Thank you Anne - I am watching from north of Kingston and have watched a number of online videos to figure out the best way to make some of these garden flowers. This is, by far, the best tutorial and I am off into Brockville to pick up supplies!!
Nice choices for your flowers. I have made more than a few, but started out by drilling holes in the center and then bolting them to a post, usually some PVC pipe. That can be stressful to drill through glass, so I have begun to only drill the base plate, choosing to glue the rest. However, I might try your trick of using a PVC elbow glued to the back instead. And of course the choice of support is tricky, since thin PVC bends with the weight of the glass. Anyway, good choices and designs - I also love a pop of color.
Manotick, Ontario is that where you are located? I just started making these flowers but have been using different types of fasteners for the back that were a little more appealing however they will spin in the stake. The grey pvc elbow although not as nice looking might be prevent the wobble, spinning effect. Would appreciate your thoughts. Tks.
Your glass flowers are lovely. I haven't seen any with so many pieces. They must be beautiful in the sun. Thanks for mentioning that you don't want water to get into them. I can see that would be a problem. Blessings to you!
You are a very good teacher. You didn't even say go ahead one time loved it. Could you move the white, I think we might be able to see much better with green background .
I have made a lot of these and use copper plumbing elbows and copper stances they patina very nicely I also use an outdoor backing to screw the copper elbow into this backing gets glues to the plate because the elbow it’s screwed into it and fits over the 1/2” pipe I can disassemble and lay the plate flower flat for an outdoor center piece
