Stained Glass Rose Ring

A Charles Rennie Mackintosh inspired stained glass rose ring!

Posted by Cat Morley

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After our visit to House For An Art Lover in Glasgow, I was left so inspired by the stained glass roses that decorate the house that I decided to recreate the design as a ring using shrink plastic.

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You Will Need (6 things)

  • Paper
  • Black, pink and red Marker Pen s
  • Scissors
  • Black & clear Shrink Plastic
  • Jewelry Glue
  • Ring

Steps (13 steps, 45 minutes)

  1. 1

    Begin by sketching your rose design on a piece of paper using a thick black marker pen. Start by drawing a loop or circle and then continue making it larger and adding additional loops around the first.

  2. 2

    When you're happy with the design, thicken up the lines a little with the black pen.

  3. 3

    Cut out the template using scissors.

  4. 4

    Trace around the template onto black and clear shrink plastic.

  5. 5

    Cut out the shrink plastic roses.

  6. 6

    Use the scissors or a cutting knife, to remove the white areas from the paper rose template.

  7. 7

    Use a cutting knife to cut the shrink plastic to the same design.

  8. 8

    Place the cutout black rose on top of the clear shrink plastic rose and start filling in the petals with a pink marker.

  9. 9

    Alternate between pink and red until the flower is complete.

  10. 10

    Bake the shrink plastic roses in a warm oven for a few minutes until shrunken and flatten with a book.

  11. 11

    Once cool, glue the black rose onto the clear rose.

  12. 12

    Finally glue the rose onto a ring base.

  13. 13

    You're ring is ready to wear when the glue has dried. Hold it up to the light to see the stained glass effect.