Every season I make a new type of ornament and expand my holiday coaster selection. Here's my new ornament for this year:
This wreath is made from crushed glass frit that I made myself. I used a combination of opaque and transparent glass and formed the shape using a round cookie cutter and then pushed the glass around a bit to fill in the gaps. The red balls are made from coarse red frit that's been fired at 1500 degrees. The ornament is tack fused at 1350 degrees with a round wired loop that used for the hanger. For my first attempt, I thought I could drill a hole but the fragility of the tack fused, crushed glass wouldn't withstand the pressure of the drill. I'm happy with how this turned out as the texture of the glass gives the wreath more dimension.
Last year I made these fused glass coasters in red (which is still my favorite), but this year I expanded the color spectrum to include an olive and Christmas green. The clear glass "fracture & streamer" glass already included red and green but I augmented the glass with red and green confetti (thin glass chards) to add more color. It turns out that these colors were just as popular as the red one.
As Christmas is just around the corner, I wanted to wish you and your family a very blessed and joyous holiday.
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