Libby Daniele

A small stained glass snail made with two types of green glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it.

A small stained glass snail made with brown (shell) and marigold yellow (body) glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it.

A small stained glass snail made with two types of light blue glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it.

A small stained glass snail made with tan (shell) and deep red (body) glass and black patina. The snail is being held up in front of a neutral wall, with plants below it.

I love snails so much 🥹
#stainedglass #snails

Group photo of stained glass hearts with hot dogs in the center. Hearts are pastel blue, green, purple, and iridescent clear. Hot dogs are painted with different combinations of ketchup and mustard.

Two stained glass pieces - light green hearts with hot dogs in the center. Pieces sit on a white paper plate, with a red and white checkered table cloth beneath it.

Two stained glass pieces - light blue hearts with hot dogs in the center. Pieces sit on a white paper plate, with a red and white checkered table cloth beneath it.

Two stained glass pieces - light purple hearts with hot dogs in the center. Pieces sit on a white paper plate, with a red and white checkered table cloth beneath it.

I chose some additional pastel glass colors for this round of hot dog hearts, and I had no idea they would end up being this cute and pretty! 🥹
#hotdog #stainedglass

I decided I’m keeping my Garfield piece because I’m pretty sure it’s the best thing I’ve ever made #stainedglass #garfield

🌭 HOT DOG!!! 🌭

This sunburst diving beetle panel is definitely one of the most “me” pieces I’ve made so far - I was super happy with how it came out (and mildly devastated when someone purchased it at Bug Fair lol but I’m glad it went to a good home!)

A stained glass panel depicting three orange California poppies (one closed, one partially open, and one fully open). The panel is an oval shape and has a textured blue glass background, with vibrant orange glass used for the poppies. The panel is finished with black patina, and wire details for the center of the open poppy. It is being held by the artist’s hand, with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.

I’m seeing so many (real life) poppies blooming in CA right now, so I thought I’d share my stained glass version 😎
#stainedglass #californiapoppy

Three stained glass snails stand in a line outdoors on a concrete path with plants behind them. From left to right: a light pink snail with white iridescent shell, a deep yellow snail with a brown streaky shell, and an off-white mottled snail with a red streaky shell. Each snail is finished with black patina, wire antennae and shell swirl, and a painted eyeball (which despite not technically being very accurate, is very cute.)

Snail meeting, snail meeting!

A set of 3 stained glass pieces sitting on a white notebook page with a pothos plant nearby. Each piece is made up of one yellow, one amber, and one dark amber hexagon made from textured glass. The pieces are finished with black patina and a black chain hanger.

The same set of stained glass pieces from the first image - one of the honeycomb pieces is being held at an angle to the notebook so that the glass refractions are visible.

Sweet little honeycombs I made for my display at Sea Hive Mini here in San Diego 🍯

A stained glass panel in the shape of a pug’s head. The stained glass is black, dark brown, and fawn/tan colored to represent a classic pug color scheme. The pug also has painted eye details, and a light pink tongue. The pug looks happy and has many solder lines giving the illusion of wrinkles. The piece is finished with black patina and a black hanging chain. It’s held up in front of a pale green wall, with a spider plant behind it, and is front-lit with natural light making the subtle bumpy texture of the black glass visible.

I made this pug for a cat & dog themed art show. I’ve wanted to make one forever, so I was thrilled about the theme 😊

Three oval stained glass beetle panels sitting on a window sill, backlit by natural light. Each panel has an amber frame and has different colors / textures of glass. Left to right: black iridescent beetle with white wispy background and red gem, dark green iridescent beetle with clear textured background and dark blue gem, light green beetle with light blue textured background and purple gem.

The same three beetle panels from the first image arranged to overlap each other slightly on a white tissue paper background. The iridescent glass is more visible in this photo, and there is a pothos vine along the side of the image.

Lil beetle panels, can’t wait to make these in tons or colors! 🪲

Just a handful of frogs 🐸

A tray filled with stained glass work-in-progress: a light green beetle panel with blue background and amber frame, several black eyed Susan flowers (two orange, two yellow, two white, one pink) with black centers and dark green leaves. Glass has been cut and ground, and rests on a paper towel lined tray which is being held next to a window with several plants in the background.

I love when my work-in-progress is super colorful 🌈
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Stained glass panel: pill shaped frame with a toucan’s profile depicted in monochromatic blue shades. The piece hangs by its chain in a window with a vining floral plant in the background.

The same stained glass toucan panel from photo one in front of a neutral wall next to a window and above a pothos plant

The same stained glass toucan panel from photo one laying on a plain neutral background

Blue toucan (blue-can?) throwback 💙🩵

A stained glass moth (about 3 inches wide) with light yellow wings, a white center, and black patina. It has painted black eyes and a yellow / white lemon slice pattern painted on the wings, with wire antennae. It has a fishing line hanger and is being held next to a window (slightly backlit) with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.

A stained glass moth (about 3 inches wide) with light green wings, a white center, and black patina. It has painted black eyes and a green / white lime slice pattern painted on the wings, with wire antennae. It has a fishing line hanger and is being held next to a window (slightly backlit) with a neutral wall and a pothos plant behind it.

Lemon lime moth bbs!

Got a chance to remake this Cosmic Cosmos piece as a commission earlier this year and I loved it just as much the second time 🥰
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A small trapezoidal stained glass panel (skinny side up) depicting a dark colored spider hanging from a web, its front legs grasping onto a purple and green forget-me-not bud with two bright blue, white, and yellow forget-me-not flowers filling in the bottom of the shape. The background is textured iridescent clear glass, and it’s finished with black patina. It’s held in front of a neutral wall with a pothos plant below it.

The same stained glass piece from image one standing on a white windowsill, slightly backlit, with a tan stucco wall and foxtail agave visible through the window.

The same stained glass panel from image one being held up outdoors to be backlit by the sun. The blue sky and tan stucco walls of the neighboring buildings are visible on either side.

My contribution to the 2025 community project by @korinaoswald.bsky.social + AGG. I named this design “Remember Me Always” - a little play on the forget-me-not flowers. My little spider will be combined with pieces from hundreds of artists to create one amazing group piece! #stainedglass

A square-shaped stained glass panel with bright silver solder lines and rounded corners. There is a light pink wispy background with deeper pink four-sided stars. A light champagne colored sheep leaps through white clouds in the foreground. The sheep has wire curls to represent its wool, a big cute eye, and a rosy cheek. The panel is held up by the artist’s hand in front of a light green wall, with a spider plant hanging in the background.

Who is she(ep)? 💖🐑

I’m working on a dreamy sheep panel this week. Seeing just this teeny little face on the tray when I cured the painted details was silly 😅

Four photos are tiled together into one image. Each photo shows one piece of art glass leaning on a windowsill with a white and botanical-print curtain next to it. The glass is backlit by natural light. From top left to bottom right: textured translucent natural light green, translucent textured navy blue, translucent textured teal blue, and semi-translucent wispy white glass.

I love choosing glass for a new design - taking a moment to appreciate it in the window instead of tucked away on the shelf is the best 😊
#stainedglass

Strawberry stained glass moth with wire antennas; light pink glass wings with red strawberries with green leaves painted on them, and a white glass center with black eyes. The moth has a clear fishing line hanger, there’s a neutral wall and a pothos plant in the background.

Blueberry stained glass moth with wire antennas; light blue glass wings with blueberries and green leaves painted on them, and a white glass center with black eyes. The moth has a clear fishing line hanger, there’s a neutral wall and a pothos plant in the background.

Fruit = cute, I’m excited to make more of these lil fruit moths soon!
🍓☺️🫐
#stainedglass

Libby (the artist) stands at her outdoor market booth in a yellow t-shirt on a sunny day. She is behind a set of 3 tables arranged in horseshoe shape. Each table is covered with a white table cloth with yellow stripes. There is a large green pop up canopy, and a green and gold sign in front of the table that says “Botanic Beetle.” Various pieces of stained glass are displayed on each table.

Nothing like a fun market with tons of lovely people to chat with on a beautiful San Diego day 😎☀️
#stainedglass #sandiego

You’re my hero for this 😂

Two unfinished rubber duck stained glass pieces sit on top of a rack of stained glass sheets in an array of colors. The first piece is an opaque yellow duck with an orange beak, surrounded on the bottom with streaky white and blue bubbles. The second piece is an opaque medium-purple duck with a deep yellow beak, surrounded on the bottom with streaky white and light purple bubbles. The pieces are at the copper foil step, meaning there is copper foil tape wrapped and burnished around each section of glass but they have not yet been soldered together. They’re temporarily held in place with tan masking tape, which peeks out behind each piece.

A few duckies in progress this week! I’d love to make them in all sorts of color combos eventually 💛🫧
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Stained glass panel depicting a hot dog with bun and mustard, diagonally displayed over a heart shaped background. The background is divided into red and white squares like checkered a picnic table cloth. Alternating squares are painted with streaky red or white paint and floral designs to mimic the intersections of each color in the fabric. The piece is held up by the artist’s hand, there is a pothos plant and a neutral wall in the background.

Oh hot dog
I love you so!
What’s inside?
I do not know.
It could be heartburn,
But even so…
You always set
My heart aglow

(Thanks for letting me be weird 😂) #stainedglass

A stained glass panel with an iridescent white background depicting two tan snails with brown shells, each sitting on top of a red mushroom with white vertical line design on the cap and white base. The snails each drink from their own pink striped straws leading to a pink milkshake in the center with a cherry and whipped cream on top. The ground of the scene is made of light green mottled glass, there is a set of 3 ants painted on the ground holding up the milkshake. The piece is behind held up by the artist’s hand, with greenery in the background and natural light.

The same snail stained glass panel as described the previous photo, held by the artist’s hand in front of a birds nest fern, slightly backlit by the window behind the plant

The same snail stained glass panel as described in the first image, held up to the sky by the artist’s hand. The piece is glowy and backlit. The sky is clear and blue, with a tan apartment building in the bottom of the frame.

These snails are on a date 🐌💖🥹
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Two stained glass pieces: a sunny side up egg (white streaky glass with deep yellow center) and a green zebra tomato (streaky light green with dark green leaves) hang in a kitchen window, backlit by natural light. There is a flowering black eyed Susan vine covering the fence outside of the window filling the background, it has white flowers with black centers and medium green leaves. There are a few small plants and succulents on the windowsill below the stained glass pieces.

A close up on the edge of the stained glass egg, showing a very small jagged crack at the edge of the white glass.

My poor little eggy had a tiny crack so it’s going to have a permanent home in my kitchen (with my green zebra tomato that nobody loved 😭 I get it though… that was a little niche lol)

Stained glass pieces displayed in stacks of two each, shown from a low diagonal angle. Arranged (from top to bottom): pink and white cake with a red cherry, red heirloom tomatoes, sunny side up eggs, apple pies with painted apple designs on the white pie dish, bok choy, croissants, and persimmons. The picture is lit naturally from a large window to the top left, the pieces sit on a woven yellow placemat with a Christmas cactus in a terracotta pot in the background.

It’s so satisfying to see a set of finished pieces all together, especially since stained glass requires so many steps. I made these foodie cuties for a local kitchen shop called Home Ec, I have so much fun making food themed pieces for them 🥰

I’m grateful that there are so many steps in the stained glass process I can work on without power since mine’s out all day. The “to be ground” pile is judging me for cutting more pieces though 😅

#stainedglass #stainedglassartist

Today I woke up sore and I think it was from just going through/moving around all of my supplies and piles to get the right shipping materials together yesterday 😂 to be fair it was quite a lot of effort but still…

Several sheets of stained glass backlit by the sun including textured iridescent glass, various yellow hues, bright pink, greens, and warm whites. The glass is stood up vertically in a rack (below the frame of the photo) with a sunny window, plants, and artwork on the wall behind it.

Lots of fun glass colors/textures ready to be used in the pieces I’m working on this week 🥳