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Inspirational photo
Inspirational photo
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Bobbie Long gets a lot of her inspiration
for stained glass designs from scuba
diving. Here are two original photos that
lead the way for her art.
Catching the
Light
Stained glass adds personal touch to a room
Story By Kristi Ritter
Photos by Paul Litman
Deep under the ocean, Bobbie Long finds
a world of amazing creatures and vivid
colors to stimulate her senses. Scuba diving
introduces her to brightly colored fish, fast
moving sea horses and graceful sea turtles
that swim among unique scenery, making
for beautiful photographs and, ultimately,
inspiration for her stained glass art.
“Diving is what I do for me, for my own
enjoyment,” she said, and the stained glass is
a way to show her discoveries from under
the water.
Art has always been in Long’s life,
beginning with painting at age 4 and
progressing throughout school. Although
she studied computers in college to be able to
“make a steady living,” she said, combining
computers and art allows her to use both
sides of her brain.
Stained glass wasn’t something she
thought about, until about eight years ago
when she took a class. From that experience
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“The Tiffany
style allows
you to get
more intricate
in the design.
But any way
you look at it,
they are just
like putting
together big
puzzles.”
Bobbie Long
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Bobbie Long shows how the different glass and texture can influence an art piece.
Left: Cutting the glass takes practice, but after eight years of cutting Long has a
knack for the art. However, there are days that cutting just doesn’t flow so Long just
needs to take a step away.
Once the pieces of glass in the Tiffany style have been
edged in copper, they are fit together and nailed along
the outside to hold everything in place to be soldered.
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she discovered how much she enjoyed cutting
and piecing together glass to make an image
that captures light and glows from with