I've recently set up the basement to have a nice little space for stained glass work, and have really started to get into the swing of things!
I haven't done stained glass since graduating (no space in little apartments!) so it's a learning and re-learning adventure for me!
The new things with this piece were A: soldering different types of metal and B: strongline! what did I do without strongline in my life? Oh yeah, made some stuff that fell apart:
Yeah, this one's on the list for repairs. Repairing windows is ten times more difficult then doing it right the first time. But then we'd never learn!
Here are some of the process photos...
Back in the fall, I got really enthusiastic to start glass again, and had complete this piece:
This was a very primitive process: I had no grinder and thus used my dremel with grinding bits to help shape the glass (a very long and labor intensive process!) Also, I could only get plumbers solder in my area...the mixture of lead to tin made for a much more difficult lead line. However the end result was successful!
Unfortunately winter came, and there went my light.
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