Hanging Sunflower Head Design 1

The process starts with drawing out and cutting well over 30  or 40 petals  from the a range of textured stained glass in a variety of shades of amber and yellow, depending upon whether a single or double layer of petals is required.

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 and copper foiled togther, then tin soldered. 

The design of the final piece will then commence, which is the fun 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 placce 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 yellow and amber,  copper foil, solder,

approximately 10"/27 cm diameter