Welcome To Everything Stained Glass
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Are you passionate about stained glass? Do you like making it, reading and talking about it, visiting AND looking at it? Then welcome – you’re as besotted as me!
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You’re in the right place if you want to learn about stained glass, whether you’re a beginner or an old hand. I’ve been a glass addict for fourteen years now – as a commissioned artist, a student and a teacher (read more about me here) – and have always wanted to create a single place that people can come to for a whole range of inspiring and reliable stained glass information. Now that you’re here, I’ve created a list to help you find what you’re looking for:
- YOUR Glass. First on the list, and most important – you! Here’s where you’ll find your ‘virtual stained glass tutor’. Ask me questions, send me photos and share what you’ve found – I’ll upload it with answers, encouragement, suggestions and support. Together we’ll create the best stained glass resource on the web!
- How To Make Stained Glass the real way, using coloured glass and lead. These illustrated step-by-step guides will take you through each stage in order, so that by the end you’ll be making your own leaded glass panels. On the way you’ll learn about glass cutting, leading up, soldering, and all the other thoroughly messy – but fun – processes. If you get stuck, or something weird happens, you can ask a question and I’ll answer it promptly.
- Extra Special Decorative Techniques. Click here and scroll down to ‘Advanced Techniques’ if you’re wanting to find out about the more fiddly – but very rewarding – processes such as glass etching and slumping glass. You’ll learn from scratch which tools and materials you need, and how to use them creatively and safely.
- Painting on Glass is for those of you who want to transform your work with added colour, texture and detail. This section covers choosing the right glass paint for your project, mixing paint, painting lines and shading, or matting as it’s called in the glass world. If you’re particularly interested in glass painting, I’ve written Glass Painting Tips to compliment the pages in this section, with lots of explanatory photos and detailed tips for getting the most from your painting project.
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- Stained Glass Tools. Here’s where you’ll find out which tools are absolutely essential for making glass panels, and the ones you need to avoid. There’s buying advice on glass cutters, soldering irons and glass grinders, and lots of other strange glass tools you might not know you need.
“I admire the way you take time to explain the processes” Michele
- Glass Kilns and How To Use Them. This section helps you with that expensive and frightening bit of kit sitting in the corner of the room – your glass kiln! You can find out what happens to your glass during a kiln firing schedule or ask any question and get an expert answer. There’s even a page on building a glass furnace!
- Church Stained Glass Windows. This is the section where you can discover new glass artists, see some amazing church windows and learn technique and design tips. It’s a bit of a weird and wonderful mix – ranging from Chartres Cathedral to contemporary German artists such as Wilhelm Buschulte – but I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.
- Stained Glass Panels. I hope you’ll love this bit as much as I do. This is where you’ll find some of that glass art that’s quite hard to classify – it’s been made purely because people love glass. There’s some great work here – take a look at Mark Angus and Mollie Meager , and the page of fantastic first panels by my students too. And guess what? I want you to add photos of your work to make it even better. Go for it – you know you want your own web page to show off to your friends and family!
“I have visited your site, it's superb" Manjinder
- History of Stained Glass. You can find out about the beginnings of stained glass in the 7th century and the outrageous beauty of medieval glass in these pages. If you’ve seen anything interesting that you’d like to share, we’d love to see it! You can add your photos here.
- A-Z Stained Glass. This is where you go to find a particular technique or glass artist, or simply to scroll down the list and see what you’ve missed. It’s alphabetical and easy to use. Below, still on this page, there’s another list of what’s on the site in a different format – you might prefer it.
“I'll tell my friends about your fantastic site and we'll visit again soon” Marion
Learn the dos and donts of fused glass. Includes notes on compatibility, firing and equipment.
The wonders of Glass Etching and Custom Glass Etchings explained, with photos of Acid Etching Glass
Learn how to create exciting textures by slumping glass over different types of moulds. Includes plaster-based, clay and fibre-paper moulds.
Learn how to create exciting textures by slumping glass over different types of moulds. Includes plaster-based, clay and fibre-paper moulds.
Add another dimension to your stain glass work with silver nitrate! Top tips and information about applying and firing silver stain on to glass.
How to Make Stained Glass the Arts and Crafts Stained Glass way, including Glass Painting Tips and Glass Etching Stencils
If you want to learn how to make stained glass windows you must be able to accurately measure.This page shows you how to get it right.
The Everything Stained Glass Blog keeps you up to date with all the free stained glass information and tutorials added to everything-stained-glass.com
Easy to follow Glass Cutting instructions showing How to Cut Glass for Cutting Stained Glass
Great Glass Painting advice and Glass Painting Tips.
Are you bamboozled by the sheer number of stained glass tools and materials? This is where it will all become clear, with photos and tips about buying the essentials and discarding the rest.
Church Stained Glass Windows at Fairford, Religious Stained Glass photos and history
An exciting weekend building a wood fired glass furnace from scratch.
Learn about the history of stained glass windows century by century.
If there was a moment in the history of stained glass windows that we could point at and say 'bingo!', the 13thC was it.
The first chapter in the history of stained glass windows starts in Anglo-Saxon churches way back in the 7thC.
Learn about church stained glass windows from medieval to modern
Who made these Church Stained Glass Windows depicting Jacob's Ladder. Photos of the Church Stain Glass Window from inside and out.
Mark Angus's fantastic Church Stained Glass Windows, with photos of his Religious Stained Glass Windows
Learn about the church stained glass windows of German glass artist Jochem Poensgen
Learn about the church stained glass windows of German stained glass artist Jochem Poensgen
Schreiter's religious stained glass at Langen Kapelle
Glass Bottle Cutter, review of most popular bottle cutter
Important information for working out a Kiln Firing Schedule for a Glass Kiln
Help with any Stained Glass Projects, How to Make Stained Glass, How to Cut Glass, Glass Painting Techniques, everything stained glass in fact!
Find what you are looking for with this A to Z of Everything Stained Glass
Illustrated Painting on Glass tutorials giving away Glass Painting Instructions, Glass Painting Techniques and Glass Painting Tips for free
