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cheap stainglass/skylights................

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so recipe........................ recycled laminated auto screen glass......................glass marbles $2 shop......thin coloured candle holders.......(easy with limited palette..........warms with warms...cools with cools...eg greens and shades of blue) ..........smash up an old (un-laminated) auto window ........the one that shatters into little bits.........break on a sheet............use bits for infill in design..................place another peice of atuo glass on top ....seal edges with plaster.......stops insects getting in................put some blue leds or neon for night effect ...broken auto glass lights up like the galaxy.................can hang against a window ............but would need a strong wooden like frame...heavy.................for sky light will need to replace sheet of iron roof with corrugated polycarbonate................and maybe cut some wood paling away...........must leave the rafters/pulins...supports............. :)

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Looks like mother of pearl in the thumbnail :) . The glass looks fused?! So is there no heating/firing involved?

Its an interesting idea. I would like to see a panel with light coming through it?!

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Is this your pad Dreamwalker? Looks like an earth ship :wub:

Very cool idea, I bet you could use all sorts of stuff. If it were me I'd be using crystals and skeleton-leaves.

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Looks like mother of pearl in the thumbnail :) . The glass looks fused?! So is there no heating/firing involved?

Its an interesting idea. I would like to see a panel with light coming through it?!

yeah its only day light coming through it...the leds and blue neon at night create a very different effect.............like night stars..but I don't have a camera than can capture it............its just gravity.no heat..............

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Is this your pad Dreamwalker? Looks like an earth ship :wub:

Very cool idea, I bet you could use all sorts of stuff. If it were me I'd be using crystals and skeleton-leaves.

crystals and skeleton-leaves would make a good effect,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I like the Idea of earthships....................but the ground water here is surface level during the winter rains........so it would be more of an earth submarine........................., I wanted lots of light in the rooms.............. polycarbonate and salvaged windowscreens from the local dump were a lot more affordable than argon filled skylights.......................I grabbed the electric window doors while I was at it..................stick them up over a high opening ......cover the door in netting then plaster..........throw the switch somewhere...............auto vents.................

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