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Green Glass Solar Light Sculptures

August 9, 2012 6 Comments

Time for some solar light sculptures. I’ve been loving the look of my gold solar lights, so I wanted to do a couple with green glass. I gathered up the green glass I had on hand.

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How do you love this piece? I got it at an estate sale for 75 cents. It looks like a huge chalice or something. I flipped it over to use as the base for a glass sculpture.

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I had a couple cheapy solar lights that I thought would be perfect in the sculptures.

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Remember to remove the tag before you put them in your sculpture!

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I flipped the chalice over and glued. This would be the base.

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Look how pretty that green is with the light coming down on it.

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I glued and layered. While the first one was drying, I started a second sculpture. I grabbed more green glass, including an awesome green ashtray I found at a rummage sale.

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I flipped the ashtray over and used it for the base.

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I actually had a vase with a square bottom that fit perfectly on the ashtray.

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I glued and layered. Then, I let them both dry.

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Then I put them in the garden.

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They look nice at night. 🙂

 

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Cherie Burbach is a full time artist and writer. Her art prints, originals, and functional art pieces are available in artsy stores and galleries through the country and here at her site. Join her for Painting the Psalms. She is the author of over fifteen books, which vary from nonfiction to poetry to kid's books. Just for fun she created a family card game called Cupcake Commotion. Her first novel is The Space Between Dreaming.

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  1. Cyndi L says

    August 10, 2012 at 9:19 am

    I had forgotten about those gold solar lights that you made. This is such a good idea, and a great way to make those sculptures “practical”. That’s important to my DH 😉

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    • Cherie says

      August 11, 2012 at 12:12 pm

      LOL! I totally understand. My DH actually thinks they’re cool, so he’s egging me on encouraging met to create more. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Eileen says

    August 11, 2012 at 7:47 am

    I love the solar light idea. Too bad it’s so hard to get a night shot to show us how pretty they look.

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    • Cherie says

      August 11, 2012 at 12:11 pm

      I agree! I tried a bunch of times but everything came out so dark. I’ve been really pleased with how well solar lights work inside colored glass, tho. I was worried, but they glow really nicely.

      Reply
  3. Linda says

    July 21, 2018 at 11:05 am

    Love your ideas, I am new at this, and love doing these in my yard.

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