Gallery Glass Peacock above the entry door

I promised that I would show you some bigger projects, so at the risk of you thinking that I'm more than slightly deranged--here is the biggest picture I've ever done. It was so wide that I had to order a special piece of 6' wide plexiglas to get it large enough. Even then --getting a pattern of the palladium window was a trick because I had to stand almost on top of a 10" ladder just to press the paper all the way around. The bad news-- it wasn't very accurate and after I got the piece leaded and painted, it wouldn't fit into the opening. So I tried to trim the finished piece and force it into the opening and it cracked the plastic. I managed to wedge it into the space however, and took the picture at the bottom --from the floor. I apologize for the poor image of the window, but I think you can see that I have a very compulsive nature when it comes to using Gallery Glass in my home. 

You can see the position of the large Tiffany lamp fixture in this photograph. That's why I couldn't take a shot straight on--from the landing at the top of the stairs. From that vantage point, the fixture was square in the middle of the scene. I had to include the entire picture because you really can't appreciate what a feat this was-- without seeing the height of the entry and the LADDER I had to stand on. It frightened all the dogs and small children away. I really don't know how I did it. I was younger then. I wouldn't climb to the top of that ladder now for all the pearls in the ocean!
I'll bet you're wondering why I didn't take a picture of it before I tried to mount it. I'm wondering that myself. Unfortunately, these are the only shots that I have of the project. When I moved to another residence, we removed the plexiglas from the entry window and stored it against a wall in the basement of my present home. The crack that I mentioned above-- continued to run across the plastic under the paint--and broke completely in the middle. The top folded over and the paint on the top half of the window glued itself to the bottom half. I was pretty distraught when I found it. Can anyone think of a use for a 60" plexiglas sandwich?