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Black and White and Red Glass Hairy Woodpecker hanging ornament
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Hairy Woodpecker Hanging Bird Ornament

$36.00 CAD
$36.00 CAD
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Hairy Woodpecker  (Dryobates villosus)

Glass Art Hanging Glass Ornament

The Hairy Woodpecker is a true favourite with birders and non-birders alike! He's a favourite here in the studio too! Hairy Woodpeckers are the largest of our two woodpeckers in Nova Scotia. Cute, never pushy on the feeders, and it's a treat to watch the gentle-hearted males feeding the babies! I can also appreciate his penchant for peanuts.

Details

  • Handcrafted in Nova Scotia using fused glass (no paints, glazes or molds)
  • Hanging Hairy Woodpecker sun-catcher/Christmas Tree or window ornament.
  • Artisan Studio-Glass made in Nova Scotia
  • Most Birds ship in a few business days
  • Size Approximately 4.5-5 " for adult, 3.5-4" for chick
  • Photos are for guidance only, though your bird will look similar. As it's handcrafted glass art, there will be minor variations in colour, tone and shade.
  • The direction the bird is facing varies.
  • Fused glass has a front and back. The front is glossier and has more detail. 

 

How your bird was made

Your woodpecker is glass! No paints or glazes make up the colour, and moulds weren't used for the shape - it's cut by hand. The coloured and patterned parts of the birds plumage are layers of crushed glass. The coloured glass "frit" is carefully applied to the clear glass - it's a bit like playing with sand! For perching birds, metal wire "legs" are sandwiched between the layers. It's a bit of a balancing act getting the bird on the kiln shelf.

The kiln firing takes at least 14-16 hours plus cooling time, and the kiln isn't opened until the glass has cooled.  After firing, hanging birds have a small hole drilled in their head or neck using a diamond bit and a water bath. The bird sun-catchers dangle from discrete clear thread. The maker initials each bird on its back.