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Stained Glass Dalek Sundial

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Woo! First submitted Deviation! Made this a couple of years ago, and having been a member here for two weeks now, I thought it was high time I did something other than just lounge round commenting.
Before I get onto some technical wibbling, I must stress that I DO NOT OWN THE DALEKS. The copyright belongs to the BBC and the estate of the late great Terry Nation, may he rest in peace.
Ok, technical stuff time!
The 'cartoon' (The Dalek bit) was made with fused glass with a 'coefficient of expansion' of 96. This was fired at 1450F. The characters for the motto and numerals were done in Rausch black lining and fired at 1200F. The stuff holding all the bits of glass together is lead caming, which has been soldered at the joins.
The dial is vertically oriented and declines (faces) south. It is specifically designed for the lat. and long. of North Staffordshire (53N, 2.26W). The size of the piece is 30x38cm (12x15 inches). The motto, 'Daleks Vincit Omnia' translates as "Daleks Conquer All" - the irony being, of course, that they never do, thanks to some crazy person in a police box...
I designed this piece and did about 75% of the actual work on it, with guidance from my grandfather (bless 'im), who is very knowledgeable about stained glass sundials. This is my first, and so far only, stained glass piece. The photo you see here was taken a few hours after the dial's completion.
Whoo, wall o' text! Sorry 'bout that. Hope you wonderful folks like this offering. :D

EDIT 07/04/2013: Now on tumblr: [link] Please don't steal, repost, etc
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