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ART OF STAINED GLASS Suncatchers are among the most popular hobby projects, because they contain few pieces, do not pose technical challenges, and can dress up a craft booth at a fair with affordable items. They are limited to naive subject matters: dragonflies, fruit, ladybugs, angels, flowers, butterflies, hummingbirds, Christmas themed, etc. They are often displayed in kitchen windows, or in children's bedrooms. Their decorative value is minimal, and fleeting; their modest price and small sizes places them in the category of disposable items in people's minds.   There is an un-tapped potential in suncatchers that are stylish. Rather than limit yourself to cartoonish insects and birds, connect with the way people are decorating their homes. Draw inspiration from furniture catalogues and furniture stores, they are brimming with fashionable fabrics, metal wall decorations, and accessories that you can attempt to match in your suncatchers. You may need to think outside the box, and use a variety of materials; wires, beads, crystals, copper, etc. They need not be more complicated, or expensive to produce and to sell, only to be a better fit with how an adult person would choose to decorate their homes. 
You can see below what kind of suncatchers the fashionable images above may inspire: 
You may download the patterns in a zip file |