r/StainedGlass 7d ago

Challenge Post [August 2026] Challenge Vote! A day late but still here!

9 Upvotes

You all get how this works right? No..? Ok! Well we like to pick a challenge topic every month for people to do and YOU get to pick it!

So for the next 7 days you can add topics to this post and upvote those that you like then on July 22 a winner will be picked for the new challenge that starts August 1st with a fresh new pattern for it. All for you!

Let's hear what you would like to see next! Make sure to check back now and again to keep voting up ideas you like.


r/StainedGlass 20d ago

Challenge Post July 2026 Challenge: Sharks and Deep Sea Creatures (excluding crabs)

14 Upvotes

Here's this months topics as two tied and the pattern for them.

Sharks and Deep Sea Creatures! What kind of deep lurking creatures will we find in this months topic!

As always there's more types of pattern files and SVG found here.

What's coming next? You decide! Make sure to look for the August vote on July 14th!

(Had to repost because I wrote 2025 in the title by mistake lol)


r/StainedGlass 2h ago

Identification/Evaluation Found at an Antique Markey for $390

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147 Upvotes

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


r/StainedGlass 3h ago

Original Art | Foil Fly on the wall: My first attempt at stained glass

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131 Upvotes

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.


r/StainedGlass 13h ago

Original Art | Came House number as my first lead came project!

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333 Upvotes

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?


r/StainedGlass 4h ago

Work In Progress Stained glass mirror.

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64 Upvotes

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


r/StainedGlass 11h ago

Original Art | Foil First original piece for a friend of mine 🐱

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195 Upvotes

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.


r/StainedGlass 13h ago

Work In Progress You guys are co-authors of this, so you see it first 🤠

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191 Upvotes

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 😭


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Original Art | Foil Wanted to show off my 5th piece

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725 Upvotes

I’ve been working on this on and off for the past year for my husband. He loves frogs and reading so he asked me to make him a frog that is reading!
I feel kind of silly with how I broke up the brown glass. I should have combined some of the shapes to be one piece, specifically the 4 pieces right below the frog and 2 pieces on the right. Oh well, live and learn. I’m already itching to design my next piece!

Pattern is my original design.


r/StainedGlass 7h ago

Business Talk First market question

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18 Upvotes

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!


r/StainedGlass 1h ago

Created from: Someones Pattern 3rd piece ☀️⛱️🌴

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r/StainedGlass 9h ago

Help Me! Glass ID help

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20 Upvotes

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!!


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Painted Glass | Other Paint Aerial silks custom piece

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401 Upvotes

I had the absolute joy of working on this commission that was a surprise for a lovely silks performer. This is definitely some of my most delicate painting to date with the itty bitty piercings and fine lines for the face and I'm so damn proud of how it turned out. 😍


r/StainedGlass 9h ago

Work In Progress Clone Trooper Tiffany Lamp - Day 15 (redux)

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19 Upvotes

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.


r/StainedGlass 7h ago

Help Me! Jump Ring Placement

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8 Upvotes

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!


r/StainedGlass 4h ago

Help Me! Secondhand Wizling CG

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2 Upvotes

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


r/StainedGlass 36m ago

Help Me! Help ID this glass please

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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!


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Original Art | Foil custom wedding sign WIP 🌸

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386 Upvotes

loving how it's turning out!! client wanted art deco vibes and fountains for KC :)


r/StainedGlass 11h ago

Shop Fun Buying solder

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8 Upvotes

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?


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Original Art | Mixed Method Sissy Bar Collab

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226 Upvotes

Reposting from a failed cross posting yesterday!

Just finished this sick collab with a welder friend.

For vibration skepticism: I have silicone fit in the exterior zinc frame to try and keep vibration to a minimum. I have a glass buddy who did a sissy about 6 years back @ the start of her career and used a thick rubber band border in her frame. Her glass pieces are bigger, so more susceptible to breaking, and it's still going strong!
We're raffling it at a shop party, so assuming whoever wins it rides frequently, we can test out its durability and see how we can approach future orders!


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Original Art | Foil Dapper Pumpkin

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649 Upvotes

Pattern is mine 🎃🦊


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Original Art | Foil First panel/bigger piece

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55 Upvotes

I'm making this piece as a present for someone special to me, it's an original design of a place called Paxton's Tower in Wales, it's where my granny's ashes are scattered.

This is not finished yet and I am very much a beginner (this is pretty much my first piece), have soldered the front but will go back over it to smooth it all as much I can, then solder the back, add a lead came boarder and then patina it black. Actually really happy and proud of it so far, very excited to see the finished result.

I don't really have any idea what I'm doing and feel very much like I'm winging it but it's safe to say that I have absolutely fallen in love with stained glass!

Just wanted to share :)

Hope everyone's having a lovely day x


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Created from: Someones Pattern First piece made at home!

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103 Upvotes

Is it wonky? Yes, absolutely.
Are the jump rings placed on opposite sides unintentionally? Also yes.
But dang was it ever fun. Feel like I learned a lot, will probably attempt this pattern again to see if I can get it better!

Made from the free pattern available on Lucent Glass!


r/StainedGlass 1d ago

Work In Progress Progress on a commission!

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93 Upvotes

I love how the glass started bringing the piece to life. The blue glass is from the late 1800s/early 1900s and was a pain to cut but it’s coming along!


r/StainedGlass 2d ago

Original Art | Foil Made a medium sized version of the small rainbow treasure chest I made 5 years ago 🌈

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2.3k Upvotes

I think my patience decreases as I’ve gotten older 😅😂