Glass Ornament Making
I'm always fascinated by how beautiful things are made. I love crafts projects, scrapping, and various arts. Making glass ornaments is about as "easy" as making a bronze sculpture. They have a lot in common. Both start with a wax or clay sculpture. A steel mold is then made. One receives molten bronze and the other receives near-molten glass. Hence, neither is a do-it-yourself at home project, but it's easy enough to find a foundry in large cities. They'll make your steel molds for you, as well as pour whatever you want into them. With a foundry at your fingertips, you can definitely then make some extraordinary pieces, far beyond the value and beauty of ordinary craft projects.
It's a whole lot easier if you'll let the glass foundry make the molds for you. You can buy the ready-made glass tubes and do your own blowing. So, other than the mold, you can buy a camping-style gas burner and create your own blown glass ornaments. Of course, it's a lot easier to buy them, but then they'll be somebody else's designs. It's up to you.
I've made my own, but I have to admit it was more like something I needed to get out of my skin. Now that I've done it, I prefer to buy them. And even though they're someone else's beautiful creations, I have a whole new appreciate of how much work really went into the creation of each one.