l've received a few questions about how it's going to attach/ hang from the lamp base so I re-edited old footage of fabricating the vase cap, l've since drilled a hole in the top and when all the pieces are done it will get soldered in place and reinforced.

A friend of mine has a booth at an art market and offered to let me use some of the space for selling my glass. I would probably be selling simple photo strip frames like the ones pictured, and maybe some small sun catchers. I am still fairly new to the hobby (6 months) and I’m wondering if my work has reached the level of quality where I would be able to sell it. Some friends and family members have said that they would pay for my work/can see someone buying it at a market, but none of them have any experience with stained glass or selling art. If I do the market, I would price around $20-30 per frame, and it would be more for fun and to declutter some pieces than to make an actual profit. Does $20 seem like a reasonable price for something like this, and is it even something I would be able to sell? Any other tips about preparing for markets or what to bring would be appreciated. Thank you!

I got this glass from a friend who used to do stained glass, but in all my perusing of websites I don’t know that I’ve seen it before. Although as a newcomer to this hobby I probably haven’t seen a whole lot.
It’s such a pretty blue - I just want to get more of if I can!

Hi all, someone local to me is selling this Inland Wizling CG for $100 USD. They are including an additional brand new work surface. Is this a good deal? TYIA!
edit: added USD for clarification

I've been doing stained glass just long enough to feel like I'm finally getting it. I'm feeling confident in my cutting, grinding, and soldering skills. I have a lot of room to improve, but I'm feeling good.

Like many of you, when I look for patterns I get irritated by the obvious AI generated nonsense that often has impossible cuts (at least without a saw). I've been doing CAD and vector graphics for long enough to make me feel very old, so I want to take a crack at drawing patterns.

Instead of drawing the typical flowers and geometric shapes I want to draw strange stuff. Let's get weird with it. This is why I'm making this post; I want your requests for patterns you can't find anywhere else. If I use your idea I'll send you the pattern when its done. Everybody wins!

tl;dr: I want to try my hand at drawing weird patterns. Give me suggestions please.

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I'm not responding to everyone because I'm lazy, but I've seen and appreciated everything suggested so far. I'll keep you all in the loop when I make progress.

Hi! Some of you may have seen my WIP post with this piece of yellow glass last week. (close up on the second slide) The shop owner I rent studio space from took it back from me yesterday because it's "too pretty" to be used in a project like this. Personal thoughts on that aside, I built the whole project around the specific characteristics of this glass and would like to source my own. She will not tell me where she got it or who her supplier is, just that they're in Westchester NY/in the Poughkeepsie area. All pieces of glass from this supplier are kind of thick and have these funky curvy edges like this one. If anyone knows who makes them or where I could source a replacement, please let me know!!

Someone sells 7 kilos of solder for 25 euros, but the person inhereted it so he doesn't know what kind of solder it is. Normally I solder with 60/40. What is the worst that can happen, that it's for example 50/50 and I have to practice with different solder?

Hello. I am working on a piece and I was just going to solder the rings to the outer corners (see photo) but I'm not sure if the zinc frame will be strong enough to hold it. It isn't a huge piece - only 7.5" tall, 6.5" wide at the top. I am using the thinner "bendable" zinc though because that is what I had.

Do you think the corners will be okay? Or would it be better to use the edges of the clouds on the sides (last photo). I feel like the chain might hit into the edges with that but I guess I could make the rings kind of oblong to try to avoid that. Thanks!

Each time I think - working with lead free could not be that bad, I do it all the time, other people do it. And then I start soldering something big and IT. IS. THAT. BAD 😭

Found at an Antique Markey for $390

I recently stopped by this antique shop to browse around, and ended up finding this piece hidden. So I held it to the sun and loved the colors and had to buy it.(last pic is what it looked like in the store)

I think it was a decent price, size; about 3’x2’ (including the frame)

I’m definitely not thinking of selling it, but I was curious If anybody can give a good estimate on age and if it was a good price?

Thank you

Hi, this is still a work in progress. Any feedback would be appreciated

I tried to make it as hard as possible while still being fun. It was way harder than I thought it would be with all those curves but I learned a ton by the end of it. Hopefully the next one is better.

Had a lot of fun with this one. First time doing came, cement and making a pattern larger than the Cricut sheet!

I think next time I would have use larger H-came pieces. I felt that the 3/16th was pretty unforgiving and maybe a bit too malleable for my liking?

I made this kitty for my friend, based on her cat. This is my fourth piece ever, and the first that I fully made my own pattern and didn't base it on anything else. My soldering definitely needs work, but I learned a ton through this process and I'm excited to keep going!

Used half-round copper wire for the whiskers and eyebrows and enamel paint for the eye and fur details.

Repairing this lampshade was such a daunting task but it ended up turning out SO well!!! I’ve been doing glass for ~6 months and I learned so so so much from jumping right into the deep end with this project as it was my first repair. I took it to my classes to ask opinions on things if needed.

Despite the challenges I faced, such as the filigree and copper foil coming off the non-broken pieces, they ended up not being as big of a deal as I had thought. The filigree especially turned out great considering two out of three of them were snapped. I am going to try glueing or using silicone to joint them back together before I give the shade back to my stepmom.

There’s points where I tried to take pics and I looked at it like…“where the hell did I repair it??” Hahah. So I guess that means I did a good job, so happy with myself with this!!!