More stained glass hearts

Continuing the Christmas present theme, and stained glass hearts, daughter No1 hit me with a request earlier in the year. One of her best friends absolutely loves hearts and has a massive collection which covers an entire wall in her house. Each year they make each other a Christmas present, and this year she wanted to make a heart in stained glass. It had to include a rose, her middle name and be in red. Okidoki, this would be a simple project, but would involve a short course in stained glass. 

The design was soon completed and would be a thin walled classic heart with a painted red rose hanging in the centre. I cut, painted, enamelled and fired the rose in plenty of time, this would be beyond a "crash course" and I wanted to get that bit ready in plenty of time. Meanwhile I had a visit from the husband of the heart lady with a design of his own. Unfortunately the rose design was on the board at the time and the cat was out of the bag. So we had two very similar projects for the same lady, how good us that!

Daughter No1 is a very busy teacher in Portsmouth, so the heart was left to the very last minute. It's testament to her abilities rather than my instructional skills that she was able to cut a complicated shape, copper foil and solder it all together in a single afternoon. The result is an absolutely stunning gift. Well done Em.