Stained Glass Class! - Bird Suncather

 I took arty classes this winter to keep myself afloat in these weird times and learn something new.  The first effort was in learning how to make stained glass.  

We started a small project in the first class: cutting, edge grinding, and foiling pieces of glass for a simple suncatcher.  My cutting skill was, let's just say, inexpert, so there was lots and lots of grinding to get the pieces into shapes that more or less worked together. 

We soldered the pieces together in the 2nd class, and added a hanging hook.  The end result of my little bluebird of happiness is festive, if not expert: 

Foiled, but not yet soldered

The finished product up in the window, now soldered
together with hanging hook attached

There are skills to both glass cutting and soldering that I've clearly not mastered, but light through glass is always pretty, so I'm pleased with the piece nonetheless.  

In my next post, I'll show you the larger 8 x 11 panel project that I worked on for the remainder of the sessions.