Foilers are important tools for copper foiling. Learn about the different foilers in this free video clip about using copper foiling for stained glass art.
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A soldering iron can melt metal and bind joints together. Learn more about working with stained glass in this free video series.
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Using your glass cutter to score the glass before breaking it along this line is one way to ensure an easier cut to your stained glass. Learn more about working with stained glass in this free video series.
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(This is the first of our “Old School Skills” summer series. Written and reported by Jack Encarnacao.)
In the hands of Zoe Schofield and Jane Cragin Walsh, who with illustrator MaryEllen Sinatra work in a studio on Route 53 in Norwell, glass can become anything: wall hangings, windows, bathroom tiles, even murals depicting a deceased pet.
Though art glass has centuries-old roots, it is a versatile medium.
“It’s been around for centuries, but it’s still vibrant,” Walsh said. “It changes all time. It’s only limited by your imagination.”
Canisters of different shapes, textures and colors litter the studio shelves. Nothing goes to waste. Scraps of colored glass are used to fashion ceiling light shades for the studio.
Some glass is ground to a coarse sand in a conventional kitchen blender. Schofield sprinkles some lavender-colored grains onto her sink design like a pizza chef would spread mozzarella onto dough.
At the other end of the studio, Walsh works on a front door design. Beside her is a window displaying some of her trademark pieces. On sunny days, light shines through in various colors and splashes against the walls, ceiling and floor.
Walsh slices and chips glass for a front door panel. She sketches a design on cardboard, numbering where she wants each colored piece to go. She melts the glass pieces in place with a tool that reaches 1,000 degrees.
Pieces are sometimes melted in a kiln, then fused to thin lead framing that holds them in place.
Retail traffic is slow in the shop, a former kitchen for a catering business. Most of the crafters’ business is mail order to customers worldwide.
The room is quiet with concentration, except for the periodic tinkle of glass shards being handled. Band-Aids are in full supply
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Learn the difference between a faux stained glass window panel for your cabinet door glass insert project and a true decorative leaded art glass window for cabinet doors. The False leaded art glass window incorporates stickers glue and tape. The true art glass incorporates textured art glass, lead came and integrated bevels, no glue or tape or stickers. Ask your selected decorative glass company of choice which type of glass construction they practice. Compare apples to apples and stickers to stickers.
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Oct
19
In het hart van Doesburg, achter de beroemde Doesburgsche Mosterdfabriek, ligt de “Gildehof”.
Een sfeervol hofje met daaraan een aantal ambachtelijke winkeltjes waaronder Glasatelier JEVABA.
In het atelier worden Glas in lood en Tiffany werkstukken gemaakt.
Ook worden er glaskralen in de vlam gemaakt, het zogenaamde Beadmaking.
Kom naar www.jevaba.nl
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How to solder your stained glass project.
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How to make a mission style stained glass lamp.
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Oct
14
A time lapse video of a stained glass window being glazed at Beyer Studio in Philadelphia by Chris Thompson. The glazing took 12 hours, and then a few more hours for cementing and bars.
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How to video using acrylic paints and glass, gives advice on techniques and relevant art theory, suuuper easy and cheap! Great for Xmass windows or home brewed movie sets.
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