Joyful Flight bottle stopper then the flower petals

then the flower petals

That piece is placed on a square round ring with a round hole in center that is elevated above the kiln floor

It flows into the former which contains it and it gets very thick

I then cut a strip out of the green circle and insert a strip of glass that I created a pattern of colors a bit water color like

then to fill the bottom with green glass

Joyful Flight bottle stopper then the flower petals"Joyful Flight" Sparkling Dichroic Red Butterfly Inspiration: Colorful butterflies around the blooms in our garden Artistic Process: The medium butterfly is kiln casted. A stand off is epoxied to the butterfly and the the matching stand off is epoxied to the background. It also raises up the butterfly creating light and reflections. Alcohol inks were applied to the brushed stainless steel to create the background. The brushed stainless steel (painted