Contributors

Michael Johnston is owner andoperator of Rainbow VisionStained Glass. He is an accom -plished teacher of stained glasstechniques for all skill levels andalso contributed to Basic StainedGlass Making.

Alan Wycheck is an award-winningphotographer based in Harris -burg, Pennsylvania.

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• How to master more advanced stained glass making techniques

• Expert advice on how to use new tools and new ways of using basic tools

• Step-by-step instructions to help you improve your skills

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Beyond Basic

Techniques and Tools to Expand Your Abilities

STAINED GLASS MAKINGTechniques and Tools to Expand Your Abilities

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

1. Equipment and Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2. Selecting Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

3. Basic Skills Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

4. Advanced Cutting Techniques . . . . . . . . . . 23

5. Ornate Hanging Lampshade . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

6. Stained Glass Box with Hinged Lid . . . . . . 64

7. Stained Glass Mosaic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

8. Framing and Finishing a Large Panel . . . 103

Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

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Ornate Hanging Lampshade

This handsome hanging lampshade is sure to be the focal point in any room it graces.The grapes-and-leaves design—consisting of hand-cut glass and colorful glassnuggets—makes the piece perfect for a kitchen, dining room, or bar area. A lamp-holdingjig simplifies the assembly of this heavy piece. The addition of reinforcing wire on insideseams and around the lamp’s edge make the piece sturdy. A store-bought lamp fixturewas installed to the finished shade’s tinned top.

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36. Put on the cap and shake thebottle firmly for about 30 seconds.You don’t have to shake it for a longtime, just make sure the nuggets areall rattling around against eachother.

After shaking, the foil should bewell flattened all around eachnugget. For this project, 104 nuggetswere foiled and tumbled. It’s a goodidea to foil a few extra nuggets soyou have some choices when youtry to match the pattern.

To create the grape cluster forthe skirt of the lampshade you’ll use24 blue foiled nuggets plus a red oneand a purple one for variety. On thefinished shade, two grape clustersare blue (with a couple contrastingnuggets) and two are purple.

37. Arrange the nuggets on thepattern so they fit within the con-fines of the cluster’s outline.

38. You won’t be able to match thepattern exactly. Position the nuggetsalong the edge of the cluster’s out-line so that they match the contouras closely as possible.

39. It might take a bit of fiddlingand nugget-turning until you get thecluster in a shape you like. Try tokeep the gaps between the nuggetssmall so you won’t need to fill themwith a large amount of solder.

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40. When you’re satisfied with thearrangement, use pushpins aroundthe perimeter of the cluster to holdall the nuggets in place.

41. The pins should press thenuggets against each other fairlytightly.

42. A nugget or two will probablypop up because of the pressure.

43. If one does, you might need toremove a pin or two and repositionsome nuggets so they all lay flatwhen pinned.

44. Flux the areas where thenuggets touch each other.

45. Solder each spot where thenuggets touch.

46. Work carefully, making certainthat the molten solder isn’t justfalling between the glass.

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The shade with all the interiorseams tack soldered.

93. The Lamp Wedgie will helpyou solder the inside of the lampcompletely. Holes in the bottom ofthe brace allow you to fasten it tothe work surface with pushpins.

94. Lean the shade against thebrace, as shown.

95. Solder the inside seams, turn-ing the shade as you go.

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Stained Glass Box with Hinged Lid

This sparkling stained glass box includes tinned legs, a chain that holds the lid open,and an inside bottom of mirrored glass. Thin brass tubes cut, bent, and soldered intoplace form sturdy and smoothly functional hinges. A lip on the lid makes opening the boxeasy. The glass that makes up the lid’s design was cut by hand and includes a single glassjewel. Once you know the basics of box and hinge construction, you can make glass boxesof any size, for almost any purpose.

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74. Snap the tube in two. It shouldbreak cleanly where you scored it.

75. Mark, score, and break off asecond piece of larger tube the exactsame length.

76. Next, insert a length of thesmaller tube inside one of the cutpieces of larger tube.

77. Push it through so it sticks outthe other end, about 1/2 inch.

78. Hold this 1/2-inch length be-tween your fingers; with your otherhand, use needle-nose pliers to gripthe long end of the smaller tube justbeyond the edge of the larger tube.

79. Turn the wrist of the handthat’s holding the pliers to bend thesmaller tube.

80. Stop when you’ve made a 45-degree angle (if you bend it further,there’s a good chance it will snap).

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81. Mark, score, and break off thesmaller tube so that 3/4 inch extendsbeyond the bend, as shown. Noticethat 1/2 inch of small tube still ex-tends straight out of the other end ofthe large tube.

82. Make a second hinge the sameway you made the first.

83. These tube arrangements willform the lid’s two hinges. You willsolder the larger tubes to the backedge of the lid near the corners.

84. Lay one large tube alongsidethe lid edge so it stops 3/16 inchfrom the lid’s end and then flux thetube.

85. Tack solder the tube to the lidat each end, keeping the solder afew millimeters away from the veryends of the tube—you don’t want tosolder the large and small tubes to-gether.

86. Solder the seam between thetwo tacked spots.

87. After you’ve soldered the tube,make sure the smaller tube stillturns within it.

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Contributors

Michael Johnston is owner andoperator of Rainbow VisionStained Glass. He is an accom -plished teacher of stained glasstechniques for all skill levels andalso contributed to Basic StainedGlass Making.

Alan Wycheck is an award-winningphotographer based in Harris -burg, Pennsylvania.

STACKPOLEBOOKS

www.stackpolebooks.com

$19.95 U.S.Higher in CanadaPrinted in China

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CRAFTS /Stained Glass Making

• How to master more advanced stained glass making techniques

• Expert advice on how to use new tools and new ways of using basic tools

• Step-by-step instructions to help you improve your skills

Creative techniques to go beyond the fundamentalsCreative techniques to go beyond the fundamentals

Beyond Basic

Techniques and Tools to Expand Your Abilities

STAINED GLASS MAKINGTechniques and Tools to Expand Your Abilities