Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Free Stained Glass Patterns

Stained glass patterns can be found both free and for sale online. The web is a great place to find stained glass patterns and I found one of the best ways to find specific patterns is to do a google image search.
Here's an example image search for cross stained glass pattern. What is nice about doing image searches is you get to see the actual stained glass pattern and can browse the results.
Once you have found a pattern to your liking click on the image to visit the hosting site. Be sure to check with the web site owner for use restrictions prior to printing or downloading their pattern.
Searching for more free stained glass patters using the standard search of web pages works well too but again browsing images works best :)

Here's a great free stained glass pattern resource... Free Stained Glass Patterns

Monday, July 14, 2008

Glass Eye 2000, Part 2

Part 2 of designing a stained glass pattern on your computer using The Glass Eye.


More information on... Stained Glass Pattern Software

Glass Eye 2000 Stained Glass Pattern Software Video, Part 1

Hands on demonstration using Glass Eye software to create a stained glass pattern on your computer.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

How to cut stained glass using a hand cutter.


This technique for cutting glass is sort of unusual but has been the way we have cut glass for many years. The advantage is great control of the cutter especially when going over divots and lines in art glass. The wheel of the cutter is easily kept in the parameters of the pattern template. The downside of this technique is it takes months if not years to master.