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Stained glass window

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 Last post I started this stained-glass project by drawing a picture then making it the correct size for the window. I made a frame with 1X1/2 strips of wood screwed to plywood and added the zinc frame on the edges. The picture was altered to fit the size of the glass panels that I had bought for this project. Next the picture was transferred to pattern paper using carbon paper to transfer it. The pattern is cutout by using pattern scissors that allow enough space for the copper foil on the edges of the cut-out glass. Below you can see the blue & brown mountains with copper foil and the sun and sky cut then ground to fit together as close as possible. The picture was put down in the frame as a guide for the pieces of glass as they are cut and fitted. This is the first bird rough  cut with the pattern glued to them using the glue stick shown.  A closer picture of the bird with glued pattern on the glass before being cut. The glass cutter I use is shown beside th...