANY PIECES OF THE RING MOTTLES AS I COULD POSSIBLY ACQUIRE, AND AM, BECAUSE OF EXTENSIVE INVESTMENTS IN THIS WONDERFUL GLASS, STILL ABLE TO MAKE  STAINED GLASS ITEMS FEATURING THIS EXCEPTIONAL GLASS.....SO IF YOU ARE INTO QUALITY,  BUY NOW, BECAUSE ONCE GONE, FOREVER GONE AS THIS GLASS IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE IN SHEET GLASS FORM, UNLESS YOU SHOULD BE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND A STASH OF IT FOR SALE BY AN ARTIST GOING OUT OF BUSINESS. AND NOW FOR MORE GOOD THINGS:  I have bought out most of the ANTIQUE GEMSTONES from the huge inventory of an antique shop up in the North East US that is being liquidated through E-bay auctions....IT WAS A TRUE TREASURE TROVE of EXCEPTIONAL, GORGEOUS, DEEP COLOR, EXQUISITE precious and semi-precious GEMSTONES, and I've already broken down almost every piece of the jewelry and am using these GEMSTONES in the items that I am, and will be selling, in my own E-bay auctions. A WIN-WIN situation for both me, (as I'm extremely lucky to be working with these gorgeous gemstones, and for my WINNING BIDDER, who will own these exquisite items). This item contains gorgeous beading, much of it from the antique shop noted above.  Gemstone and semi-precious beading includes multiple SWAROVSKI, most in 2AB (Aurora Borealis).......it just does not get any better than  SWAROVSKI...... Miyuki  and TOHO glass beading, Matsuno glass beading, some silver lined, some gold lined, Czech Fire Polished glass beading, (multiple sizes all the way to 8mm), much of the Czech 2AB, IRIDESCENT glass chips,    ETC., MILLEFIORI MURANI (THOUSAND FLOWER) ITALIAN GLASS BEADING,  AND GEMSTONE QUARTZ, MOTHER OF PEARL, CATSEYE IN VARIOUS SIZES, CZECHOSLOVAKIAN FIRE POLISHED FACETED ROUNDS, CZECHOSLOVAKIAN PRESSED FLOWER BEADS, MULTIPLES, TULIP BEADS, LEAF BE ADING IN LAVENDERS, TYE-DYE GLASS BEADING, TEARDROP BEADING, DICHROIC GLASS LEAVES, CRACKLES, IRIDESCENT GLASS CHIPS,  NUMEROUS ELONGATED CUBES, BOTH GOLD, AND/OR SILVER LINED,  etc.,  beautiful beading on a beautiful creation. This item also features, in addition to the Czechoslovakian flower beads, FOUR FLOWER FOCALS......one is a 3-DIMENSIONAL SOLID BRASS WATER LILY.....this items is approximaely 1" X 1" X 1", made in THREE SEPARATE LAYERS OF PETALS and I have used a 6mm Czechoslovakian Fire Polished purple/amethyst faceted round as the center of this waterlily amd then added beading that also features an emerald green glass leaf.....Another frill on the right upper and lower wings of this item feature a LAVENDER PORCELAIN ROSE, approximately 1" X 1" X 3/4", and two clay flowers, as well as numerous pressed glass leaves...this totally beaded frill, approximately 6" long, is truly, truly exceptional.......THIS ITEM HAS EVERYTHING......I guarantee you will be more than pleased with the beauty of this item. This item is also adorned with SEVEN  REAL GLASS NUGGETS, in IRIDESCENT  CRYSTAL, TRUE ROYAL PURPLE REIGN, WHITE OPALESCENT, PURPLE AND CRYSTAL SWIRL, AND OF MINT GREET OPALESCENT..  Some of the   nuggets were purchased   at the Glass Factory in Monterey during my last trip into Mexico and, to my knowledge, probably because of environmental manufacturing requirements, are not available for sale within the U.S.   Metalwork in this item has been finished in a heavily waxed and polished antique copper patina. I AM A VERY GENEROUS SELLER IN BOTH THE AMOUNT OF DICHROICS, AND IN THE QUALITY, AND QUANTITY  OF BEADING  AND EMBELLISHMENTS ................ I USE A GREAT NUMBER OF  SEMI-PRECIOUS, GEMSTONE, AND/OR GLASS BEADS ON EACH  ITEM OF ARTWORK THAT I CREATE......this item contains approximately 150 beads, embellishments, not the 2-3 beads you find in auctions by most other artists........SO BUY IN FULL CONFIDENCE.............. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. YOU WILL BE BIDDING THIS   EXACT ITEM...............BID IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE................WHAT YOU SEE  IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL GET.    A note:  Under present copyright law, a work of art is automatically protected when it is created.  All artwork, images, text, logos, descriptions and derivative work from this, previous or future WestArtGlass (TM) listings, are both copyright and trademark protected and are not to be copied, imitated, misappropriated or distributed in any way.  All rights are reserved solely by the artist, J. C. West and West Art Glass Studio (tm).  Item is  ready for immediate shipment, pending receipt of cashier's check, money order, PAY PAL, (preferred), or in 7-10 days following receipt of personal check.  PLEASE CHECK OUT ALL MY AUCTIONS as I am, and will continue to be, listing in a wide variety of categories and frequently do not double list.  Please check out the little "me" by WestArtGlass to learn a bit more about me, and about my studio.  GOOD  LUCK  ALL LOVERS OF BUTTERFLIES, FRITILLARIES, BUTTERFLY ITEMS, THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE TO COLLECT PENDANTS, ONE OF A KIND ITEMS OF JEWELRY, THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE ROSES, AND/OR MAINTAIN ROSE GARDENS, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO LOVE GARDEN BUTTERFLIES, AND/OR FUSED,  DICHROIC ITEMS,  GEMSTONE JEWELRY, FLOWERS, GARDENERS, COLLECTORS OF GEMSTONES, WINDOW JEWELRY, AND COLLECTORS OF TREE CHARMS. THANKS FOR BIDDING, and remember.............. for HONESTY in listings ............... INTEGRITY ...............DEPENDABILITY ..............AND QUALITY ................no matter whether North,   South,   East,   or WEST.............FOR THE VERY BEST IN STAINED GLASS ...............and in ORIGINAL CREATIVE DESIGN ...............ALWAYS GO WEST!!!   Place a Bid!