With the official start of the Christmas season starting on Friday, I thought I would share some the new pendants I made for the holiday season. The first are variations of my window pendants that include bits of nipped glass or glass chards and holiday fracture/streamer glass.
When I purchased the fracture/streamer glass, I noticed that there were bits that didn't include enough green or red, so I augmented the glass with bits of red and green glass confetti or chards. The pendants with the fracture streamer are on the right.
The second style of pendants are a variation on my wire wrapped heart pendant, adapted for Christmas of course!
I first make frit balls out of red glass as the ornaments. Next I tack fuse them to the base glass before I grind a channel to hold the wire and refire them to polish the glass. Then I wire wrap the pendant and finish by adding a red Swarovski crystal to the bottom and silver star to the top. The above picture is of my prototype, which didn't include the star as I was still waiting for them to arrive.
While I don't have any holiday sweaters, I do have a green sweater and a red cardigan that I wear during the holidays. I'm looking forward to adding the pendants for a more festive appearance.
My husband especially likes the Christmas trees. Let me know what you think. And, happy holidays!
Can you fuse hair into fused glass to preserve it?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. The hair would burn up as the glass is heated.
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