Under His Eye Stained Glass Panel
 
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This beautiful copper-foiled stained glass panel was handmade by Tamara Goldsmith in her Portland, OR studio. This piece was made with a variety of types and colors of stained glass, mottled blues for the background, greens for the eye, white for the hat, deep reds for the cloak and baroque for the skin. This piece is about the Handmaid's Tale, a book and movie about the struggle of women in a fictional, Orwellian dictatorship where women are owned and bred to be sex slaves "Under his Eye" in a bleak part of the world where a patriarchal fascism and religious furvor has taken over. It is an important piece for me, in light of the reality of our "free" society where women's rights are slowly being stripped away. It is a terrifying reminder never to let the bastards bring you down.
 
The piece measures 12” wide and 14" tall. With the chain, it's about 20 inches from the top of the chain to the bottom of the piece.
 
60/40 lead/tin solder was used, thus special care is suggested when cleaning/handling suncatchers containing lead. Lead is only dangerous when inhaling lead dust or ingesting significant quantities over time. There is no health threat to owning a stained glass window containing lead.
All pieces are carefully wrapped to prevent breakage during domestic shipping.