Gilded Solstice
A radiant, concentrated glow emanates from the deeply recessed starburst, capturing the warmth of a low-hanging winter sun. The bold interplay of scarlet and cream panels provides a rhythmic contrast to the heavy gold patterns tracing the curve of this drop. This poised object commands its surroundings with a steady, unblinking intensity. Hanging in the quiet of a late afternoon, it offers the profound calm found only in things made with deliberate, unhurried intent.
It starts as a glass tube. Heated until it softens, then blown into shape: some forms into a mould, the most complex ones shaped free-hand on the pipe. One piece at a time, in a single workshop in Poland. What comes out is silvered from the inside, lacquered, and left to cure before anyone picks up a brush.
The painting is freehand. Brush by brush, layer over layer, each colour left to dry before the next goes down. No transfers, no printing, no stencils standing in for a steady hand.
No two are identical. A line sits a fraction differently, a highlight catches the light its own way. Small things, but they are the difference between an object that was manufactured and one that was made.
Ornaments are the only things we buy to unwrap again. Boxed up after the season, brought back out the next one, each one tied to the year it arrived. After a decade a collection stops being decoration and becomes a record of where the family has been.
Glass is what makes that possible. It does not warp or grow brittle with age. A piece boxed up this year will still be here in twenty, and usually ends up with someone who remembers where it came from.
Every order ships directly from our workshop in Poland, individually wrapped and double-boxed for the journey.
Duties included. We prepay all US import duties. Nothing is collected on delivery.
Delivery: 1–2 weeks. A few days for careful packing at our atelier, then 3–7 days in transit, fully tracked door to door.
Shipping — we ship with FedEx and UPS. FedEx rates:
UPS is available at checkout at a higher rate.
Every piece is covered. We take responsibility for the whole journey, not just the part up to the courier. If an ornament arrives damaged, we send a replacement at no cost to you.
Arrived broken? Email us at hello@blubom.com within a week of delivery, with your order number and a photo. That is all we need to get a replacement moving.
One small thing: hold on to the box and the padding until your replacement is on its way. We sometimes need it for the carrier claim.
30 days to change your mind. If a piece is not right, email hello@blubom.com within 30 days of delivery and we will arrange the return. It needs to come back unused and in its original packaging.
Return shipping is on you, unless the item arrived damaged or we sent the wrong piece. In those cases we cover everything. Refunds go back to the original payment method once the return reaches us.
Personalized pieces are made to order and cannot be returned.
