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Solder Stained Glass Beaded Edges
How to Solder Stained Glass Beaded Edges Learning how to do stained glass means getting to grips with learning how to solder stained glass beaded edges. You don't want to let untidy finishing spoil your beautiful glasswork. This stained glass video and tutorial shows you how to solder a lovely rounded…
Getting Stained Glass To Fit
Measuring For A Window If you want to make stained glass windows that are going to fit into a specific place, it's important to get the measurements accurate right from the beginning. It's best to take the measurements even before you start your design, so that you can scale the…
Glass Painting Techniques – Matting
Blending Paint Tutorial Any guide to glass painting techniques has to include matting, or shading. It's the exciting process that will make your work look 3-D, like the drapery in church windows. Matting requires a very different approach than other stained glass painting techniques. Instead of putting paint on, you're…
Perfect Paint Mixing
Achieve Flowing Lines These instructions show you how to mix your paint properly. Doing this will make your painting flow smoothly, without blemishes. What medium is best? - You can mix enamels with various mediums, depending on what you're trying to achieve. - This can be a bit confusing as…
Using Glass Etching Stencils
How To Etch Glass With Stencils There's hundreds of glass etching stencils to choose from, so how do you know which ones are best for you? Read on to: Find out how to etch glass quickly and safely with etching stencils Learn about the best type of etching stencils available…
Transform Your Glassware With Etching
Glass Etching Cream Tutorial Glass etching cream is quick and simple to use with stencils, giving good results for relatively little effort. So where can you get it and how is it done? Here you'll find out how to: design custom etchings and add unique detail to your glass art…
How To Cut Glass
Stained Glass Cutting Tutorial The thought of glass cutting makes lots of people very nervous but once you've got past your first attempt you'll see that there's nothing to worry about. It's all about taking it slowly and practicing. You don't have to go quickly to cut glass, either. This video…
Best Value Etching Kit
What You Get In Your Kit With a glass etching kit you can transform boring glassware into individual gifts for friends. This page will help you Compare kits for value and quality Save time with a complete etching tools check-list Choose the best stencils and cream for your project Save…
Getting Started With Glass Paint
Stained Glass Painting Find out about glass painting with enamels and learn lots of different ways to apply them. Enamels (often called paints) used for stained glass painting are made from ground glass mixed with different coloured pigments and a flux. They are applied in a variety of ways before…