Friday, 26 December 2014

Stained glass Christmas gifts

Now the dust and turkey have settled on Christmas, thought I would post a couple of our more interesting present projects. 
The customer came to see if it would be possible to make a glass heart and place some ashes from a much loved pet dog, sadly recently deceased and cremated, in a smaller heart in the centre. There are hundreds of different ways people deal with the ashes of a loved one, but a common theme is retaining a small amount as a keepsake, and this looked like a really beautiful way of preserving them. 
The heart was to hang on a wall with many other hearts, so we decided to back it with thin mirrored glass, the central heart would be cut out of the main red one, and a clear glass heart would be mounted proud, capping the central space filled with the ashes. The whole project would be copper foiled and left in a silver finish. 
It is a stunning and very personal way to keep a loved ones memory close to heart. 

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