Stained Glass Flower Suncatcher buy

I made this happy flower from a selection of luscious orange glass and used a Blenko Glass rondel for the center. I added decorative soldering to add to the sparkle.

The flower measures 9.5 inches across and hangs from a satin ribbon and a spinner so that it can swirl in the sunlight.

I can make these in any color you would like. :)

To quote buy Blenko:

"Genuine rondels are produced one by one at Blenko Glass Company, Inc. in the traditional mouth blown method.
Molten glass is taken from the furnace with the blowpipe. The amount of the glass gathered determines the eventual size in the rondel.
The molten glass is blown out into a small bubble. The small, still hot ball of glass will now be attached to a pontil rod and broken from the blowpipe. After reheating it is opened with a pair of shears.

Using a special technique the "rondelmaster" then folds the edges, lending strength to the rondel, making it more workable. Spinning the glass, a small, round rondel is formed. After reaching the desired size, the rondel is tapped off the pontil rod and slowly cooled in an annealing oven.

The characteristic navel, caused by breaking the glass off the blowpipe is an unmistakable sign of genuinely mouth blown rondel."