Hanging Sunflower Head Design 2

This is a stunning interpretation of one type of sunflower which has been designed to hang in your home, ideally in a window or against a mirror.  It will bring it's sensational 'wow' factor to wherever you choose to hang it.

It is made using a variety of shades of amber glass some textured, some smooth. 

Each petal and the 2 central circles were cut out from sheets of stained glass, ground smooth around the edges and copper foiled.  The circles were copper foiled and soldered together then each petal was bead soldered. before being soldered to the centre, in two layers, so each petal slightly overlapped with the ones underneath, on either side. 

Hidden hoops were made and soldered to the back of the sunflower head  so the nylon line could be threaded though them to hang it up. 

 

The process starts with drawing out and cutting about 40/45  petals  from the a range of textured stained glass in a variety of shades of amber and yellow.  

Each petal is ground smooth ready to be copper-foiled and bead soldered. 

The centre is made from two pieces of differently textured stained glass chosen to compliment the selection of petals for the particular sunflower. They are each cut and ground smooth, copper foiled and bead soldered. 

The design of the final piece will then commence, which is the reaaly enjoyable part, with all the pieces being carefully chosen and positioned to create the final design of petals around the centre. They are all bead soldered together and two hand made hoops attached in a discret place at the back of the flower head, to give a place for the chain or nylon cord to be threaded through.

The final piece will then be thoroughly washed and dried before a copper patina is applied, and then the final polish.

Stained glass of different textures and shades of amber,  copper foil, solder,

approximately 10"/27 cm diameter