"With Beauty" Snowflake Adornment 2011

This design's title is "With Beauty".  The inspiration for this design began as we contemplated the beauty of an ornate stained glass window installed in the East facade of a large cathedral.  We wondered if there was a way to create, in white bisque porcelain, this same effect if various brightly colored and shiny Christmas glass ball ornaments were hung behind this design?  We think so!   And so it is with our lives, as we considered the majesty and beauty of God's Light of the World, Jesus Christ,  shining through our relatively plain lives, our prayer was that perhaps we too could demonstrate to any who may happen to gaze upon us, His Beauty.

This is the eighth (8th) Snowflake Adornment in our annual collection.  Each Snowflake Adornment begins the design process in conjunction with that of the larger Gift Ornament for the year.  Our hope is that together, they express the complete sentiment and design inspiration that we prayerfully set out to communicate through our porcelain ornaments. 

Designed to celebrate our brief moments together with family and loved ones during the holidays, this 3 inch diameter, rather straightforward and clean lines handcrafted porcelain snowflake ornament reminds us that our time with those nearest to our heart passes as quickly as a snowflake melts in our hands.  

After the original art was conceived, sketched, and then drafted, each window pane and raised line, and every filigree opening throughout the snowflake ornament design was hand sculpted, one-at-the-time, as was every other detail of this snowflake.  Each piece of porcelain is gently coaxed from one step to another in the hand-crafting process as it gradually takes shape, being refined into its final image over the course of a few days, many loving hands, and a large dose of heat!    

Each ornament comes with a silk ribbon loop which is tied as one of the final steps in our handcrafted process.   This Adornment Snowflake Ornament is titled “With Beauty”.    The Scripture on the back of the package box says: "The Lord bless you and keep you:  The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you;  The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace. - Numbers 6:24-26"".    On the reverse side of the ornament, the backstamp says: "With Beauty".     This ornament has item number of SF311.

The acrylic and porcelain stands are available as optional additional items to enhance your collection and presentation and are not included with this item.