ABOUT JINGLENOG’S UNIQUE BLOWN GLASS DESIGNER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND TREE TOPPERS
Every JingleNog mouth blown glass Christmas tree decoration begins with our founder and designer Melissa Byrne and her daughter Katie’s drawings and stories. JingleNog’s unique and exquisitely detailed heirloom quality collectible Christmas tree ornaments and tree toppers are handcrafted to Melissa and Katie’s specifications in Italy and Poland using the old world European glass making techniques. JingleNog’s molded and free blown glass methods require talented artisans who have years of specialized training in the art of creating the best luxury mouth blown glass Christmas ornaments and tree toppers.
HOW JINGLENOG’S POLISH BLOWN GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS ARE CREATED
If the style is a mouth blown molded glass Christmas ornament, the sculptor, following Melissa and Katie’s drawings and instructions, creates a soft clay shape, which is reviewed and adjusted until all of the ornament details are approved.
Once the clay sculpture is approved it is baked until hardened and then shellacked so the shape and details will remain in place. A metal mold is now created. These metal molds have at least two parts and depending upon the complexity of the style can have many more “parts”.
Once the metal mold for the style has been made we can start to create our unique blown glass ornaments. First the glass blower assembles the metal mold and using a tube of tempered glass blows the glass into the mold, shaping and forming the ornament with each breath. After the glass has been fully blown into every detail of the mold this new clear glass ornament is set aside to cool. The stem of the glass tube is left at the top of the ornament to be used as a handle until the end of the development process.
The clear glass ornament is now filled with liquid sterling silver, which becomes the ornament’s lining. The excess silver is removed from the inside and the glass ornament is set-aside until it dries and is ready for painting. All of the glass ornament’s paint, glitter and trim details are slowly added one at a time, setting the piece aside to dry before the next detail can be applied. It takes on average seven days to create each of our special designer mouth blown European glass Christmas ornaments. After the ornament has been fully painted, glittered and trimmed the glass tube handle is cut off and our signature jingle bell charm and JingleNog hangtags are added to a top metal wire and the ornament cap is secured to the glass. A unique and exquisite handcrafted JingleNog Christmas tree ornament has been created!
HOW JINGLENOG’S FREE BLOWN ITALIAN GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND TREE TOPPERS ARE CREATED
Free Blowing glass is a similar process to the creation of a molded mouth blown glass ornament. The ornament is created with tempered glass that is fired, shaped and attached by mouth and hand. In addition to creating free blown glass ornaments, all of JingleNog’s tree toppers and ornament stands are created in Italy and Poland using this method free blowing tempered glass.
Under intense heat, each part of the body (i.e. head, trunk, & tail) is created through pressing, pulling and manipulating the once heated, pliable glass tube. The core of the body is shaped and then attachment parts (i.e. legs, tusks, & ears) and are added onto the ornament one at a time by separate pieces of heated glass, with the heat fusing the pieces together.
After the body has been created and the glass has cooled down, the ornament is ready for painting. The base color is added to the glass ornament. After it dries the second base color is carefully painted on by hand on and set out to dry. Paint and glitter layers are applied by hand one detail at a time.
All of the stone, feather and all trim details are added carefully by hand to each glass ornament until all of the elements are in place. A beautiful JingleNog keepsake blown glass Christmas tree ornament, tree topper or ornament stand has been brought to life.
JingleNog’s unique and exquisitely detailed ornaments and tree toppers are the best in collectible designer mouth blown glass Christmas tree decorations. Each special JingleNog blown glass Christmas ornament and tree topper is a unique work of art that is carefully handcrafted to the highest luxury quality standards so they may be cherished as keepsakes.
In 2018 JingleNog introduced a collection of everyday and holiday candles which are handcrafted in Italy to JingleNog’s same high quality standards. Every candle in the luxury holiday home décor collection is a special gift or a treasured addition to your enrich home and tabletop decorations. JingleNog’s commitment to delivering unique designs, exquisite details and the highest quality holiday decorations are why JingleNog is collected worldwide and rated #1 for the best unique European glass Christmas ornaments, tree toppers and candles.
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