If
divas exist in the world of wind chimes, glass wind chimes are
it.
Hang a set and see how
fast they take your yard from functional to fabulous!
Think of them as
alfresco diamonds. They sing melodies on every breeze and
bring peaceful energy to your outdoor space, whatever the size or
location.
Glass chimes
have an exotic and spiritual history, too.
Some believe the sound
keeps spirits at bay while the wind foretells your
destiny.
All this
history is fascinating...but real magic happens when the right light
touches the glass chimes!
At the bottom you'll find a few glass
chimes in my personal collection.
And if you're undecided -- no worries -- just
bounce to bamboo wind
chimes, tuned wind
chimes, and
Woodstock wind
chimes.
Each one gives you something unique.
And the unique wind chimes guide has tips,
including how to keep your "diva" looking its best!
So feel free to bounce
around!
Did you know that making glass chimes is
serious business?
Oh, yeah!
Some manufacturers even patent their
frosting and glass polishing techniques.
And glass chimes are weather worthy under
normal conditions.
Glass holds up remarkably outside.
But if the weather gets really
extreme, hang them in the house, or in a protected area of
the yard.
Here's the short list of materials artists use
to make glass chimes.
- Stained
- Fused
- Iridescent
- Semi
transparent
- Streaked
- Recycled
- Etched
- Beach
My Glass Wind Chimes
Scroll down to see my attempt at making stained
glass wind chimes like the red and clear glass chimes in the
pictures below this one.
It
wasn't hard at all. You could probably do a better job than I did.
I
got the old keys (the rusted keys) from an Ebay auction really
cheap and polished them up before using them.
My
husband scrounged up the newer keys for me. The drift wood and glass
beads came from a country store in the Smoky Mountains. The copper I
got from Home Depot or Lowe's.
I
can't remember which. And the blue bottle at the top came from
Carolina Pottery.
It
probably cost me a total of $20 to make. When I first completed this
project, all the copper was shiny and the keys looked like
highly polished silver, so it looked a lot better.
The
keys are pretty rusted now and the copper has dulled a bit, and the
driftwood looks a little parched. I should have never put
this one outside.
So
we'll call this a glass chimes object lesson.
Wind
Chimes At Deck Steps

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