Stained Glass: The Sun-catching Craft

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March/April 1981
By Susan Cobb Zenni 
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GLAZING AND CLEANING

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If your piece of artwork is to be used as an actual window, it'll need to be puttied. Work some glazing compound (available at most hardware stores) under the lead flanges around every glass piece, front and back. This material will make your panel relatively air- and watertight . . . and a great deal stronger as well. In order to preserve the effect of the clean, crisp lead lines, be sure to trim off any excess compound with a sharp knife or an ice pick.

The final step is cleaning. A handful of whiting (use powdered calcium carbonate or plaster of Paris) will do the trick. Just brush this material onto the panel with an old scrub brush. Whiting will clean the glass and darken the lead. Then a quick wash with soap and water will leave your panel sparkling and ready to transform every sunbeam into a ray of colored light!

MORE THAN A CRAFT

Don't be surprised, as you continue to produce stained glass panels, by the attention your work will receive from your family and friends. You're likely to find that there is a demand for handcrafted stained glass articles, and your friends and acquaintances may well be willing to pay you for custom-made pieces.

But start small! Continue making simple design panels until you've mastered the basics . . . and then progress to more complicated patterns. Before you know it, you'll be turning out full-sized windows!

EDITOR'S NOTE: For more how-to information about stained glass, try any of the following sources: Stained Glass Window Art by Luciano ($6.95), Stained Glass Craft by J.A. Divine and G. Blachford ($1.75), Complete Course in Stained Glass by Pepe Mendez ($5.95), or — for design ideas — Stained Glass Pattern Book by Ed Sibbett, Jr. ($2.25). All four books are available at good bookstores, or may be purchased — at the prices listed — from Mother's Bookshelf, P.O. Box 70, Hendersonville, North Carolina 28791 (please include 95¢ shipping and handling, or $2.00 if three or more books are being ordered).

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