Types of Stained Glass Work

Leaded work is the only practical means to allow waterproof panels to be created, essential for exterior windows. It is however difficult to include small and elaborately shaped pieces together and is more suited to larger scale designs or simple designs in small panels.
[See Landscape and Leaded Firescreen examples]

Copper foil work however permits much smaller and/or elaborately shaped pieces of glass to be assembled into panels and indeed 3D structures. It lends itself to flowing curves and more ‘natural’ subjects.
[See Poppy Firescreen]

Traditional glass painting allow details to be added to glass. A pigment is painted onto glass (and/or a type of ‘stain’ applied) and the piece fired in a kiln to around 600-700 degrees Centigrade. The details then become a part of the glass and cannot be washed off. Whilst this process has and is used extensively in church windows it can be used very effectively in many ways today.
[See Multi Pane Panel]

Sandblasting is another process that may be used in creative ways. A design is transferred to the surface of glass that is actually a layer of one colour of glass on top of another (‘Flashed’ glass). Sandblasting is then used to remove certain areas of the top glass to create the desired effect.
[See Multi Pane Panel]