Crafts - stained glass
jay jay
A few years ago I could find the stuff in craft stores and what not. Now I
can't. I would love to do something for my bathroom window - but can't
find the supplies to do it.
ANyone know of how to do this stuff?
Lochlain
When I was looking for decoration ideas last Christmas I think I saw
supplies for Gallery Glass there.
Angela
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just me
I might have a sort of clue but suggest that you post to rec.crafts.misc.
Low traffic but reasonable responses to questions. Apparently a lot of us
lurk there.
-Aula
Janet
I used to teach it...years ago. Got my supplies at Michaels and other
crafts stores in the area, but that's when it was relatively new and
very popular. I would think Gallery Glass has a website you might be
able to order from directly. Or there are a bunch of craft suppliers
on the web that might have it.
Janet
I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
jay jay
We have Michaels and Craft Depot around.
I'll have to look at Michaels (although its further away than CD). Craft
depot no longer caries the stuff.
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jay jay
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Oh - Teach me... :)
just me
> Never heard of it....
>
> We have Michaels and Craft Depot around.
>
> I'll have to look at Michaels (although its further away than CD). Craft
> depot no longer caries the stuff.
>
Check Wal-Mart. They have a selection of stuff, but I'm not sure if it is
what you are looking for.
-Aula
jay jay
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always my first look for crafts. Its usually easier and cheaper to get
there. CD and M are out of my way to go to. But, I'm at Wallyworld a few
times a week, usually.
Nan
> Never heard of it....
>
> We have Michaels and Craft Depot around.
>
> I'll have to look at Michaels (although its further away than CD). Craft
> depot no longer caries the stuff.
There's also a paint you can use called Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint. It's
great for glass painting.
http://deltacrafts.com/Paint/PermEnamel/
There's a link on the sidebar for Textured Gel Glass paint, too.
~Nan~
Janet
Love to! :)
You've never done it before?
It's not too difficult. The leading is the trickiest part.
If you're going to do it on the window:
Get a sturdy piece of cardboard and draw some straight lines on it
with a ruler. Cover it with plastic wrap taped smoothly and tightly
over the top. Then use those lines as your guide to make the leading.
Just go slow and use even pressure and your leading will come out
looking nice. If you get an air bubble or something you can use the
tip of the bottle to smooth it out a bit. Once it dries you can also
cut off any unsightly parts. Then you apply it to your window. Tape
the pattern to the outside of the glass. Stick the strips of leading
on the outlines, cutting them off as necessary, and use a little more
from the bottle to sort of glue the ends of the leading together.
When it's dry you can fill in with your favorite color.
There are various techniques you can use. An easy one is to run a
toothpick thru the wet stained glass paint.
If you're not doing a huge area you might want to do the whole design
on the cardboard -- just tape the design to the cardboard before
covering with the plastic wrap. And then you don't have to make
straight lines with the leading either...just outline right over the
design. When it dries you just peel the whole thing off and stick it
to the window. It's a bit easier to do the stained glass painting on
a flat surface than on the window itself, but if you do it on the
window be sure not to use so much paint that it starts to run down and
get all over the leading. Wipe off as much as you can if this happens
because the paint will give the leading a darker, shiny appearance.
If you want to practice on something small first, use a simple flower
pattern from a coloring book or something and make it on the
cardboard. When it dries you can stick it to a glass vase. :)
enigma
i haven't done it on windows. i don't think the glass paint holds up
well in sunlight. if your window is on the north side or doesn't get
direct sun it might be ok though.
have you tried Michael's or maybe Hobby Lobby? (we don't have HL around
here, but i think they're pretty much like Michael's). you might also
check a stained glass shop. some of them do carry the glass paints.
lee
Jay Jay
>On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:43:46 -0500, jay jay wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet" <ja...@safestayusa.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 20:17:52 -0500, jay jay wrote:
>>>
>>> >Does anyone in here do the faux stained glass painting thing?
>>> >
>>> >A few years ago I could find the stuff in craft stores and what not.
>>Now I
>>> >can't. I would love to do something for my bathroom window - but can't
>>> >find the supplies to do it.
>>> >
>>> >ANyone know of how to do this stuff?
>>>
>>> I used to teach it...years ago. Got my supplies at Michaels and other
>>> crafts stores in the area, but that's when it was relatively new and
>>> very popular. I would think Gallery Glass has a website you might be
>>> able to order from directly. Or there are a bunch of craft suppliers
>>> on the web that might have it.
>>>
>>> Janet
>>>
>>> I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
>>
>>Oh - Teach me... :)
>
>Love to! :)
>
>You've never done it before?
I tried this once before. Found a great pattern to use - blew it up
on the PC to the size of the window, then printed it here at the
office on one of the large format printers.
THen I taped the pattern to the back side of the window and tried to
do the window verticle. A week later (since this was in the
bathroom) all the leading started melting off the window.
I think it was because I used that product that used to be on the
infomercials on TV - the one you could put up and take down over and
ovre again.
This time I plan to get some thin clear, high grade plexiglass from HD
that fits the window frame. Do the leading and everything on a flat
surface then hang in the window.
But - I've seen stuff in craft shows and in the store (just bought
this cool painted mirror for my other bathroom). The paint and
products used for this stuff dry hard as lead and is permanent and nto
removable.
The products I used in my little project were rubbery and removable
after drying. (they were the ones advertised to do on plastic wrap
and transfer to a window.) I think that's why it failed.
And - I'd love to know how they get the crystalized affect as well as
the bubbled affect and those other things.