Glass Holly Wreath

 

You may remember that last Christmas I went to West Dean and learnt how to copper foil by making some lovely glass stars.

I had lots of ideas for what I could do with this skills and did try some stuff out but life got in the way, like it does, and I sort of forgot what to do and gave up a bit.

 

However, when looking at the glass stars course last year there was another one I was very tempted by, and when I saw it was running again this year, I quickly signed up before it sold out - a glass holly wreath.

So today I was back at West Dean, for the last time this year, to learn how to make a glass wreath.

 

The wreath consists of 28 holly leaves, so while it could be a tedious process making all the leaves, it was actually the perfect project to remind myself how to cut the glass, apply the foil and then the solder. 

In the process I hope I built a bit of muscle memory too to help me get back to some of my other projects.

 

While not quite as laid back as the star project, as there were many more pieces and the curved cuts were a little harder to master, it was still a nice project to spend the day on.

I'm dead chuffed with how it came out and I know exactly where I'll be hanging it.  But while the stars have managed to stay out all year, I think this one will be going away with the Christmas decs in Jan.