I decided to make two of these to convey different moods.

My husband asked for an American flag for his office. Hope he's happy 😁

It was mt first time using lead came and copper foil in the same project. Need to cement and frame, still.

I mean obviously it is but i’m struggling to even comprehend how they’re doing it. is it generated onto glass and then cut and soldered? is there no soldering? is it plastic? I can’t click any image as it just takes me to their website, and all the comments are super supportive and claim they love their product. help? my brain feels broken.

Hi guys - I've loved looking at the art on here and I waited over a year to get into a class so I can try it. I absolutely loved it but two weeks in a row I got glass in my eye during the grinding part. First time I had safety glasses, second time I bought goggles but there was just enough of a gap at the nose that I think that's where it got in. I can deal with the cuts on my hands and arms and even some on my cheeks but I don't think I can keep at it if my eye (same one both times) keeps getting glass bits in it.

Sorry for the vent post Im just bummed that I'm quitting after only 4 weeks but yeah that's it.

A few months ago I posted my design for a project I was making for my synagogue. I was told by many here that it wouldn’t work. I won’t name the posters. I was confident in my concept so I spent the time and $ to construct it. It is called a “Net Tamid” and I aptly named it “The Eternal Flame”. The piece is fully solid/sturdy and has already withstood a couple of wacks with our Torah scrolls and come out unharmed.
The moral is: if you feel confident in your idea, let it have life!
Lastly, wanted to post a quick vid so you all could see the great flame effect. But it won’t load to site. Sorry.

This is my 90th artwork in my personal art style, Swirled Abstract. For this one, I wanted to capture the feel of stained glass using only colored pencil.

I’m not skilled or brave enough—nor do I have the tools or materials—to create a true stained glass artwork, so I used what I had: my trusty colored pencils. I did my best to research, understand, and portray the style of stained glass as faithfully as I could.

I’m sharing this here out of my love for the art form and my desire to be a part of it in some way. I’d truly appreciate any constructive criticism from those who know the craft—so if I ever try this again, I can improve.

I wish I could’ve made a real stained glass window. I think that would’ve been such a sweet, special gift to the girl I portrayed in this Swirled Abstract. But I did the best I could with what I had.

Thank you for any understanding, consideration, or even appreciation you may have.

commissioned custom stained glass bathroom window for homeowners in Denver https://denverstainedglass.com/stained-glass-bathroom-windows/

Hi everyone, I recently came across stained glass works that look almost identical to some of my designs. The thing is, the artist’s previous works were completely different, so it’s clear they’ve copied my style for these pieces. I’m feeling really upset and unsure if this counts as plagiarism or if I’m overreacting. Has anyone experienced something similar? How did you handle it?

Just a discussion topic really. There’s sooooo many AI patterns on Etsy these days and it really grinds my gears. I was thinking though- how are these even being sold? AI art is public domain and isn’t able to be copyrighted. Thoughts? “Human authorship is required: Copyright law protects original works of authorship, and the term "author" is defined as a human being.”

I previously posted in this community asking for tips and tricks on how to improve afer doing my first couple of pieces and one of the advices was to buy a better soldering iron, (which fair because the one i have falls apart after it heats up and temp is inconsistent) (i also got the grinding machine which honestly, life changer) I saw the most recommended one was the hakko fx 601 so my boyfriend was kind enough to order it for my birthday despite the pretty high price and insane amazon us import fee.

There's a looong story around how shitty the hiping was, where i had to go to get it out of storage and the fact it came already used! Amazon refused to do anything about it but me to return it which would've meant paying the insane shipping costs again and not getting the import fee back but anyway....

Long story short, it doesnt heat up enough. I have an adaptor and i am not sure if that is the issue because electrical in america is not not same with europe with voltage being different on electronics but i dont know what to do. Do i have any chance to use it? Is there any adaptor i need to buy? I.m would try almost anything considering i cant send it back anymore and i.d like to be able to use it. Help!

Picture of what i am working on as well.

4 Awesome tools for a stained glass artist! Please like and follow if you want to learn more. Much Love always and be kind! #stainedglassartist #followyourpassion

I am looking for more identifying leaded glass window panels from our front doorway but I’m having trouble finding credible info on them. Any help here would be appreciated. They are about 6-8 ft tall and about 1 ft wide. I believe they were from late 80’s to early 90’s.

Does anyone have any information on this piece? Any help is greatly appreciated.

A few years back I used to work on stained glass everyday in my garage. After a few months I developed bronchitis that lasted about 6 months with a persistent cough. It was bad, I couldn’t breathe laying down and for many months only got ~3-4 hours of sleep sitting up.

More recently, my dad and I talked about how his dad had a persistent nasty cough from soldering without a mask. Then it clicked, I never used a mask when I soldered.

I’m wondering if this is a common experience for others as well. Safe to say, PPE is very important when soldering!!!!

I was, admittedly quite clumsily, trying to hang this on a wall of my apartment. Well, it slipped out of my hand slammed on its bottom right corner, shooting a crack all the way through to the top left. Is glass adhesive the right fix for this? should I just trace some gold foil straight through the entire crack? I've never used foil before, this is from a thrift store.

Hey r/StainedGlass!

I'm a French developer, but I've always loved diving into creative projects.

When a friend started making stained glass, I decided to try my hand at crafting a bullseye-style window for my DIY chicken coop.

But I couldn't find any patterns online that fit what I wanted.

I got a little carried away and ended up building a tool to help with the process. It lets you upload your own SVG or flat-color PNG design and converts it into a cutting pattern (PDF/DXF) for free.

If you're curious, you can try it out here: https://stained-glass.erwan-boehm.fr/

No pressure, though... I just wanted to share my little project and see if others have faced the same pattern-hunting struggles 😊.

Grandpa pulled these out from the garage and asked me to sell them. He said it’s from his grandma, so over 100 year ago I think?

How much are they worth?

Right, on to the next project and time to pick this up again, I started and stopped this last February and I was quite new to 3d stained glass so a little rough around the edges, hopefully I can tidy it up, wish me luck!

this might be unrelated to this sub, but I really need advice on glass restoration.. it's reverse painted on glass.. it's very important to me.. thank you

This is my first project! I've always appreciated stained glass lamps- I got these scrap pieces for cheap, and this little chalkboard tray as a workspace. I have thought about cutting these pieces, as I do have some basic tools- but I'm unsure. Maybe I'll save cutting pieces for project #2! Incrementally advancing my techniques :)