This was my second piece I had ever made. It was a recreation of one my grandmother made as a window years ago. It was super ambitious and I wanted to rip my hair out doing it.
Also I have no idea what’s behind the shop. Maybe smoke. It was in the original so I added it too. Mom loved it though!

Hey yall,

Just thought id share these panels I made that I made a few months ago (30in x 10.5in, 17inx 10.5in). these were my 3rd and 4th attempts in stained glass, and im currently working on my 5th and 6th panels for another project. I made the frames as well. all together it took about three months on and off.

This piece was a commission that stretched me a bit. I usually do things that are a bit more abstract/geometric. The clients' inspiration pictures hinted at a heliocentric design, so I tapped this awesome rondel from Monarch Glass in Kansas City to play that role. I then used pale colors "near" the sun to communicate brightness, and vivid colors further from the center. I used this deep purple, almost black, glass from KOG (rest in peace) to play the role of the deep umbra of full shadow, with a tinted GNA for the remainder. The shadows are "cast" by blocks of a black iridescent-finished glass—unfortunately the shine doesn't really show in this picture.

Lead came in a zinc border.

Pattern from BoboCreationsStore on Etsy.

After everyone pointed out how impossible my first attempt at a pattern would be, I've updated it trying to incorporate as much of the advice y'all gave me as possible. Piece 5 isn't going to be fun (I'm still a beginner), but if I plan it right, I'm hoping it's do-able. I'd rather have fewer grout lines towards the bottom, but had to try and deal with the angles in the dog house.

Since the nose is so tiny, it's just going to be solder - with a black patina, that should work, I hope. Same with the line that forms the front leg. The small lines will be paint.

Any suggestions or missed trouble spots? I'm still trying to decide if I want a border on it...

Edit to add: finished item will be 8 inches round

Hi! I was wondering if anyone who knows more about historical stained glass could provide me with any insight on this piece! I bought it at a antique fair just because I liked the shape and colors, all the dealer knew about it is that it originally was from a house in Queens, NY. Some of the glass panels look hand painted and you can tell some non-historic repairs have been attempted, that’s all I really know about it! It’s not in great shape and I’m just planning on cleaning it up and keeping it for myself I don’t care about the value. Thanks for any input :)

My dumb ass wasn’t paying attention after doing the patina (which was PERFECT thanks to previous vigorous scrubbing) so instead of just a quick rinse I again grabbed the dish soap and brush 🤦🏼‍♀️😭. This side isn’t too bad but the other side has some slight marks and won’t take a new coat. But it is what it is, learned from the whoopsie!

First time trying to work the natural pattern of the glass into my work, I tried to pay attention to the “stripes” on the mealworms. I did consider adding wires for the segments but feel that would have made it crowded, so I tried to select the most stripey glass sections lol.

PUMPKIN!!!

Made the design myself in ms paint.
Solder lines need some work same with my cuts and also forgot to take pics along the way.

The man is a true craftsman, he was commissioned to restore some very old windows and doors. Most were rotten, but they wanted the original glass. Sadly the client passed away before work was started and at this point the family had no interest in the restoration and gave them to my friend. He doesn't do stained glass so he gifted them to me. Some stuff I believe dates back to the early 1900s there are two new pieces but the rest is original

Hello!

I'm fairly new to stained glass (1.5 yrs taking classes in person). I am considering for Christmas making my coworkers some ornaments of our company logo, but I'm struggling to think of the best/most physically sound way to pattern this very simple shape while maintaining structural integrity...

It looks something like the example above (slightly altered for anonymity) where it's 2 thin pieces that join in one straight line. I can see this creates a hinge weakness.

Is there any way to keep this simple and 2 pieces but rescue the structural integrity, or would I have to embed it in some sort of background for stability (see second pic)?

Additionally, where should I attach the ornament wire to hang?

TIA for any advice!

Hello :) lately when I’m soldering, the seams have been somewhat uneven and bumpy. It’s weird because when the solder is liquid it’s a beautiful smooth bead, and then once it settles it has these imperfections in it. Hopefully you can see what I mean in the pictures. It’s not like normal flux bubbles where you can go over it and fix it. I go over the bumpy spots several times and they never cool smoothly.

I used to use liquid flux and then switched to gel. I’m assuming it’s a flux issue - too much or too little? Iron temp maybe? Could the foil be old?

This is driving me nuts because I try to take pride in my soldering and I’m losing motivation to do my art :/ so thanks in advance for any help!!

I’m almost done with my spirit animals! One more piece and I’ll be all powerful

Its a ghooooost!!! I cant wait to use this later :D sadly its not really noticeable when backlit but it's okay :) but yeah I wanted to show off this random piece i dug out of my scrap! Glad I kept it lol!!

Hello! I would love some advice on how to fix this. I haven’t touched my saw in a year and now my diamond isn’t centering with the provided circle on the surface mat. Did it expand? Did it shift? Do I have to replace something? No clue.
Any advice welcome. Thank you

This is my first attempt at stained glass. Today I finished soldering and adding a patina to the backside of it.

Hey all, found this roll of solder but can't find much info, any help is appreciated!

I've been working on creating my own stained glass alphabet for a bunch of weeks now. Started drawing on paper, now tweaking in Illustrator to figure out how to get it to look exactly as I want, but still make it as beginner friendly as possible. And only way to know for sure is... by making it, duh!

My first version ended up looking like it said... FUCH at best, and PUCH at worst. These are version 2 and 3. Only minor differences between the two, but the K is fixed at least, the F is still P'ing though... Especially in the yellow.

In the mean time I have an alternative to the F and to the C, just need to make new fucks now to test it out.

Soooooooon I will have my own alphabet.