The Obama Logo in stained glass

[johncoby2]

I thought you guys might like this. My wife and I restarted our stained glass hobby. I found the Obama logo to be very cool looking.

[Whisp]

1. nice! good job! n/t

[LisaLynne]

2. That's beautiful!

I've always been fascinated by stained glass. I was at an arts and crafts show and talked to a guy who started doing it when he retired. He was really amazing. It's such an interesting medium to work in!

[johncoby2]

4. It forces you to be patience

You have to have patience or else you start making mistakes. It has helped me quite a bit to slow down and be careful. I love the heck out of it!

[LisaLynne]

6. That's what I think a good hobby does --

forces you to approach something a little differently than maybe you do in "regular" life. I used to knit for just that reason -- I have a "brain-intensive" (ha ha) job, so knitting was very hands on, meticulous and repetitive and it really helped me disengage my mind and relax. And in your case, you end up with something lovely. In mine ... not so much, but hey I'll never lack for scarves!

[BenzoDia]

3. That's really awesome. Good job!

[Triana]

5. Wow that's nice! I love stained glass.

Own a few pieces from craft shows. Bssides pottery, stained glass is one of my weaknesses. I've never tried my hand at either but I love stuff people made - beats the hell out of damn store-bought commercal or imported crap.

[Cha]

7. Wow! I've had a special affintiy for that

logo ever since it beat mcpalin and then mitt and mini mitt.

Beautiful in Stained Glass.. simply Awesome, johncoby!

Mahalo~

[sheshe2]

8. Thank you johncoby~

You and your wife are awesome.

Beautiful!

[romantico]

9. BEAUTIFUL!

That is awesome! You should sell them. Hell, I'd buy one!!

[johncoby2]

10. We are working on two for auction

One is going to the Harris County Democratic Party in Houston and the other to the Texas Democratic Party for auction.
I am hoping they get a good amount for each. These are 16" in diameter. It can also be put into a round wooden frame.

One of these days I am going to make one for myself! I made on and my brother took it. Another for a wedding present. One for an Obama Delegate.

[Firebrand Gary]

46. Be sure to let us know when they go up for auction =)

[mimi85]

60. Yes please do...

it's absolutely beautiful work. Check out some of the stained glass on Etsy. You could probably get some advice about shipping any pieces. Or go to a art gallery. Or both!

[sad-cafe]

11. that is awesome

how much would you sell them for?

[IrishAyes]

49. Just wanted to say

I also love your username. That's my favorite Eagles song. Possibly the closest they ever got to blues, my favorite genre.

Another fan?

[sad-cafe]

58. absolutely~

Seeing them in November

[IrishAyes]

62. Even when their songs might appear strictly secular on the surface

I've never known a band with deeper theological content. 'Hotel California' is the best description I've ever heard of hell.

'Sad Cafe' is still such a sweet song, though. Otherwise I might not love it so.

[sad-cafe]

65. The Last Resort is a pretty good description of the vultures

"in the name of Jesus"



I love the line in Sad Café " I don't know why fortune smiles on some but lets the rest go free"

[pamela]

12. Nice job!

That's really beautiful. You do nice work.

[Grassy Knoll]

13. Love Him or Hate Him, But The Most Iconic Symbol.....

Of any American President in the History of Presidents.
Nobody will ever be Obama, But bitching about the popularity,
Fox News want's you to think hate Obama is the way to go, so sad
for those sap sucking dogs, ...er viewers.

[a kennedy]

14. That's beautiful, now the question is, do you take requests or orders for other items??

Would love a stained glass sun you know, something like this.....http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pictures+of+stained+glass+suns&sa=X&biw=1371&bih=855&tbm=isch&tbnid=-nfbyPpN6R0z7M:&imgrefurl=http://www.colouredglasses.co.uk/fullsize/sun_.html&docid=16Gy8ljMeoVGGM&imgurl=&w=397&h=400&ei=u9ncUeacKoLIqAHH5YGwBQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:32,s:0,i:185&iact=rc&page=2&tbnh=183&tbnw=209&start=26&ndsp=31&tx=103&ty=85 or this.....http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pictures+of+stained+glass+suns&sa=X&biw=1371&bih=855&tbm=isch&tbnid=FZwbK2Ohz4SjkM:&imgrefurl=http://www.monsterpatterns.com/index.php%3F_a%3DviewProd%26productId%3D1971&docid=K1FSa58kN5jQhM&imgurl=&w=285&h=288&ei=u9ncUeacKoLIqAHH5YGwBQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:47,s:0,i:230&iact=rc&page=2&tbnh=165&tbnw=163&start=26&ndsp=31&tx=75&ty=60

Just curious. the Obama logo really is beautiful.

[calimary]

15. Gorgeous!

Beautifully done!

[nirvana555]

18. Wow! That's beautiful! n/t

[calimary]

20. Welcome to DU, nirvana555!

Glad you're here!

I have always been fascinated by stained glass windows. Must be the Catholic in me. I'd get lost in them during Mass. I still miss the Latin Mass, mainly because everything was so quiet and motionless, and so much of the time was spent in contemplation (or supposed to be). So you could daydream. Church was a GREAT place to daydream - at least for me. The stained glass windows caused the whole insides to be filled with colored light. And there were tons of things to look at - statues with flowing robes and flying cherubs, relief sculptures, demons, gargoyles, paintings, banners, altar decorations, saints and madonnas with all kinds of trims and trappings and symbology - Sheer HEAVEN (pardon the pun)! LOVED all the googaws! And when they lit up that incense, it just put the perfume on the pulse points! We spent a great deal of time at the local Presbyterian church later on because my husband is Presbyterian. Very plain and simple inside. They don't do googaws. Tons of nice people over there, though, and many were friends (still are) and they'd invite me to join because there was so much flexibility and open-mindedness and tolerance over there that I appreciated, and I always had to say "I'll be right over just as soon as you guys finish decorating!"

[IrishAyes]

53. Clever last line

I too preferred the Latin Mass. It's still offered in a few rare places once in a blue moon, from what I hear. Joseph Campbell had plenty to say about the advantages in his conversations with Bill Moyer. Did you happen to catch those shows?

[calimary]

59. Dang! No I didn't. But it was a very nice thing - even though we didn't understand Latin

and we were too young to get into the Latin classes only offered to upperclassmen.

Besides, in our standard Missals, as you opened to any page to follow along with the Mass, one side of the page was in Latin and the English translation was on the other side of the page. So, no problemo!!! I probably learned a little Latin by default simply because of that.

This was when I was in grade school. But I remember it quite fondly. Art major here - so the visual arts factored BIGTIME in my youth. Still do. I even appreciated how the priest spent most of the Mass with his back turned to the congregation, always hunched over the altar behind him. No problem!!! More time for daydreaming! Sort of a "okay, Father, you do your thing over there and I'll do my thing over here and I won't bother you or make noise and you can just do your little thing with your back turned. Go ahead and ignore me. PLEASE go ahead and ignore me ('cause that way, you won't see me - ahem - DAYDREAMING!!!)!!!

AND there was none of this frenetic stand-up/sit-down/kneel/stand-up/kneel/stand-up/sit-down/stand-up/kneel crap all the time - making you get up and down and up and down for what seemed like 90 times per Mass, and you could never just settle in and relax and - well - dammit - DAYDREAM! I felt like a marionette or a bouncing ball half the time. SO annoying! Can't I just kinda sit here for the duration and kinda just hang out and be mellow? And can you light up some more of that neat spicy incense again while yer at it?

Confession time! We used to grab a few of the wafers from the chalice at the back of the church as you entered. You'd pick one, put it it in the chalice because you were going to have it during Communion. We usually pinched a few extra to snack on during the proceedings. Well, they weren't consecrated yet so we figured no harm, no foul. And one of the kids in the neighborhood who was an altar boy said his friends all called them "Jeezits"!!! STILL makes me laugh! All this stuff still makes me laugh!

You do realize why you go to Catholic school, don't you?

To generate material!!!!!!!

[IrishAyes]

64. Priceless

I loved the nuns dearly, though I still called them penguins behind their back.

Odd thing about picking up Latin: I studied it but never quite retained it consciously. But I love Gregorian chants and for some reason seem able to decipher the romance languages just enough to make them out even though I never studied them. I mean I can be pretty sure the text is talking about a marriage or death in a home and not about grave robbers. Makes reading other languages more fun when there's more guesswork involved.

Anyway, daydreaming can in its own way be a form of prayer. I once wrote a funny little piece about all the stuff that typically ran through my head on the way to the altar for communion. Well, I like stream of consciousness stuff.

[calimary]

68. Oh yeah, the nuns! We were all convinced they had no legs! And that they were bald.

No way to tell under those heavy head-to-toe habits.

And I find Gregorian chants utterly intoxicating!!! The weaving, echoing melodies just sort of float you away into this Zen place.

I know that stream of consciousness on the way to Communion. Heck, all through Mass in one way or other. When we weren't flirting with the altar boys, that is. That came a little later.

[IrishAyes]

71. And it was the most fun of all!

[murielm99]

16. I would buy one of those.

Beautiful!

[mzmolly]

17. Beautiful!

[mountain grammy]

19. Very nice. I want one.

[snooper2]

21. what size is that, 12" diameter?

I will buy one ,

I'm being serial LOL---

$30 a pop? $40?

[johncoby2]

22. 16" in diameter. It is substantial size

Unfortunately the price range would be much more than $40. Ive sold very few items that we have made. I made a custom Houston Texan, Greenbay Packers, Texas State Bobcats and others.







And then there is the shipping. How would I do that?

[datasuspect]

29. be careful with the sports team logo stuff.

unless you have license to reproduce, they often will come down very hard on you if they find out.

MLB, NHL, NBA, NFL takes that shit very seriously.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. "And then there is the shipping. How would I do that?"

I'd contact other places online that sell stained or bevelled glass online and ask how they package for shipping.

BTW: The next thing is going to be photo transparency glass.

[romantico]

23. I

I didn't mean to put you on the spot. However, I think many here at DU are prepared to help you make some extra cash if you decide to take orders and make some of these. Very unique and beautiful.Your other work is great also. I bet if you put a link to some of your other stuff up here we here at DU could keep you busy for a while.LOL!

[bunnies]

24. That looks exceptionally well done.

I love stained glass. Thats a beautiful piece. Nice job.

[Aristus]

25. Beautiful!

Excellent marriage of subject and medium.

Well done!

[KT2000]

26. Wow! That is really nice! n/t

[madokie]

27. Cool indeed

I bet the Prez would like to see that.
Probably would even accept it as a gift if you were so inclined
Make his day as well as yours
would be my guess

[reflection]

28. Now if you could just find a way

to work it into one of the windows of your local Baptist church that would be even more awesome.

[IrishAyes]

54. Sure would.

At one time when the woman at the local Catholic church had to give up running the sound system, for some unimaginable reason they briefly offered to let me take over. Until that notion got quashed, I had private dreams of showing up well before services to "test the equipment" with my own CDs - imagine Dylan's rockin' religious series at full blast. It was a beautiful dream.

Given the chance, I would've done it, too. Maybe that's why somebody pulled the plug.

[Demo_Chris]

30. nice!

[cynannmarie]

31. Excellent work!

I know how much time and effort goes into each piece! It's a labor of love.

[boilerbabe]

32. oh the important things that matter in life like Obama logos :eyes:

[Ezlivin]

33. Very nice, but

...it would be nice to have something near it so we can gauge its size.

[DeSwiss]

35. Here's another I found.....

...I believe it might be called Naïve Art:



But the Sushi Obama is my favorite:



K&R

[Spitfire of ATJ]

36. Now all the Dems need is to run a campaign that tops this one....

Either that or twenty years from now everyone is going to be living under Republican rule and reminiscing about the good old days when we actually knew a campaign was a whole package instead of just the candidate.

Everyone has flaws. Make it about the person and the flaws are the issue. Make it about an IDEA and you force the other side to try to counter with their own idea, and since Republicans have no ideas that America wants it makes them try to be the opposite of what's popular.

[reflection]

37. Wrong thread?

[Spitfire of ATJ]

38. Not at all. That Logo is going into the history books....

It's right up there with FDR using "Happy Days Are Here Again" as a campaign song.

The first winning campaign of the 21st Century included a logo that said it all.

"The sun rising over the horizon evoked a new sense of hope."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama_logo

Like I said, we need to TOP that for the next election.

[reflection]

39. Ah! I get it now.

I humbly apologize, my friend. Thank you for explaining to me.

[lupine25]

40. Very nice job!

[Liberal In Texas]

41. That is wonderful.

I agree, you could market these. Probably couldn't keep up with the demand and I'll bet you'd have to charge an arm and a leg.

I'm impressed!

[Scurrilous]

42. Nice!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

43. I do fake stained glass... can I steal your pattern?

this is the last big one I finished. They peel right off and are reusable.

[IrishAyes]

55. Where do you sell them?

I like that idea, so long as the image is not someone else's uncompensated work.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

67. there are hundreds of free patterns on the internet

that one came from a free stained glass pattern site.

I've only sold a few to friends so far, but I might put up a thread in the DU marketplace when I get a good variety built up.

[ReRe]

44. Send it to the White House!

Tell them to send it back if they already have one. That is stunning! "Obama Dinnerware"!

[classof56]

45. Beautiful and well...heartwarming!

Thanks for a feel-good moment!

[IrishAyes]

47. Thank you very much!

Gonna sell those????

[AnotherMcIntosh]

48. It looks good, but needs to be more opaque.

[Number23]

50. Are you selling yet? Do you ship internationally?

[Tarheel_Dem]

51. Excellent! nt

[ctsnowman]

52. Very nice. nt

[wtmusic]

56. Envious.

I always thought that was extremely cool mode of artistic expression.

[AtomicKitten]

57. want

please advise

[Politicub]

61. So pretty in stained glass

Nice work!

[Brigid]

63. Very nice!

[JohnnyRingo]

66. K&R

Beautiful job.
I can tell you do nice work.

[rpannier]

69. Really Nice

Fantastic job
The sky in the background makes it mesmerizing to look at
Just don't show it to any tea baggers they'll claim you placed a crescent moon on the left side

[sinkingfeeling]

70. Great job! Do you have a circle cutter or did you do it by hand?

[Scurrilous]

72. Boink.

[BigD_95]

73. well he has a stained presidentency

so its perfect

[Liberal_in_LA]

74. beautiful

[LukeFL]

75. Where can I buy this? I would really like

To have this hang on my wall. Sell it to me!