Orchids Arched window panel

My arched stained glass panel represents the orchids I love and grow here in Florida.   This is an original creation, measuring 50.5 inches wide x 21 inches at tallest point of the arch. I used 60/40 solder, copper foil, and I reinforced the panel well, using Re-Strip in each of the 4 panes, running it horizontally. Plus, I used Re-Strip around the outside of the two outer sides and bottom (continuously) around the entire panel before framing with u-channel came.  For added stability, I tinned heavy-duty copper wire and soldered it onto the side facing outdoors, running two lengths of this reinforcement, extending vertically from bottom to top. Actually, I made two such rods, running along vertical lines of the two middle stained glass panes.  These cannot be seen from outside the window nor from inside the house. The panel is mounted inside the transom window over my front door. I designed the arch to match the size and shape of the arched panes of the actual window. The panel hangs from the end-loops of the continuous length of Re-Strip that I soldered to the right, bottom and left edges of the panel, before the u-channel came frame was soldered in place. About the design:  I grow orchids and love nature. I’ve included the cattleya orchid, Ghost orchid, the vanda, paphiopedilum, and phalenopsis. Also, the Snowy Egret, often seen in my yard along the water’s edge.  There's a huge live oak outside in the distance, so looking at this stained glass panel, with the oak limb covered with orchids, is like glimpsing beauty in the tree top of the actual tree.

• reinforced panel re-strip u-channel