My latest project has been a fused glass and forged steel birdbath.
This began as a request for a special birthday present and, appealing to my liking for bringing different crafts together, finished up as a rather special birdbath.
The base is of course forged steel. It is an organic flowing design, with a twisted flower stem forming the tie between the legs. These have a classic flattened and curled foot on a base wider than the top, to give it stability should a pigeon decide to land on the edge of the glass rim.
The row of pictures below show the stages in the forging process.
The glass top was made from 2 sheets of glass fused with ‘confetti’ glass between the sheets. It was then slumped into a shallow mould to give the bowl shape.
It simply sits into the forged steel ring, with the base finished in my usual silk black paint.