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An escutcheon [e-scuch’-en] is a shield or shieldlike surface on which a coat of arms is displayed. It makes a very impressive wall hanging, especially if it is on your wall – and made by you. Just look at it!

This is a great sculpture for those of you who are good traditional (two-dimensional) glass crafters, but have been afraid to move up to three-dimensional creations. As you can tell from the photo on the previous page, the Royal Eagle is mostly traditional; the wings and tail are flat, with turned up wing- and tail-tips. The three-dimensional head-and-beak is easy to construct. There are no Master Seams and no legs to assemble. It should be a piece of cake to complete. Time is the only thing you need. Use iridized glass and you will have the finest wall hanging you can imagine!

The Royal Eagle is twenty-eight inches high and twenty-two inches wide. The head extends six inches. It is made of 295 pieces of glass. It has a Comparative Time Rating of 7.1. Judging by numbers alone, it is not a difficult piece to make. The fun part is the beautifully shaped eagle’s head with its scowling deep-set eyes and partially opened beak. The urethane Bodiform takes all of the hard work out of creating it, so it really is fun.

The Royal Eagle Kit comes with everything you need to create a beautiful work of art; everything, that is, except the glass, foil, solder, flux, and rebars.

(Non-standard needs: beveled grinding bit, 2 dozen T-pins, 1 dozen rubber bands, rubber dishwashing gloves.)

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This is a page from the Instruction Manual, to give you an idea of how to put the Royal eagle together.

You have received a urethane Bodiform on which to make the head and beak. The only Master Seam (which you do not solder on), is the separation between the beak and the head.

You will solder all the pieces of the head together, and all the pieces of the beak together and both segments will be on the Bodiform at the same time. But you are not to solder the beak to the body until later!

On Template 3 is an oval shape. Affix this template to a piece of firm cardboard. Cut it the cardboard. Glue or staple the cardboard to the flat back of the Bodiform.

When you are positioning the first row of glass, each piece will rest on the cardboard and will provide an even finishing line to the back of the head. You will be working around the head, moving closer and closer to the eyes. Use rubber bands and pins to hold the pieces in position. Test each template on the Bodiform before you cut the glass.

The templates for the head are on Template Sheet 13. The templates for the beak are in the upper left hand corner of Template Sheet 1. You may cut off this section from the sheet. There are no lefts or rights to the head or beak pieces. Start with template 1, and continue working around the head to template 81.

The pieces for the eyes (62 on the left side and 70 on the right side) should fit into the spaces fairly tightly. The eye sockets are recessed. When you start working with the pieces of glass that surround the eye sockets, do not solder them to the eye socket! Use some Tacky Wax (see >Secrets: Tacky Wax) to hold the two eye sockets in position. Continue with the head until you have finished with all the pieces (up to and including 81).

(Note: the photos that accompany the Kit are reproduced in black-and-white.)

After you open the carton, look at the contents, and read the instructions, if you think you are incapable of completing the sculpture, pack it up in the same box and ship it back to us within two weeks of receipt. We will refund the full cost of the kit!