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CREATING STAINED GLASS NUMBERS

by Natalie
(Baltimore, MD)

I have been attempting to make my first stained glass leaded transom and am having a terrible time trying to make the numbers! Since I am just beginning, I have not purchased a grinder which I am sure would make this whole process much easier. I was wondering if you had any tips for creating these numbers or somewhere that I could find or order a glass panel that might already have my numbers in the glass? The space I have for the numbers is about 5 x 11 (that is including glass that will be used for the background). My plan was to have clear waterglass as background and solid black numbers.

Answer

There are several books available with patterns for stained glass numbers. You could also look online for free number patterns, free patterns for numbers, or free number templates. One of those phrases should bring up what you're looking for.

You can use a carborundum stone to smooth the edges of the glass. It takes more "elbow grease" to gring glass with one, but they do work.

As for ready made pieces, I'm not aware of any.

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Nov 14, 2011

pre-cut numbers
by: Anonymous

Here is a website with pre-cut stained glass numbers. Not sure if this is what you are looking for:

http://www.glassartpatterns.com/products.asp?cat=16

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