Step by Step Stained Glass Instructions
These stained glass instructions will teach you all of the basic techniques that are necessary to learn if you're a beginner. They also go into more detail for those of you that has been
working with glass for a while but need to review a technique that you haven't used for a while. The instructions are all step-by-step, with pictures, covering a large range of stained glass techniques. Click on the links below to get to each specific tutorial.
Most of the following stained glass tutorials consist of more than one page of instructions. Once you have read the first page of the tutorial, click on the links near the bottom of the page to get to the next set of instructions. For instance, the Lead Came Tutorial consists of 1.Lead Came 2.Stretching and Cutting Lead Came 3.Setting Up Your Cartoon 4.Assembling A Leaded Panel 5.Soldering Lead Came 6.Putty A Leaded Panel.
Cutting Glass
Cutting glass can be difficult or easy, depending on your technique. These tips and techniques will give you do's and don'ts that will help you to improve you glass cutting skills:
Cutting Glass
This tutorial will show you how to hold your cutter and how to score the glass:
Your Glass Cutter
You will also find links, for instructions on each specific type of glass cutter.
This is where you can learn several ways to run the score once you have cut the glass:
Running The Score
Learn how to use three different types of strip cutters.
Using a Strip Cutter
Pattern Pieces and Trace Cutting
Learn how to make pattern pieces or learn about trace cutting with these instructions:
Pattern Pieces and Trace Cutting
Make Your Own Original Designs
Have you ever wanted to make an original design, but didn't think it would be possible? Learn how with these stained glass instructions:
Learn How To Design
The Copper Foil Technique
Copper Foiling is, by far, the technique used most by the stained glass hobbyist. Here you will learn everything from setting up your cartoon to finishing the edges, as well as how
to repair it if it breaks:
Copper Foil
To learn how to clean the panel and get a perfect patina finish, go here:
Clean and Patina
The Lead Came Technique
These stained glass instructions will walk you through making a leaded panel. You will learn how to set up your cartoon, stretch and cut lead, lead up the glass, soldering, apply the putty, and polish and darken the lead:
Lead Came
Lampshades, Water Prisms and 3-D Flowers
Make a panel lamp shade, from making sure your pattern is symmetrical to tinning a vase cap, with this tutorial:
Lampshade Construction
How about a water prism? They make the most beautiful rainbows. Learn how to make one with this tutorial:
Water Prism
Making 3-D flowers is fun. Here's how:
3-D Flowers
Would you like to learn how to make a stained glass box with a hinged lid? |
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This page was last updated on October 11, 2012
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