Ravishing Red Stained Glass Hanging Poppy Head

This beautiful flower is an amazing addition to any window or mirror in your home. It will bring it's sensational 'hit' of red to wherever you choose to hang it.

It is made from a fabulous piece of stained glass which has been made with an uneven spread of red colouring and an undulating, uneven surface which helps to give the right appearance for this the petals.  

It should be positioned against a surface which will not move, to avoid damage to the petals.  

The process starts with drawing out and cutting five petals from the same randomly textured stained glass and then carefully reshaping each one individually so the general shape develops into a more uneven edging,  to help to give the effect of a crinkled petal with movement. Each piece is then reshaped in more detail and ground smooth ready to be copper-foiled and bead soldered. 

Then all the pieces are combined with the copper-foiled and soldered glass nugget, which forms the centre. 

The whole piece is  bead soldered together, the central hoops are made and attached to the centre for the nylon line to be attached two more hoops are made and attched to the back of two petal edges to allow the poppy head to hang in the right position.    The middle section has extra solder added to represent the stamens before the whole piece is  thoroughly washed,  treated with black patina and polished.

Textured stained glass, a glass nugget, wire, copper foil, solder, wire  , black patina, polish.  

The flower head is approximately 8" / 20.5cm in diameter.