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One of my dreams is to have a koi pond in my backyard. I love koi fish for their colorful stripes and graceful movements in the water. Since it is a pipe-dream for now, I thought it the next best thing would be a large gazing ball with lots of koi swimming around it. Here is a page from my sketch book of some koi and lily pads that I used as a model sheet.
Images of the lily pads and koi are transferred to a 3-D model (a small basketball wrapped in masking tape). Top of sphere is shown in this picture. Model is sitting next to 15" concrete ball (hollow inside; rubber playground ball wrapped with fiberglass tape and 2 layers of concrete). I decided to start with the bottom first. Top will be covered with smalti.
Top and bottom of the gazing ball, with the lily pads completed in several shades of green stained glass. Top has dragonflies in smalti (including gold smalti)
Here are some of the fish in progress, before adding the background.
Sphere before grouting. Background completed; all pieces attached.
