Jellyfish Wind Chime
A lover of marine life and creating fused glass functional art, I decided to try creating a glass jellyfish wind chime. I had no idea how much work was involved.
The project started with creating clear glass blobs in various sizes. This included cutting, grinding, cleaning, and fusing the glass pieces. Next step was to cut two layers of glass (clear and transparent purple) for the hood. The two pieces were stacked and some of the blobs were added along with coarse clear frit. The idea being that the blobs would look like cells or air bubbles. The flat was then fused to get its shape.
Next step was cutting the tentacles with a slight wave in each. The eight tentacles were fused in separate sessions.
Assembly included drilling a hole in the hood and each of the tentacles. A wire mesh square was cut and the sharp ends were nipped off. Instead of using fishing line in assembly, I chose to use a metal hoop and chain for hanging the wind chime. The tentacles hang from fishing swivels which were cut to be shorter.
This project was time consuming and expensive to make but the end result is a beautiful wind chime that has a wonderful tinkling sound. Very relaxing.
I made a second wind chime with a different approach. I used opaque blue glass with a different style of tentacles. The blobs are transparent in shades of blue and coarse frit was also added to the piece. I am happy with this piece as well.
Fused glass jellyfish wind chimes can be hung indoors or outdoors. Outdoor options would be to hang it from a tree limb, hang within plants, on yard art, or by the pool. Just think of the possibilities.
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