heyThe Glass is 'found'. I made the metal art around it. It is mild steel. If i remember right, i think the leaves were 18ga which i used some repousse/chasing tools to shape. The organic forms were forged square, drawn to a point and then 'impressed' with a shaping tool my husband made for me. (while it was hot of course). then polished to a shine and heat colored. It was a nice blue until i used polyurethane on it which dulled the color. Since then I've found that water based poly won't have that effect on color. What a way to learn, huh. Did i cover your question? if not, ask away... Paula Guthrie, MN