Stained Glass Crafting

By Donatella Zaccaria

Book Overview

Featuring over 40 projects from small sculptures to complex creations, this volume displays the range of glass cutting and design techniques and explains in detail how to achieve stunning results. The explanations are geared to both beginners and experienced crafters. Five patterns - a butterfly box, a Tiffany lampshade, a flower tray, and two abstracts - become the basis for learning two stained glass techniques: copper foil with lead and straight lead soldering. Each technique includes close-up photographs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806943297
• ISBN13: 9780806943299
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.7" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Good basic instruction -- best for lamps

After I began taking a stained glass class, I ran to the library and the bookstore. My instructor is good, but he's only one opinion. I must have looked at a dozen books -- but this one didn't quite make the cut. I might pick it up in the future, but it isn't in my must-have pile. Like many such books, there are three sections: basic techiques, projects, and a gallery that shows what you can do (but offers no instruction -- just an ooh-ahh opportunity). The weak part here is the basics. There's nothing wrong with them, but other books have a lot more meat here. On the other hand, this book is superb at some tasks that get short shrift elsewhere. There are ten pages of instructions for making a Tiffany lamp, including 23 photos that illustrate the steps. I'm just in the process of learning how to do this, in my hands-on class, and this book is giving me a good idea of what's involved. However, Stained Glass Crafting -- which also has a short intro to glass fusing -- has very few projects. It's more of an extended "here's what you can do with stained glass" overview than an illustrated instruction. It's a nice book, but it shouldn't be the only one on your shelf.

Nice variety of projects

I enjoyed this book for the variety of projects included. Some of the tools and techniques appear to be those used in someplace other than the U.S. It is listed in the catalog as a hardcover book, but I have seen it in softcover at a local chain bookstore (after I had already paid hardcover price.) It is one I refer to fairly often. A good book, but probably not the absolute best for an inexperienced first-timer. For that, I recommend Stained Glass Basics.

Aprendiendo

Me interesa la técnica de los vitrales, y creo que este puede ser el inicio de una gran pasión