The piano design created for 2019 was based on a Tiffany-style stained-glass motif adorned with hummingbirds.

While trying to decide what idea I could come up with this year, I was casually looking at a small Tiffany style desk lamp I have on my desk at work which has a lovely hummingbird design on it.

It’s funny how you never know where inspiration can come from. And then it hit me. Why not make the entire piano look like a Tiffany lamp?! I imagined how spectacular this effect could look covering the entire instrument. This would also tie in to my love of Art Deco and craftsman style 20th century design.

I used paint to render the individual facets of the glass and tried to mimic a textured 3d effect for the outline segments surrounding them using a special black acrylic paint that dries solid with a raised effect (much like the lead of a stained glass design would hold the glass pieces together).

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The piano went on to be placed at a fabulous location outside of Lincoln Center  for the public to enjoy.