I DID IT I DID IT LOL WOO HOO you have no idea how glad I am that this piece is pretty much finished! These flowers have drove me NUTS, I do believe this piece was the hardest thing I have tried to do in glass so far,LOL.
Third time is a charm though. The branch is about 4 1/2" long and each flower is about 2" across. I had thought about gluing the flowers on because I was having such a problem with the flowers cracking and then with the branch melting flat after I got the flowers on the branch,but just couldn't do it because I felt like I was giving up or cheating.I finally got it right!!
The butterflies will be glued on because I
think I want to electroform the edges of their wings. I have never done this before and will get my kit this weekend,so hopefully I can figure out how to do it quick without any problems.The white you see under the butterflies is just a little clay to hold them in place for now. And I still haven't trimed the wire I stuck in their heads for their antenna.
As for the heart scrollwork on top of the bowl....there are exactly 60 pieces of those suckers.
OK, here is the lid
And here are 2 different views of the whole piece.
I'm so happy with the way this turned out and very excited to get working on our coral reef one. I, so far, have a turtle, octopus,and 3 jelly fish done. I think this piece is going to be less stress full to do,LOL.
Kim