The Fife Arms Hand-Crafted Glass Icicle Decorations

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Glass decorations sparkled amongst the branches of Victorian Christmas trees. First made in Lauscha, Germany, they were brought across by Prince Albert and gained popularity as Victorian Christmas celebrations became more extravagant. Lauscha is where interdisciplinary artist Carrie Fertig learned the art of flameworking from master craftsmen, and now makes her intricate glass icicles in her Aberdeenshire studio. As well as making individual icicles for decoration, she creates sound installations – extravagant works comprised of thousands of glass icicles, including one in the Veste Coburg, Prince Albert's original home. The icicles can be gently played to make music, creating a bell-like icy soundscape when moved by touch or breeze. 

These icicles are bespoke to the Fife Arms – their complex forms are based on the topography, atmospheric conditions and flora of 12 distinct hills near the hotel. Made from borosilicate glass – of the type used for chemistry labware – they have a strength and stability that belies their delicate, fragile appearance. 

The hills on which the icicles are based are: 

Meall an t-Slugain
Meikle Elrick
Morrone
Carn nan Sgliat
Creag a' Chleirich 
Millstone Cairn
Creag nan Leachda
Creag Phàdruig
Carn na Drochaide
Creag Bhaig  
Creag an Dail Bheag
Little Elrick

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The Fife Arms, Mar Rd, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, AB35 5YN, Scotland.​

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MORE ABOUT

Carrie Fertig

Carrie Fertig began her working life making jewellery, homewares and fashion accessories to sell to museum shops and design stores in Manhattan, New York. Life took her London and then to Scotland, where she studied hot glass at Edinburgh College of Art and travelled the world to learn the art of flameworking. She studied with master flameworkers in Lauscha, Germany, the home of this glassmaking technique. She has been making icicles for 18 years from her studio – the cricket pavilion of Thornton Castle in southern Aberdeenshire.

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