glasssnake, common name for the snakelike legless lizards of the genus Ophisaurus found in the S and central United States and in Eurasia.
The tail of a glasssnake breaks easily from the body, either whole or in pieces, if struck; the lizard regenerates a new, usually shorter, tail without a real backbone.
Strictly speaking, all coloured glass is “stained,” or coloured by the addition of various metallic oxides while it is in a molten state; nevertheless, the term stained glass has come to refer primarily to the glass employed in making ornamental or pictorial...
Glass has been made into practical and decorative objects since ancient times, and it is still very important in applications as disparate as building construction, housewares, and telecommunications.
As a form of painting on colored glass that permits light to pass through it—instead of drawing on or coloring a surface that reflects light—stained glass is set apart from nearly all other arts in two dimensions.
Free stained glass patterns are also useful for making small projects such as suncatchers and candleholders, or larger project like panel lamps and full windows.
Online free stained glass patterns are especially useful because they can be printed to the size that you desire using standard computer graphics programs - you don't have to scan them, it's already done for you.
The most ambitious stained glass pattern is the 'Wisteria and Chickadees' window, with over 1500 pieces (I have made a smaller oval with fewer pieces containing the same design elements, also).
glasssnake, common name for the snakelike legless lizards of the genus
The tail of a glasssnake breaks easily from the body, either whole or in pieces, if struck; the lizard regenerates a new, usually shorter, tail without a real backbone.
Like other lizards, and unlike snakes, the glasssnake has eyelids and ear openings.
The use of dichroic glass in jewelry has exploded of late and you'll find a wide array of prices and quality available.
If you look at a lot of dichroic glass we believe you will find that the quality of our work, our originality, style and finish, the diversity of products and our sense of color are unsurpassed among contemporary glass artists.
Because of you, Glass Orchids has grown over the past 10 years so that we now have several employees, 4 websites and our own small gallery.
Snake River Brewing - Jackson Hole Wyoming's Brew Pub
We have spent the last few months revamping and creating our new secure online store for all your Snake River Brewing needs as well as a new email list called the SRB Tap Line so you can stay up to date on all the new brews, merchandise, events and other SRB happenings.
Snake River Brewing opened its doors in March of 1994, after remodeling an old cinder block warehouse in downtown Jackson Hole.
