Stained glass chihuahua finished

Just a couple of photos to show the finished chihuahua. The solder lines have a black patina applied, this dulls them down a little and they become "drawing lines" to nicely emphasise shapes. As with all glass, it's just about impossible to photograph well, but you do get the idea. If we do get some sunshine in the next week I will post a photo in its natural element. If you compare him with an original photo, I think we have just about got him right. 

I must also apologise for the P51D in the photo, the Spitfire is just out of shot; will do better next time. 

Stained glass chihuahua

All the doggy glass is cut, just need to cut his cushion now. Even without his facial features painted in you can certainly see who it is. The solder lines when finished will also emphasise his legs and general shape much better than they are at the moment, can you make out how he is sitting yet?

Very labour intensive and time consuming to cut the semi opaque glass, each piece has to have a template made first, this is then drawn onto the glass. Multiple cuts are then used to get the rough shape and it is finished down to its final size and shape on the grinder with constant reference to the template. 

For all the effort he looks great though.