Gothic Bat Glass Christmas Ornament gads-hw on the other snow-loaded pines

on the other snow-loaded pines against clear blue

The sky behind the branches is amber and heavy

Grey cloak

purple and green pile up over the bottom of the frame

not from real glass

Gothic Bat Glass Christmas Ornament gads-hw on the other snow-loaded pinesBlack gems drip from the wings. A bat hangs beneath a small lantern chain, wings spread wide and worked entirely in dark metal scrollwork curls, spirals and pierced panels instead of plain membrane. Faceted black teardrops dangle from the lower edge of each wing and from the body, six or seven in all. Behind sits a moonlit wood in teal and lime, the full moon directly behind the bat's head, pale trunks either side. That metalwork is printed onto the