Copper Foil for Stained Glass

One of the main steps in the process of the copper foil technique of stained glass is to actually apply copper foil strips to the outer edges of the glass. For some people, this comes easily. While for others, it’s a painstaking process of misaligned copper foil ​needing to be pulled off and re-positioned numerous […]

Organizing Your Stained Glass Patterns

​Organizing Stained Glass Patterns​Stained glass hobbyists and professionals​ learn many skills to make stained glass. Yet, organization is the one area that is often overlooked​. Specifically, the organization of patterns. ​Have you been at stained glass for a while? Then you’ll know the struggle and the limitless number of questions that storing patterns brings up. ​You have […]

How to Tin Copper Wire For Stained Glass

​How to Tin Copper Wire​​Tinning wire is a fairly basic skill that will become second nature the more you do it. Knowing how, will allow you to use copper wire instead of always having to buy pre-tinned wire in the right gauge. This gives you more freedom to create your projects at your leisure since […]

Stained Glass Gifts : Say Goodbye to Overwhelm

​Stained Glass Gifts: Say Goodbye to OverwhelmWith the gift-giving season nearing, I wanted to address the dreaded topic of overwhelm that rears its’ ugly head for many crafters. Because we can make something, we often decide to make stained glass gifts to give. And not only do we decide to make one or two, we […]

Halloween Stained Glass

​Fantastic Stained Glass Art for Halloween​​If you like to decorate with glass art as the seasons or holidays change, you’ll no doubt be looking for more ideas of finished artwork to buy or patterns for making your own work as October 31st approaches. ​This post is the first of its’ kind on the blog and […]

Grinding Stained Glass to Fit: Help or Hindrance?

For newbies who’ve never taken stained glass classes before, it’s obviously hard to picture how much the grinder can help when first learning to cut glass. We go through the steps of glass cutting while being told to cut on the lines (or just inside your lines, depending on how you prep for cutting,) and we’re […]

Came Around Your Stained Glass Projects: Do You Need It?

A question that one of my readers asked recently was “Do I need to use came on my projects?” Finishing the edges of projects​ seems to fall into a grey area for many crafters. To help you, this article ​addresses key concepts ​to consider​ ​whether came is the right way to go. Using came around your […]

How To Solder Hooks to Stained Glass Suncatchers

​​How to Solder Hooks ​to Stained Glass Suncatchers Something that isn’t always obvious is ​how ​to solder hooks to smaller projects and where to put them. If you don’t stop to consider ​where to place the hook for hanging them, they’re likely to get placed at the very top by default. Unfortunately, many never realize the […]

Applying Black Patina to Solder

​Applying Black Patina to Solder​Adding black patina to your stained glass projects can really make the glass colours ​come alive. In fact, I use black patina on about 90% of my copper foil creations because it leads the eye to focus on the colours and design of the glass, instead of the solder lines.​Applying patina […]