The stained-glass panels

When we moved into our Canberra home (1985) the front door was accompanied on one side by two translucent, yellow, glass panels. Very 1970s.
Well, the feature went well with the Mission Brown window frames and roof tiles.
Again....very 1970s, and a decor enhanced (?!) by the dark-red laminated bench-tops in the kitchen and bathrooms.

My wife had just taken up an interest in stained glass/lead-lighting....creating her own from various designs.
This was proper, legitimate lead-lighting work, not the faux stuff that can be bought now, where decals and paint are applied and the "lead" is actually a stick-on rib of plastic material.

Her first attempt, a panel of about 2 feet by 18 inches, is still in our garage.
The learning process continued and finally she felt confident enough (1986) to "go public" and decided to create two panels to replace the yucky yellow items at the front entry.

We can't take them with us, unfortunately, but last night I turned the porch light on and, for the first time in almost 30 years, took some photos with the lead-light panels back-lit.

They are reproduced below, one above the other, as they appear in real life.

I'm going to miss them but my wife has resumed her interest in lead-lighting and copper-foiling and intends getting back into it after we settle in Yamba, so maybe one day our new home will feature some of her work.