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Kicking Glass
by Neile Cooper
Provides comprehensive technical instruction in the copper foil method, covering everything from tools and supplies to exploratory techniques such as including foraged and found objects into your work. Skills are demonstrated through tutorials with photos, instructional drawings and 16 stunning patterns.
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Making Stained Glass Mosaics Book
by Robin M. N. Jones
It doesn't take solder or a dedicated studio to start making gorgeous glass works. You can create items such as small votive holders and vases on up to windows, tables, and more, with just a few easy-to-find tools and materials. From tiny opaque tiles to larger pieces of transparent glass, there is so much beauty to be found in all sorts of glass pieces. Even broken glass items can be repurposed once you know how. You'll soon be finding ways to incorporate glass into tray designs, jewelry, garden mosaics, and other decorative and useful items.
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Stained Glass: A Makers Guide to Creating, Installing and Repairing Leaded Glass
by Sophie D'Souza
Discover the pure joy of designing, making and repairing stained glass. How to design and work with light to maximum effect. Step-by-step sequences. Professional tips and troubleshooting ideas are shared throughout. Written with the maker in mind, looking at the processes of design, restoration and repair. Contains 549 illustrations.
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Victorian Stained Glass Designs
by Hywel G. Harris
Stained glass workers in search of authentic Victorian- and Edwardian-era designs need look no further. This convenient and affordable CD-ROM and book set contains a remarkable array of designs that once adorned a multitude of windows, transoms, sidelights, and other architectural elements of the 19th and early-20th centuries. Meticulously rendered from period photographs, the charming motifs include floral and foliated designs, an amazing variety of geometrics, transitional designs showing the influence of Art Nouveau, and much more.
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More Stained Glass Photo Frames
by Alez Spatz
Features 24 full-sized patterns for 4" x 6" photographs. Themes include contemporary, child & adult sports, seashore, wildlife, spiritual, Americana, nature and floral designs. Designs include photo frames for vertical photographs and for horizontal photographs.
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Angel Companions
by Pat Chase
38 pages filled with 23 patterns of angels for glass artists to use in creating beautiful angels for hanging in windows, on mirrors, and on walls. The cover angel is an example of the beauty designed into each angel pattern in the book. The book includes instructions for creating art in the stained glass medium and full color pictures of each angel.
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Angel Companions II
by Pat Chase
34 pages filled with 22 patterns of angels for glass artists to use in creating beautiful angels for hanging in windows, on mirrors, and on walls. The cover angel is an example of the beauty designed into each angel pattern in the book. The book includes instructions for creating art in the stained glass medium and full color pictures of each angel.
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Stained Glass Making Basics
by Lynn Haunstein
All the essential information and instruction the beginner needs to know to create stunning stained glass projects. The author has based the book on the highly successful hands-on approach that she has perfected teaching thousands of students in her stained glass classes. The projects—starting with the simplest and ranging to the more difficult—build on mastering skills and tools; understanding glass, copper foil, and lead came techniques; creating a good work environment; and stained glass safety. More than 1,000 step-by-step color photos and precise instructions eliminate the guesswork for each project.
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Fused Glass Flowers
by Creative Paradise
In this beautiful 40 page book you will find the original 19 flower patterns found in the original Fused Glass Flowers book printed in 2009. You will also find 9 additional patterns and intriguing NEW molds and techniques including a innovative new “Frit Slurry” process created at Creative Paradise, Inc. that allows the fuser to create fascinating flowers that mimic blown glass flowers. Several new techniques are also given to place flowers on “stems” as well as how to enhance glass flowers and glass flower arrangements with frit cast pieces.
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Great Stained Glass Projects for Beginners
by Sandy Allison
Complete instructions, patterns, material lists, and step-by-step photos for 18 projects—panels, boxes, candleholders, sun catchers, ornaments, and more—suitable for beginners. For each project, finished project photos, full-size pattern, materials list, and technique photos and instruction are presented, along with variations of some patterns. Includes expert advice for the basic techniques of glass cutting, grinding, foiling, and soldering.
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Whimsical Critters - A Victorian-Inspired Menagerie
by Robin Anderson
Take a journey of Victorian fantasy and imagination! In this unique pattern book, you'll encounter 35 designs of dancing cats, dapper dogs, elegant frogs, sophisticated pigs, birds of especially fine feathers, and mice who are simply the height of fashion. You'll meet lions and bears (no tigers, alas!), take tea with the Lamb Family, and discover that "barnyard" animals can be the life of the party. Drawn from a private collection of Victorian greeting cards, trade cards and illustrations, this gathering of animal elegance and whimsy is sure to delight.
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Guide to Mosaic Techniques
by Bonnie Fitzgerald
A complete resource of mosaic techniques and design ideas for creating mosaics in the home. Includes clear step-by-step sequences, shows how to draw up an idea, cut and arrange tiles, and finish designs successfully. Expert tips from some of the world's leading mosaic artists dropped in throughout the book. Discover how to find inspiration, and to coordinate color and pattern in your designs, using a wide range of materials—from vitreous glass tiles to pebbles and shells, recycled pottery, ceramic tiles, decorative stones, millefiori and diamanté. All tools, materials, and equipment are clearly explained, and you'll find helpful hints on setting up a comfortable workspace, as well as essential information on mounting your finished mosaics.
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It's a Cat's Life Book
by Robin Anderson
Whether they're hunting, stalking, playing, romping, bathing, sleeping, or just staring out the window, cats do it all with an elegance and grace that keeps us fascinated. And that's what is captured in this pattern book: Cats doing what cats do best, with the beauty and elegance that gives them such a place in our hearts. It's a Cat's Life! brings together 30 cats and kittens in real-life poses, featuring a variety of breeds and colorations.
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Best in Show! Puppy Class
by Robin Anderson
What's cuter than a cuddly puppy? Well, frankly, there's nothing much cuter than a cuddly puppy... but a cute cuddly puppy in stained glass comes close! This book captures the playful antics of 28 different purebred pups -- frolicking bundles of love! You'll find patterns of puppies sleeping, playing, and just generally looking cute -- which is what puppies do best! Adopt this book today!
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Garden Flowers
by Sandy Allison
25 full-size, realistic patterns for common North American garden flowers. A color sample for each pattern is included. Flowers include roses, lilies, geraniums, lilacs, zinnias, cosmos, daisies, and 18 more.
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Oriental Fragrance
by Jean Beaulieu
31 stained glass designs of oriental culture including Kabuki, Geisha, fans, and various patterns of origami creatures such as birds, rabbits, dogs, geese, and bears. Full color pictures of each pattern provided.
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Kiln-Formed Glass: Beyond the Basics
by Brenda Griffith
Takes kiln-formed glass to the next level! From casting and coldworking to adapting unusual tools and materials, this book describes a range of advanced techniques. Chapters include instructions on: airbrushing, sandblast carving, mold making and casting, 3-D printing, marbling, making pastels, incorporating dichroic glass with silver metal clay and more. In addition to beautiful projects and stunning gallery images, information on best studio practices and a "beyond the kiln" section make this an indispensable workbench guide.
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40 Great Glass Fusing Projects
by Lynn Haunstein
Whether you are new to glass fusing or a veteran glass crafter, you will find fresh ideas in this book. Information on fusing glass compatibility, firing schedules, and fusing materials is presented for fusers with minimal experience. More advanced techniques and components are included for fusers wishing to add extra depth to their work. Within the 40 projects you will find a variety of skill levels for practical and decorative items--herb and garden markers, bowls, serving dishes, hanging panels, house numbers, jewelry cases, and more. Complete instructions in text are accompanied by step-by-step photographs. Full-size patterns, materials lists, and beautiful finished project photos are included.
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Equiglas Stained Glass Eventing Projects
by Diane Bird
23 full size equine stained glass projects depicting the sport of eventing. Patterns include an all- purpose saddle nightlight, a 3-D log jump, 17 suncatchers representing the dressage, cross-country and stadium phases of eventing, and four Christmas ornaments. Helpful hints, pctures, and instructions for projects are also included.
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Equiglas Equine Suncatcher Patterns
by Diane Bird
23 full size equine stained glass suncatcher and ornament pattern book including helpful hints and instructions. Patterns include horse heads in a heart and horseshoe, pony patterns, horses with riders: jumper, sidesaddle, bareback, hunter on the flat, grazing, a draft horse and donkey. Four English Christmas ornaments are also included.
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