I’m not totally sure if this counts as original art? I didn’t “use” someone’s pattern as much as I gleaned it from 5-6 different stickers and images of glass that I compared. Then I drew it out, traced it up, yadda yadda.

As soon as I started with glass, my wife requested the RHPS lips. So when the news dropped, I had to go buy some red. lol.

Measuring 16" this beauty is laced with iridescents, leaving visual treasures on both sides to appreciate.

Made using AIM solder, Banari Copper Foil, pebeo Porcelain 150 paint, patina black and all vintage glass.., this piece is off to its forever home

Commission complete ✅

What's better than designing both an angel AND a star for the top of my Christmas tree?! Couple more grinds and I'll be foilin'! Still unsure how I'm gettin' her on there but something like a large hair clip seems up my alley, besides the copper spring idea.

I started these pieces back in January for my wedding this August. Here they are at the alter, my wife and I had a ton of fun designing them. Her side was the moon, and mine was the sun. I also snuck her profile into the face in the moon. :)

Made this for my father-in-law, in reference to the family vacation we took to the Hot Air Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque, New Mexico a few years ago. I hope he loves it. ❤️

This was by far my largest commission. A 100+ year old Church outside Dallas. A total of almost 6 months to complete.

The church was being restored into a wedding venue. There were over 40 stained glass windows either completely dilapidated or in desperate need of repair. The church had set idle for decades and vandals, and the weather had destroyed much of the glass and millwork around them.

The original glass was manufactured by Kokomo stained glass company in Indiana. I sent them samples, and they still had some of the original glass and the formula to make more.

A local wood worker recreated the millwork. A crew of 7 workers installed the glass as me and my crew created and repaired them.

So, i'm making this pattern for a friend. I do know i might have to reinforce the tail a little bit but am not sure about the ears. Or even if there are any other problems really. Unfortunately the pattern was AI and i did not notice until after i had started, so i can't look at a reference as to where to put the rings to hang it from.

I would truly appreciate some help, and other feed back as well!

What better way to celebrate than with a little handcrafted magic! I’m absolutely obsessed with how the sunlight catches the rich red and amber swirls in this glass piece 🍂☀️ Nothing brings those cozy, forest-y, autumn vibes into your home quite like a suncatcher catching that golden hour light.

Whether you're a fan of cottagecore aesthetics, spooky season prep, or just love a good fungi design, this piece adds a lovely pop of nature to any window! 🌿

This is my first stained glass pieced that I just finished. I had a lot of fun making it! I used some photos for inspiration but I didn't use a pattern. I would like some feedback on where to improve. Thank you!

Topic time again!

We got two patterns for you this month and between them we covered all 3 topics that won the vote.

Hope you have fun creating these!

You can find these patterns on Pattern Archive for other formats:

1. https://patternarchive.net/pattern/1z34wfer2vir3tm
2. https://patternarchive.net/pattern/i0vem88yoaikmab

All of our past patterns can be found here: https://patternarchive.net/sets/t444ns0106pujq7

This is a slower process due to it being a bit Freeform, no pattern as such.

Basically what the title says :) A friend of mine asked me to make a large abstract panel for him. The dimensions will be 24" W X 51" H - by far the largest piece I've made!

I've mocked up the design (attached). I plan to use foil, then finish the border with the largest came I can find for extra support. I built a ~1" border of plain glass in as we plan to build a custom wood frame for the piece as well.

Because the piece is so tall, I'm a little worried about it sagging over time. I'm hoping between the came, frame, and no completely horizontal lines in the design it will be strong enough, but is there anything else I can adjust in the mockup to make sure it's as stable as possible? I know there are some hinge joints in there but I had a hard time avoiding them completely..

Any tips or advice you'd all give to improve the strength of the structure, or other feedback that might help?

Thanks in advance for your sage wisdom!

I'm contemplating and have been researching how to get into stained glass work and am beginning to want to dive in. I am not entirely confident about the glass Shards produced when cutting/grinding and wanted to seek input and hear out solutions yall might be using to mitigate stray shards in small spaces. I'm a persistent little bugger and already got all the other concerns quelled but want to hear how people with experience handle that element of the hobby in small spaces where one doesn't have a garage. I have a great work bench and for it in thinking the best solution for containment would be a 20 gallon utility tray with waffle mats inside for general cutting/scoring and the initial breaks and then for grinding I was thinking like a still air box/ tent would be perfect! what do you think? Thank you so much for your time and advice!!!

So I had this one piece of glass that I'd completely fallen in love with, but wasn't quite sure what to do with it (Mississippi River Glass 1000 S, the in case anyone is interested). Then I came across a tattoo design a friend of mine did that instantly struck me - and here we are. I happened to have matching Wissmach colors.

For effects I did some overlays, solder dots and spikes. Copper patina and sharp spikes are an horrible pairing! In any case, I'm thrilled with the result.

This commission for a local mortuary was one of my favorite projects and design. My client has another location in Dallas with magnolia trees and dalle de verre (glass block) stained glass windows. They asked me to combine the two. I mixed 5 different lead widths in a block like design to emulate the look of dalle de verre. I think it worked out well.

Shout out to the community. I was inspired by [u/egrebs](u/egrebs) and their posting about stained glass leaves. u/claycorp was nice enough to help me tin wire for the first time. I learned a ton, including that I’ll pay almost anything for pretinned wire ;).

Hi stained glass subreddit friends,

Coming to you all l to ask for some help. So almost every time I do a 3-D piece or a non-framed piece I really struggle with my patina not holding onto my tinned edges.

In this case, it almost feels like you can see the copper foil but as you can see in the second picture, I did tin it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I truly don’t wanna get discouraged, but I’ve done multiple hummingbirds and now this succulent and even a cute little alien spaceship and have had the same issue.

Have y’all ever struggled with this or found a solution? Could it be that I’m not adding enough solder? Or is it that I’m putting too much heat and pressure on it when I tin?

ANY help would be appreciated cuz I really wanna do more of these but hate that this is happening.

Hi friends!

I’m vending at a Renaissance festival next month and I came across this really cool dragon with stained glass wings. The poster said the designer doesn’t have socials or a website so I’m wondering if anyone knows of a pattern for something similar? Otherwise I was just gonna take a stab at it myself!

One of my favorite memes, but in glass! Pattern by Frank and Crow, found on patternarchive.net

Remade a piece I sold a while ago, slighty revised the pattern 😇 added a couple little ufos