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Swan Theme Wedding, Quinceanera, Sweet 15, Valentine's Day Centerpiece - Elegant, Clear Glass Swan Vases up to 12" Tall
Our finest quality handblown, clear glass swan vases are elegant and gorgeous for a Swan Theme Wedding or a Swan Lake Theme. We have been the largest seller of finest quality handblown glass swans (made in America) for over 10 years.
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Easily insert any flowers into our finest, elegant, clear glass swan vases for quick, centerpieces. You can choose from 7 " tall to large 12" tall swans. Each of our exquisite, clear glass swan centerpiece is hand-made just for you by our talented glass blowing artist. Swans mate for life so for weddings, anniversaries and showers, they are a perfect symbol of love. For other events or gifts, our swans are visions of simple elegance, beauty and grace.
These exquisite swan vases are not churned out by the dozens by mold, but are individually hand-blown by our talented glass artist ... just for you. Because they are hand-blown, they can only be made in relatively small quantities. The odds are high that neither you nor your guests have ever seen these swans at another event.
These swans are actually hand-shaped from an amazingly sheer, hollow glass which allows for an incredible crystal-clarity when completely filled (all the way up to the head) with water! As you can see, when filled with water, it looks like solid-glass, however ... solid-glass could never be this clear!.No two are positively identical. Each is one of a kind. Further down this long page, you will find more information on their unique design as well as photographs of them empty of water and flowers
Our Swans Are Not in Stores.
You will not find our swans on store shelves anywhere, because we do not sell them at better prices to distributors or retailers.
Don't be fooled by others who say they use our glass blowing artist.
Two Swans Facing Can Form a Semi-Heart Shape
As pictured above, two swans of the same size can form a heart-like shape for a lovely larger and longer arrangement suitable for round or long tables. Examine this photo for an example of some slight variations between vases. Although both swans are of the same Curved Neck style, they are not identical.
Perfect for Fairytale Affairs:
- Wedding Reception
- Engagement Party
- Bridesmaids Luncheon
- Showers
- Luncheons
- Brunches
- Anniversary Party
- Mother's Day Brunch or Dinner
- Valentine's Day Party
- Bat Mitzvah
- Sweet 16
- Coming Out Party
- Garden Parties
- Prom
- ... Any Romantic Event!
Use Clear or Custom Colors!
Most customers use our lovely swans filled with crystal clear water, however, ordinary food coloring can work magic should you choose to give your glass swans a hint of color. The four basic colors of food coloring can be blended to create a custom color to compliment your wedding colors or flowers. In our opinion, just a hint of color usually provides the most elegant look. A hint of blue, lavender or peach food coloring in the water may be just the touch.
How They Are Made
First, thin hollow glass tubes are heated at extremely high temperatures until soft. Our glass blowing artist then labors over each one with his hands to form a swan. The body is formed by forcing air into the softened glass tube. Finally, while still soft, the shapes of the head and neck are artfully hand-molded. The glass quickly cools and hardens. Creating these lovely vases in not a skill, but truly an art. Creating this type of swan (without deformity, breakage and wasted materials) is not easily accomplished by even the most experienced glass artist. Be aware that although they seem relatively simple, they are quite complex to make completely by hand. Our glass artist has been making them for years and he is the absolute best.
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The hollow design make our lovely swans exquisitely delicate on their own, however, once filled with water, they gain a weight and substance similar to solid glass, but with a more clear appearance. Although handcrafting costs considerably more, it is necessary and preferable. Our swans possess a graceful quality; manufacturing them in a factory, by mold would produce a gaudy, chunkier swan with a thick neck that would destroy it's delicate, elegant appearance. The ability to completely water-fill, including the neck and head would also be lost. Experts in the field agree that a look this graceful is not easy to accomplish and is virtually impossible to create by mechanical mold without breakage.
Each Swan is a Unique Creation
Because each swan is individually hand-made and not mass-produced by mold, it is impossible for two swans to be absolutely identical. It is equally impossible for any type of artist to make identical duplications of his work.
There will be slight variations, which is a preferable quality over clone-like reproductions. Just as with real, live swans, there are slight differences between swan vases of the same basic style. As with any sculpture, these differences are in no way to be considered defects, but evidence of their labor intensive, artistic creation. Each is slightly different in some very minor way.
The Cost of Our Swans is Not in the Glass
Glass is not very expensive; the cost of our vases is in the crafting labor that it takes to produce them. You are in actuality, paying for the manufacturing process, not the glass. We have priced them at the best possible price, considering the work, time and intense heat involved in creating each one.
Swan Theme Poems
These lovely poems are gorgeous for Favor Tags or to print on parchment paper to insert in your invitations, etc. for a lovely finishing touch for your Fairytale or Swan Theme.
| | | A ripple meets the river bank The paddling swan now passing by He leaves his mark sparkling in the sun His future path has not yet swum.
You the sun, and I, a swan These words a string of ripples As I swim on, and you shine On my future path I must go by.
These words from movements past Or freshly now as rippled meanings Gently flow across the mind Made silver by your light.
No river for these ripples writ No cygnet for a swan beget Not any meaning in this verse Except your shining makes As rivers seek to merge with lakes.
David Taylor |
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| | | Oh elegant grace Still the waters of the lake Majesty passes
Eddie Roa |
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| | | Every thought in my head Each love phrase you say Combine to make my Heart dance... Giving my muse a chance To write fond memoirs Of our golden day. And as I'm in love with the River of life, and classical Music is rife, I can dream With my darling as I float On the pond, with the Elegance of a 'Verdi' Swan.
Joyce Hemsley |
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| | The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty Swans. The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count; I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount And scatter wheeling in great broken rings Upon their clamorous wings. I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore. All's changed since I, hearing at twilight, The first time on this shore, The bell-beat of their wings above my head, Trod with a lighter tread. Unwearied still, lover by lover, They paddle in the cold Companionable streams or climb the air; Their hearts have not grown old; Passion or conquest, wander where they will, Attend upon them still. But now they drift on the still water, Mysterious, beautiful; Among what rushes will they build, By what lake's edge or pool Delight men's eyes when I awake some day To find they have flown away?
William Butler Yeats
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