Stained Glass Making

A creative workshop designing and making traditional stained glass. Work on a specific project or just come to learn and experiment with glass. You will learn how to cut class using a cutline template; use lead to assemble the pieces together, solder the panel and cement to finish. Students will be able to create their own design for a panel or choose from a number of prepared designs.

You will begin with some practice in cutting on plain glass before starting on your chosen design. There will be a selection of coloured glass available for the group to share and you will be shown how to cut shapes to fit your cutting template. Coloured glass will be mounted to the easel to monitor progress before the panel is assembled with lead. Finally the piece will be soldered and cemented to weatherproof. You will have to do the final cleaning at home.

There will be group demonstrations of skills and individual guidance and help throughout the course. This is a physically demanding course which does require good manual dexterity.