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THE FINE ART OF CREATING STAINED GLASS
By Joy Motisi

Each piece is then cut out and ground to fit precisely the pattern .

 

"Blue Iris", stained glass, 22" X 16.5", © by Joy Motisi
"Blue Iris", stained glass, 22" X 16.5"
© by Joy Motisi

 In the late 1800', Louis Comfort Tiffany invented the Copper Foil method of stained glass construction. This revolutionized the Art of Stained Glass and it opened the door to more intricately designed pieces than the leaded process allows.  This is the method I use to create works of stained glass art.

The process begins with the design stage and a pattern is created.  A replica (cartoon) of the pattern is then made. Color and types of glass are chosen to enhance the design and each cartoon piece is marked, carefully cut out with special shears and traced onto the glass.  Each piece is then cut out and ground to fit precisely the pattern.  The copper foiling comes next and each piece is edged with foil and pressed down with a fid (a special wooden tool for flatting the foil down). It is then connected to the adjoining piece by applying flux 
and tack soldering.  The solder used is 60% tin and 40% lead.  After all the pieces are cut, ground, foiled and tacked, the finishing solder line bead is applied.  Once this last step is completed. the entire panel is carefully cleaned and a patina is applied to the finished solder seams. If needed, re-bars are installed for strength and reinforcement.  The finished piece is now polished and appropriate brass, zinc, or lead channel edgings are affixed to the panel and different hardware is attached for installation or hanging  is needed.        

 

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