Pam, what about simply doing it totally as a wire wrap, i.e. make a
loop at the end of your wire, then position the loop on one side,
wrap the glass and on one pass around wire wrap around the loop, back
to the other side, make a loop, one more pass and wire wrap the loop
on the other side? Hard to describe what I am seeing in my head at
the moment. If I can get my scanner to work, I’ll try to draw it and
send to you off line. Or I thought about fabricating a “cradle” with
a piece of wire with jump rings at each end (think of a pair of eye
glasses and the bridge connecting the two lenses) and then lay the
hour glass on top of that construction and using a second piece of
wire, wrap the ends to secure the jump ring construction to the hour
glass. Sounds convuluted but think it could work. Just a thought.