hmmmm. I cannot tell how deep that bowl is but to me it looks as though the birds could drown. Depth Measurement?

I think you can mix them if you want, but I think that the bowl needs a terra cotta type of base. I think the glass detracts from the beauty of the bowl. Try another material for the base before you glue anything permanently. Then, when you're satisfied, go ahead and do what pleases YOU.

depth of bowl can be helped by filling with gravel and some larger rocks. But I think the rule here as with most projects, rules can be broken to gain great things.

Kathy I like the "negative space" effect of the glass contrasting the solid mass of the bowl and the base.
Water weight is approximately 8.3 pounds per gal. That would be distributed over the entire perimeter of the glass; canÂt see that as a problem. Yup, control the depth of the water and I think you have a winner.
Robert

ha, I was looking for poultry. You're talking about the plant. I like that bowl.

I like the glass,had a thought,you could fill the glass with something to give stability and visual interest.

Silicone it together already!!! There are no rules! Be bold! Be brave! You're a Garden Junker!!! ;-)

I agree with Cait, just do it. Personally, I think it looks good. You could put a small garden figurine inside the vase (ie - frog, garden fairy, bugs, flowers, bird's nest w/eggs, etc.). Hope you'll post a pic of it when you're done with this project.

Sal

Go for it! I like the vase and the bowl together. :)

Amy

I love the glass vase space. You could even fill the vase with river rocks would be awesome.... (then again - it might get heavy..

Anywho - i like it.

Ya Cait, you've hit my biggest problem - I go great guns then hit self doubt. That said I think part of my hesitation is that I really wanted a blue birdbath, so I may look for a bit for a blue pedestal. Or...I could paint the cement base blue and put a blue bottle inside the vase. (there i go again) Goldenpond, I never thought about birds drowning! The bowl is 2 inches deep at center. It does look deeper for some reason. I was surprised when I just measured it. Have to go buy some silicone and maybe hit a yard sale or two. (In between helping our 29 yo move back in with us, yikes) The thrift store had a really cool pottery vase that would like great in the garden but they wanted $15! So much for that.
Thank you everyone. I'll post when I actually have a real thing to show!
kathy

If you want blue then just mosaic the vase - that would even make it less suseptable to breakage. And you'd have a GORGEOUS mosaic original to boot!! Oh, I can't wait to see your creative juices on that one. You can silicone pieces of plate or whatever straight on the glass. It would be to DIE FOR!!
Good luck with having your kid back home!

I love it! Have any broken safety glass? I filled these with it and it's kinda cool and adds some weight.

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I love it just as it is!! But filled with rocks or pebbles would be nices as well. If you want blue you could fill the vase with dark blue glass marbles or jems... then it would still have sparkle!!

Choices, choices, choices!!! That's what always slows me down! I do want to see what you finally decide to do with it....so many choices. :)

I like it the way it is ... like Robert said, it has this great negative effect going on ... as if the bowl is floating. Or you could paint the inside of the vase a pretty blue to match the bowl. By painting the inside, it gives it a solid, glossy look. And since the inside isn't exposed to the elements, it wouldn't chip and scratch. Or cait's idea of mosaicking the vase is a good one too. I just love that pottery bowl!

To save the birds, just don't put a lot of water in it. I think most commercial birdbaths are about 2 inches deep. I seldom filled ours (when I had one) with more than an inch of water.

Make sure you get a pic of the birds taking a bath in it when you are done!