r/StainedGlass

Made this for my best friend last year

A recent piece for a Melbourne Design Week show

Thank you fb marketplace gods

My partner’s late grandmother’s stained glass accidentally fell and some parts shattered.
The glass is thankfully simple and replaceable. The catch is, it’s not help in lead, or metal at all. I think it is grout? It’s cool to the touch, and very smooth.
What are my options here?

There’s always old church’s being torn down in my hometown, and I’ve always wanted to get a piece of glass out of them. At an estate sale recently I came across this piece and picked it up for a few hundred bucks, and couldn’t pass it up. Just recently got a diffused LED strip mounted behind it to really show it off. From my research it’s likely from the 20s-30s and created by Jacoby Studios around St. Louis, Mo. It likely came out of a North City church in Stl.

Is there any specific care I need to take while cleaning this piece, outside of the lead that I’m sure is in the solder and surfaces? Anything to look out for, or absolutely not do to it?

The piece itself has the Pilgrims Staff and purse on it, symbols attributed to Saint James the Greater. Makes me think there’s probably a dozen of these panels that were made, but I haven’t had any luck in that research yet.

Hello!

I believe this would fall under the fused category, someone please correct me if I’m wrong for future posts!

Here is an enamel watch dial I created! So far I am just working on using opaque Thompson enamels, but my goal is to eventually try my hand at cloisonné and champleve!

One of the biggest constraints for watches is the thickness of the dial… happy accident that I hit 1mm on the dot on this go around :)

Would love to hear your thoughts!

Thanks!

I am trying to do a moon phase design with copper foil overlay. I’ve tried this multiple times and keep getting heat cracks. I’m also having some trouble with the foil lifting even after heavily burnishing, I might have been using too much flux?

-I had my iron a little under 310°
-I tried a different glass, I tried the cream colored twice and then the purple, same issue.
- I did one moon phase and then let it cool, and went back to do the next phase.

I’m not sure if this is an impossible design or if anyone has any advice. I might give up on this and try etching with a Dremel on dark glass or maybe a wire design next, let me know if you have any input on that. I’m pretty new to stained glass.

This is my 3rd ever lamp and it was a custom commission, based on my last design. But that was out of their price range being 256 pieces, so I did my best to make one to fit their budget.

But... then I used Dichroic for the bow knot because it's their fourth custom order from me and they deserved a little ✨razzle dazzle✨ for being the best.

I think it turned out super cute given the limitations I had to work within 🥰

I'm looking for glas that matches the beautiful green/blue shiny color of this bird. Anyone any idea? Thanks!

I got this pattern from littletaskglass a few years ago and finally modified it to make a mirror as a means to rekindle my love for glass. This was my first time using a pattern! Do you guys ever work on something for so long that you start to hate it? 🫩

Recently seen a couple of photos and videos about Tiffany lamps and my house light shades look very similar any way to tell if they're authentic or worth anything?

One more panel done and two to go!