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Description for
Intermediate to Advanced Foil Stained Glass
 Five week course,
(3 weeks,
a break to work on your project,
and then 2 weeks)
2 1/2 hours per week

This class will require homework to be done at home or at Open Workshops.


Intermediate to Advanced Foil Stained Glass refreshes the basic techniques learned in other beginning courses and builds advance skills in cutting, foiling and soldering.  We also teach you how to make your window structurally sound, no matter what size and installation into an existing window.

You can create your own design or select a design from one of the many pattern books for sale.  The pattern should have at least 50 pieces and no more than 150 pieces of glass.  Please try to have the pattern ready to build before the first class.

Course is five sessions.  Three weeks in a row.  A month off to work on your project.  Then two more weeks (once a week)  to learn about the finishing stages.

The class is more instructional than the beginner's course.  Most of the project will be completed as be homework to be done at home or in Open Workshops - already included in class price!

Tuition is $180 for 5 week course, includes the use of tools and materials. Glass is additional.

(Beginning Foil is a prerequisite)

 

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What You'll Learn

First Class:

Safety First:  discuss the workings of a glass Studio to be safe for everyone.

Note:  If you are drawing your own pattern, please start drawing before the beginning of class.  We will help you so that your pattern will be completed before the first class.

Patterns:  You will learn selection, how to draw your own or using elements from other patterns. How to draw the pattern exactly to your size requirements.

Structure:  Important to plan into your drawing how to make the window strong.  We'll talk about brace bars and other techniques to make a strong window.

Second Class

Tools:  Review of the many tools to make cutting and grinding easier.  We'll demonstrate and practice.

Cutting Techniques:  We talk about the 5 most important rules to cutting glass and show why they are so important.

 
Third Class

More tools:  We'll show advance tools to make your life easier.  This includes Glass Saws, etc.  And we'll talk about why you may not want to use them.

Advance Foiling:  We'll show you how to make an advance project easier by using advance foiling techniques. 

 
Fourth Class
 

Foiling:  Believe it or not, the difference between a professional stained glass and a student is the foiling.


Fifth Class

Soldering:  Advance soldering techniques that will make it difficult to tell if it is a foil project or a lead project.