Hello everyone! I was hoping to get some advice. I am new to stained glass (this is the first thing I have ever attempted) and I ran into some issues after soldering. As I was soldering I noticed there was some oil or wax looking stuff splattering out onto the glass and sticking onto the solder lines. As soon as I was done I cleaned the piece. I gently scrubbed it with mild dish soap, and then baking soda as was recommended to me by google. Now I still have some of that stuff on the glass and stuck to the lines. I tried super hard to get it off, even tried scraping it off with a toothpick but nothing is working.

Is this flux? Does anyone know how to get rid of this or how to prevent this in the future? I don’t want to damage the piece. I used 60/40 solder if that is important.

I have added pictures for reference. The front is okay-ish (picture 2), but the back looks atrocious (see picture 3). There are weird droplets of the stuff all over the glass and areas of discoloration. I know it’s wonky and the solder lines are messy, I am kind of embarrassed to even show this. I designed it to sit in a frame so that the edges won’t be visible, which is why they look so sloppy. Any tips would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

P.S. it is supposed to look like a street sign. It’s a real street from where my friend grew up, this was supposed to a gift for her.

First ever thingy I’ve made. I hope I get better at soldering, and everything else for that matter. But omg I love it! I am catching on faster than I thought I would. Never thought I would ever be able to finish a piece to be honest. Any tips and tricks y’all have? I need all the advice I can get. I’m teaching myself using the interwebs. Never seen it done in person.

Yes, it's someone else's IP, but my best friend loves Snoopy and I wanted to make something for her birthday.

My soldering is still sub-optimal, I cut the blue glass facing the wrong way, the sun color needs more ooooph, and the lead came in the border was impossible to straighten out all the way, but I'm still happy with it.

This was my first attempt to make a pattern - and I never would have been able to do it without this community. Y'all helpfully ripped my first attempt apart and pointed out how it was completely impossible to cut. It was also: my first round (well, mostly) piece, my curviest cuts so far, my first opaque glass, the tiniest pieces I've cut, and my first time adding paint and wire work. A lot of firsts!

Now I have to wait until the 1st to give it to her. Gonna be hard.

Hey guys! I just finished this project and I want to frame it, possibly with a light behind it? Usually I just use lead came to frame a piece for a window but I want this piece as a mirror/wall art. Do I build my own frame? Maybe a shadow box and a light kit?

Any advice is appreciated!

Hi!! I am a stained glass artist, been doing it for about 3 years now, so I’m not a beginner but I’ve never made a lamp, and have made very few 3D pieces.

I bought this goose-neck lamp base at my local glass store (D&L art glass) about 6mo ago, and I have been so excited to start the shade but haven’t because I am debilitating daunted at the process

I know (pretty sure at least) that I need to buy a brass ring to secure the shade, but I don’t know what size to buy and I don’t think my local store sells them individually. (Maybe they do, but haven’t called to ask since I don’t know what size I need)

I also can’t find any videos on how to start this process for a goose neck lamp, only seeing larger panel lamp tutorials, so I don’t know what size to scale my pattern

Any help on where to buy / what kind of brass ring and how to begin my pattern would be very helpful!!!!

My husband’s latest project

Kinda just went with the flow designing this, I probably should went with different colors of glass or moved away from just the one color for the water but still happy how it turned out

I have a LOT of stained glass windows. We have had double glass windows installed in front of it, and at the moment I am painting the trim and cleaning up the windows. Aside from the putty in the window frame, there seems to be various amounts of it between the lead and the little panes of glass. Is this (or something else) supposed to be there, and can I replenish it where it is missing, or should it be just lead and glass?

I recently finished the first batch of my new series of panels featuring anything and everything! It’s fun watching a small collection like this grow. I’m always interested in different characters or designs you might want to see me make next, so let me know your suggestions!

I want to make a unicorn wall lamp so thought I’d use a pattern for a paper version from Etsy and adapt it into a glass pattern. It’s a little bigger than I want so will probably scale it down a little. Also, the pattern isn’t actually symmetrical which bothers me so I might try to adjust it. Gonna make the mouth so it’s closed too I think. The horn worries me a little cuz I feel it’ll be a lot of weight hanging by just a ring of solder so I’m thinking of ways to maybe reinforce it. Making the whole thing smaller will probably help.

Also I’ve seen some people do fused glass eyes, but I don’t see much about it when I google it or search in the sub. Anyone else done fused glass eyes and want to share a picture of theirs? Considering adding that as element to the head.

is she perfect? no. does her anatomy fully make sense? no. did some of the glass break when i was cutting it? yes. did i glue the breaks back together? yes.
still very new to this. this is, i think, my fourth piece. i know gluing the broken pieces together is probably bad but im still new and i dont want to waste glass lol

INSPIRED BY @amyintheaetherart as she made me aware :)
INSPIRED BY @amyintheaetherart
INSPIRED BY @amyintheaetherart

Pattern and final product by me 🕷️🍩

So happy with how this one turned out, despite the few areas where things didnt quite line up perfectly where the stem attaches to the mushroom cap. Anyone else put a piece of clear glass over the pattern so you can see how the light looks shining through? Nice way to check if you dont have a light box.

Hey guys, I’m very new to the world of Stained Glass (this is my 3rd project) and I’m a little stuck. I designed this myself and somewhere along the way I managed to make a pretty big gap where the left and top leaf are meant to intersect. I think if I solder it like this it won’t fit. Any advice of how / where I should cut to be able to make this piece fit?? Any advice is is welcome!

I am new and I would love to be held and pushed in the right direction. If anyone could give me the name of some beginner tutorials or tips, I would be beyond thankfull. I worked as a glassworker/cabinetworker before, but I only cut it for windows. Plain windows. ​​​​​

So nervous about all the small pieces and trying not to have the soldering drown them out!!!

hey guys, i’m really struggling with how to do a piece like this. i’ve never made anything with lettering or anything like this so any advice or tips would be really appreciated! i know i need to add a lot of lines to the letters and background and if anyone is willing to make a template for me i also wouldn’t mind paying! thank you so much :)

“Peregrine Falcon” pattern by Justin Behnke

Could you guys please share here a picture of a piece where you used copper patina and how it has aged? I’m curious to see how tarnished things get after a while.
Thanks!!

Dungeon Crawler Carl's Donut 😍. Probably my favorite thing I've done.

Hello! I’ve been doing stained glass for about 10 months now. Took to it like water and have made a bunch of work over the last couple months. Recently I’ve been experiencing an issue with my foil sort of rippling up as I’m soldering. I suspect it is caused by over heating the foil. I was working with lead free solder which I’ve learned needs a higher temp to flow. Has anyone else experienced this? Is the solution simply to not over work an area so it doesn’t get too hot?

Thanks!

Hi!! Little context: I’ve been making stained glass full time for about a year, I’ve made hundreds of different pieces and I feel like I have (for the most part) mastered the black patina and not getting white mold.

I’m currently working on a lampshade and it’s time to foil it, so a decision is upon me.
I’ve tried doing copper patina a few times before and I’ve hated the result lmao. But it’s been months since I last tired it and my cleaning methods have really improved in the past few months. Truth is, this design would look lovely with copper patina, I’ve watched dozens of videos on how to apply it so it looks perfect and I think I’m confident that I could pull it off, but my question is: does it age nicely?

Do you guys have any experience using copper patina and it aging somewhat nicely? I know it’s meant to oxidize a little over time, but I’m afraid it’ll end up looking horrible in a few months. Do you guys have any advice? Maybe some pictures of a piece over time? Whatever it is, I think it’ll be helpful.

Thank you!!