Kellso Collage

Ornament how-to

The ornament consists of 2 pieces of oval glass, with an antique (style) christmas postcard and a printout of ‘Joyeux Noel’ and some rub-ons on the other side. Then comes the soldering: you must affix copper tape all around the edges, burnishing it with a bone folder to ensure a tight seal. Then, you brush flux on the copper tape, and, with a soldering iron, spread melted metal all over the edge. To finish, I twisted wire to make the hooks on the edge. I added a patina to the solder withalcohol inks, I feel it gives it a much warmer, friendlier look, instead of just slapping things together with the same stuff you use to connect a pipe! (ha, ha)