Hi! I'm new here. Very glad to have found this forum. I am a glass artist of sorts, but only from recycled glass/pottery/dishes/porcelain/china etc. I only make garden art as well. I sell my items on the Internet but I also keep a great many of them as I love garden art and its intrinsic beauty.
To anyone making bird baths from recycled glass (I've made a few) or lamps, do you struggle with making the base stable enough for the bird bath to sit on unlevel ground? I have now made several bird baths (I'll attach pictures of a couple) but I've refused to sell them to anyone because I just don't feel they're stable enough. A big platter on the bottom helps but I still feel they're always going to be top heavy. Anyone have a good solution?
Here are a couple of my bird baths...
For this one, I ended up adding a large, round piece of wood, salvaged from an vintage lazy Susan, used back in the day when folks still used them. But, I still put large stones on top of the wood to ensure it does not tip over. It looks lovely in our yard, the birds love it and so do the squirrels--thinking of calling it a wildlife communal bath since the squirrels are in it more than the birds. The base is a vintage lamp.
This one, I've done nothing with. It's sitting on my screened porch. The base is a vintage lamp also, it has three 'nubs' on the bottom of the base that are made into the bottom. Their original use was to keep the lamp from marring a table top. I'm unable to sand them off or remove them--the lamp base is some sort of ceramic and resin. Due to the fact they're raised nubs, I cannot glue anything on the bottom to make the base wider. Sadly, I did not notice the nubs until this was fully assembled and glued.
Thanks and glad to be a part of the forum!
