You may know the story of Peter and the Wolf- the Russian symphony for children where all the characters are represented by instruments. When the designer for our garden, James Sprague heard the theme for this year's garden show was music, he immediately settled on this story as the theme of his display, and when he asked me to put artwork into it I immediately thought of glass instruments to show for the characters!
Not only did I do that, but I wanted to create illustrations of this story with Pate de Verre.
What you see in the gateway between "grandpa's" garden and the "wilderness" are glass panels of this technique that show each of the characters in the story playing their respective instrument. There are two more panels in the doorway to the house that function as windows as well.
The chimes are made of a glass flute with birds flying around it to represent the Bird in the tree
The tea lights resemble the timpani drums which represent the Hunters.
The glass cattails in the pond are shaped as pieces of an oboe which represents the duck.
The greenhouses are in Grandpa's garden. They do not represent an instrument but are functional, and yes, everything is for sale. If you are interested in purchasing or commissioning artwork, please send me an e-mail at eden@edenloyalrivers.com
