Intro to Stained Glass: Lead Method

Instructor: Lenneke Verweij
Mondays 5:30-8:30pm
5 weeks: March 3 to March 31
Location: In-person Williams Building room 117
$260 (includes tool rental fee) plus $50 glass fee (required)
Prerequisite: None

Learn to create beautiful stained glass artwork. In this class, you will learn how to cut out your pattern pieces. Then how to grind and fit them into place. Next, you will wrap each piece with copper foil and burnish them. Finally, you will flux and solder your pattern together. Finally, you will thoroughly clean up and polish. We can patina the finished piece black or copper if you wish. For registered students, access to most tools will occur in studio.

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Syllabus

• Selecting and copying a pattern
• Cutting the pattern out of Bristol board
• Choosing your glass colours
• Cutting practice with clear class
• Cutting the pattern pieces in coloured glass
• Laying out the pattern and lead bars
• Soldering
• Mudding the joints

Supplies

• Glass, paid on registration and provided in class
• Stained glass kit, contact Lenneke (owner of Hands on Art) by cell for current kit price and payment: (306) 281-7075

Students should also bring:

• Pencil
• 12 or 18 inch ruler
• Sharpie ultra fine tip black marker
• Hammer
• Rags
• Safety glasses
• Rubber gloves

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