Grab a glass of your favorite beverage, find a comfy place to sit, and watch my video slideshow of me making a stained glass window. Watch as the glass pieces are cut then wrapped with copper foil. Then pieces are soldered together. The whole window is washed with patina and then framed.
The person who commissioned me to design and make this window for her named it "The 'Agnes' Window" in honor of her dear college friends.
Be prepared! It's awesome!
Be prepared! It's awesome!
That slideshow really shows how much precision goes into the copper foil work, especially around the curved sections. I always assumed soldering was the hardest part, but watching how carefully each piece has to be cut and fitted before it even gets to the iron changed my mind. The patina finish on the Agnes window gives it a lovely aged look, is that something you apply right after soldering or do you wait for the piece to cool completely first?
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