Design, Fabrication, and Text by Leslie Gibbs

Photography by Jon Gibbs

A 12" x X" free-form stained glass panel with a mama manatee and her calf. A frit mixture can be fired onto the tops of the bodies to represent algae, if desired. Bubbles are then added to the top of the mama using assorted sea-colored glass nuggets and gems before completing the panel assembly. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

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