Sunday, 5 July 2020

Stained glass

Briony, you asked what the thing hanging down in the last photo is.  It's a piece of stained glass that I made a very long time ago. Tony and I took stained glass classes for a couple of years at night school back in the days when Adult Education classes actually included some that were great fun. Cutbacks got rid of all those lovely fun things but we now have all the kit and caboodle to enjoy playing with gorgeous coloured glass when the mood takes us. We have a smashing (no pun intended) glass cutting machine and all the hand tools required. It's a lovely hobby and one that we both enjoyed immensely.



This video link below is similar to one we watched several times before we bought the saw....  



All the glass below was cut before we ever bought the saw. We learned on hand tools and are quite the dab hand at glass cutting

Stained glass balloons

Stained glass heart



Glass bird

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16 comments:

  1. Joy5 July 2020 at 07:30

    These are all really beautiful. What a great skill to have.
    xx

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    1. Cherie5 July 2020 at 21:20

      Thanks Joy. I have a stash of coloured glass all waiting for me to be in the mood to cut glass

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  2. crafty cat corner5 July 2020 at 08:34

    Thanks Cherie, that's one thing I have never tried.
    They are beautiful.
    Briony
    x

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    1. Cherie5 July 2020 at 21:19

      It's a lot easier than we though it would be

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  3. Sooze5 July 2020 at 09:35

    Beautiful. I love the heart xx

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  4. Living Alone in Your 60's5 July 2020 at 14:28

    Lovely pieces, the heart is my favourite. Well done.

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    1. Cherie5 July 2020 at 21:18

      It's lovely isn't it. Tony made it years ago

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  5. jenny_o5 July 2020 at 19:25

    They're lovely, Cherie.

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  6. Aril5 July 2020 at 21:01

    I only saw the heart at first, but then noticed the swans on my second look. So pretty. Arilx

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    1. Cherie5 July 2020 at 21:16

      It's the first piece of stained glass that Tony made for me.

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  7. Cherie5 July 2020 at 21:17

    Thank you. I love stained glass too. x

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  8. TheAwakenedSoul5 July 2020 at 23:06

    How pretty! I love stained glass.

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  9. buttercup6 July 2020 at 07:40

    Absolutely gorgeous as are all the crafts you do. Phone line still playing up and will do until the engineer is allowed in the house. Big hugs to both of you.xxx

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  10. mamasmercantile6 July 2020 at 14:44

    Beautiful pieces not something that we have tried but would love to have a go. Such a shame that the taster classes don't exist anymore.

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