Gareth's Pâte de Verre Hummingbird Ornament

The final 211 from Gareth Llewellyn's Snowdonia workshop.

A small cast pâte-de-verre hummingbird Christmas ornament — about 10 × 9 × 0.6 cm — hand-pressed from finely-ground coloured glass paste into a one-use plaster mould, fired at 700°C for 48 hours, and released by destroying the mould. The colour IS the glass; it cannot fade, chip or peel.

Pâte de verre was invented at the Cristallerie de Pantin in Paris in 1881. There are perhaps eight pâte de verre artists working in the UK today. Gareth is finishing on the hummingbird design his French master Jean-Claude Bouchard taught him in 1979. The Snowdonia workshop closes at the end of August 2026.

• Cast pâte de verre — crushed coloured glass paste, fired solid
• Hand-placed colour zones: turquoise head, lime-green body, rose-pink throat, orange-and-gold wing, deep-red tail
• 10 × 9 × 0.6 cm · 75 g
• Fine gold cord pre-tied through the back, ready to hang
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