Thank you for your replies , great help to a new orchid grower. I'm thinking of using my other hobby of designing and making objects in Tiffany style stained glass , to enhance a few orchid pots for myself and the odd one for friends. The only thing I worry about is the solder as it is 60 % lead. I have some pure Bees Wax and am thinking of it as a barrier to coat the entire pot. Or many coats perhaps. Aquarium silicone may also work. Time for a few experiments.
Here are some images of the kind of things I make.
Thanks
Steve
p.s. I added my flicker image link, I made about 1900 images a few months ago , just for fun mostly. If anyone can think of a use for them let me know. They tend to be in blocks of colour, so it takes awhile to go through them , be warned
p.p.s. If the pot idea needs to move to another section , please move it. I'll try and make a couple of pots this week