Molly,
That is awesome!
I work with glass also, but am only a novice that has done a few (very few) stained glass projects. I like to design my own. I had a real beaut going and my dad decided to lean it up against the wall. It fell and totally came apart. I may never be able to put it back together.
I want to try fusing. I took a class a while back and made a dropped vase but they did the firing.
I like what you are doing with the sculpture. I'll have to try something like that. I like being spontaneous like that. I just never have much time to do my art with being gone 12 hours 5 days a week.