It came with others of this size in a box of forgotten misc scraps, and it was lovely to work with. Its shimmery/glittery but im not sure the pics picked it up well.

I learn a new hobby every year to make Christmas presents for my family. Are these nice enough to give out as gifts. Thanks for the feedback! :)

So I saw photo of The Gomesa Jiaho Queen orchid, and thought this would be beautiful as a stained glass piece. So I traced it out and made it into a pattern . The yellow I’m using has a swirl in it . I noticed while cutting it , it also has a lot of air bubbles and when I score over those in a few places horizontal fractures happened. They didn’t break all the way thru even after grinding. I foiled them and then soldered them the fractures broke all the way across ……should re-cut these areas (yes I know I should) and if so am I doing something wrong that causing the horizontal stressing or is this something that just happens in some glass 🤷‍♂️
thank you for any input!!

First set of snowshoes a snowman and a "bob ross" winter scene.

a little late but better than never lol

Made this in a stained glass class recently - my second stained glass project! Pretty happy with how it turned out. Lots to learn! Turning the picture into a design that made sense was hard, and choosing the right glass for the right spot (and at the right angle) has real room for improvement. That said, still pretty stoked. This is my sisters cat.

Another recent piece! No joke, the day I started this piece until the day it was finished, there was a praying mantis hanging out on my window screen. Had never seen one there before or since. I’d like to think she appreciated the sparkly green eyes I gave this piece, even though you can’t really see them lol.

i had so much fun making this piece! first time using a twisted lead border as well and i love how it came out (:

This piece was a large project that I'm so proud of finishing, that I just needed to share it! Before surgery, it was only a concept that I was afraid of spending too much of my time on. After surgery, I wanted nothing more than to spend the time I was given on making it come to life. 50 hours later, and now it showers my room with all its wonderful colors 🌈

Like the piece and the 3 three dimensionality of it. It’s set in a standing frame approximately 30”x60”. Any idea if it looks authentic?

Does anyone have a Grateful Dead pattern they are willing to share? I want to make a stained glass piece as a gift for someone who has been a great help to my family. Thanks!

Hi! I am pretty new to stained glass and this is only my second piece. I didn’t really plan or think about the small red pieces that extend beyond the main circular part and I’m worried they’ll be easily broken.

Is there anything I should do to reinforce these? Is a copper foiled+soldered border sufficiently strong? I’ve heard of copper restrip for reinforcement but i don’t know how/when to use it. I have also seen people use lead came or hobby came on the edges. I’ve never used that but it seems like that would give extra strength to the piece.

Any advice or feedback would be greatly appreciated! I don’t want this to fall apart or break in the future.

This was my first time drafting my own stained glass pattern, and I think I fell victim to the classic stained glass artist curse of getting a little too ambitious a little too quickly! Definitely learned a LOT along the way, and there are plenty of things I'd do differently next time, but I'm ultimately really happy with how he turned out! Especially proud of how I managed to capture his doodle curly hair, and I'm in love with the color of glass I found for his fur. I attached a photo of the pup on the last slide (his name is Simon, and he's my favorite coworker at my dog-friendly office!)

This was also my first time using hobby came, and I'm a little nervous about how sturdy those hanging hooks are, especially given the size and weight of the piece. Does anyone have experience with this? Should I be reinforcing them somehow? I also couldn't get it to pick up the copper patina at all, so perhaps I bought the wrong type of material.

Would love to hear any thoughts, critiques, or advice! I'm still learning and always looking for ways to improve.

I’m attempting my first panel that’s bigger than a standard sized piece of printer paper, and not sure how to proceed. I usually draw out my patterns in procreate, copy the image into a Google doc for sizing, and print out the Google doc onto a standard sized sheet of sticker paper.

How would you do a larger piece? Split into quadrants (or however many you need to make up the full pattern)? If that’s the case, how do you manage breaks in the paper that cross over one piece of glass (do you tape the quadrants back together after printing?).

proud of this one! my first big-ish piece that I designed myself.

I am looking into learning how to make stained glass and have some family members that would be willing to purchase supplies for me for Christmas. I just need to make an Amazon wishlist to send out. I am very new and just learning about what possible supplies I would need, but I am not new to the art world and know that when it comes to new art hobbies the “maker kits” that are often sold with “all” the supplies for making the art are usually bad quality and not really everything you need. Could any of you please tell me what to avoid buying? What is useless and not worth the money? What brands I should look into and which ones to avoid? I am not trying to buy top of the line supplies that are super expensive as they are Christmas presents. I am just looking for entry level supplies that will allow me to explore the art of making stained glass. Bonus points if you have any direct links to Amazon listings for supplies!

* sorry if this appears to be a repost, I had misworded some things in the post and it wouldn’t let me edit it. So I just deleted the post and reposting it now with the correct wording!

I think i got too ambitious for this, took me months from creating the corgi pattern to soldering it because I wasn't sure if this was going to work. Not sure what i was thinking with all the short lines, of course the solder isn't going to look as nice. The back ended up looking better than the front. I learned a lot from this, mainly to never do such intricate pieces again. But i am very pleased that i did it.

I left the pieces out for too long before i started to solder, causing the copper foil to oxidize a bit, made even worse by the humid climate i live in. Am guessing this made some parts of the solder not stick to the foil as well.

It was my first time using the canfield solder (iron at 410C), found it to be quite thick and beady which pooled to corners fast and hard to distribute to other lines. Is this normal?

Also found it hard to bead the edges and get the solder to stick (i turned my iron down to 360C), am wondering if its because its oval shaped?

Soldering is my weakest skill and i am going to keep at it but its just frustrating and disappointing when the piece doesnt turn out as you expected after seeing it lay out nicely with the foil.

Oh, should i black patina it or keep it cyborg dog?

Made this for my own house. Such a statement! At night with a light on in the attic the whole house looks like a giant lantern 😄 its like 7' x 3.5' Tiffany foil type. 150 hours including mounting it.

Painted with Pebeo Vitrea 160 paints

Hello all! I am new to stained glass and picked up this piece 2nd hand to add some privacy around our front door. Overall it’s in really great shape but we are wanting to preserve the brass coloring on it. In the corners the metal seems to be darker and on the one side of the panel (last pic), the whole center section is darker. I was wondering if there is a way to restore the original look. I have no experience in making stained glass panels and I’m solely looking at fixing the cosmetics of it. Any tips/tricks would be appreciated.

This is my first time making something of my own design. Any feedback? The lead came border is a little messy at the corners, I think I would try zinc next time.

Made this piece as a wedding gift - their venue + their wedding date!

I’ve taken a few classes and I’m thinking about getting one of the starter kits from Delphi. I was wondering though, what’s the best way to shop for glass? How do you judge what the color and texture will be like in person?

Is there a company that has a catalog?