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Four Practical Ways To Create A Beautiful Stained Glass Butterfly
Stained glass ornaments, like a stained glass butterfly, add an exceptional and vibrant element to your home.
Making your own stained glass butterfly, is simpler than you might think. Here are several ideas to aid you start with this invigorating hobby.
Focus on Design
To start with, think about your design- be bold with your use of color, but do not get excessively intricate with the pieces that will make up your butterfly.
Aim to ensure a balance of color. If you're stuck for a design, there're plenty of online resources with some inspiring patterns.
Be Smooth With Your Cuts
If this is your first piece, it's beneficial to use smooth faced glass, instead of textured glass, as it's simpler to cut. A paper pattern will be useful for lying onto your glass, and tracing the lines to be cut.
Remember that you'll need to leave room around your pieces for the lead came; pattern-cutting scissors can aid ensure this when cutting your design components out.
You initial score over your traced lines, using your pencil cutter. It is crucial that the glass is lubricated with cutter oil .
Running pliers are then used to apply pressure to the score line- at the glass piece should snap precisely. When considering glass cutting, it's useful to heat the glass, as this aids the break.
Putting It All Together
You are now prepared to assemble your pieces together using lead came. This should be 'stretched' first, by using lead pullers.
Then take a sharp edge glass piece, and press a zinc came to the outer edge (it strengthens the completed piece). You can now measure and cut the proper lengths of H section lead came to the internal ties- where one glass piece abuts another.
You may have to coax the pieces into place with a glazing hammer.
Last Steps
Ultimately you solder the places where the lead came lines meet, and once cooled, cement the joints.
After some final cleaning, using whiting, you may leave to dry- this can take a couple of days. When dried, your gorgeous stained glass butterfly will be ready for hanging.
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