After finding a chrome chain and silver cord to match and hanging it to test, the final assembled piece totally exceeded my wildest expectations, and it was one of very few times I actually sat back and admired my own work. The response to it online was also overwhelming, and received the most "likes" of anything I have posted so far on both my personal Facebook page and Instagram, as well as the several art and stained glass groups I belong to. It currently hangs in my apartment/studio, but either this exact piece or the next clear/chrome piece I will be making similar to it (but with patterned flat architectural glass scraps instead of crystals) will be shipped to Finland, where I will then be teaching private stained glass lessons to its purchaser for three months this coming Summer.
