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Raise your glass

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Raise Your Glass

28 modern stained glass patterns for the beginner to the experienced crafter from the author of Kicking Glass

In her latest book, Neile Cooper shares her creative passion with a new selection of inspiring patterns, projects, and tutorials.  Raise Your Glass teaches a variety of techniques to help you expand your craft and decorate your world.

Whether you're creating your first suncatcher or are an experienced crafter thirsty for new possibilities, you'll find a fun project here. Create a lucky charm for yourself, or a deskset to gift a recent graduate. Craft a pendant light to hang in your breakfast nook, or a wall mirror to brighten a drab corner. Each project is thoughtfully designed, not only to teach you the process of making stained glass, but also to connect you to the power of making something beautiful and useful.

Clear, supportive step-by-step instructions and illustrations accompany each project. Several beginner projects walk you through the entire process, while others introduce and highlight more advanced techniques and applications that you may not have tried before. Each project contains room to add your own touch, and encourages you to play, experiment, and put yourself into the process.

Publication Info

  • Published by Herbert Press

  • ISBN: 1789943702

  • 208 pages

  • 11 x 9.5 x 1 inch paperback

  • in USA, contact MacMillan for wholesale orders

Featured Artists

  • Carolyne Heppenstall

  • Chevonne Ariss

  • Gertrude Dufeudedieu

  • Laure Foret

  • Masako Ozaki

  • Rebekah Marxen

About the Author

Crafting stained glass has been Neile Cooper's job and passion for over 25 years. Based in Sparta, New Jersey, USA, she has created everything from jewelry and tiny boxes to large-scale win­dow installations. In 2015 Neile began creating her stained glass cabin in the woods, a small sanctuary clad entirely in reclaimed window frames filled with her stained glass. She is an experienced educator and gives regular tutorials and workshops.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction

  • Workshop, Tools, and Supplies

  • Glass

  • Using Patterns

  • Grozing, Grinding, and Final Glass Preparation

  • Foiling and Burnishing

  • Layout

  • Soldering

  • Edge Finishing

  • Clean, Patina, & Polish

  • Painting Glass

28 Projects (with Patterns and step-by-step instructions)

  • Charm Bracelet Suncatchers

  • Time Capsule Suncatchers

  • Designing from a Photos

  • Mirror Glass

  • Window Toppers

  • Poets Society Desk Set (Pencil Box and Moleskine Slipcase)

  • Pendant Lights

  • Propagation Stations

  • Building on a 3D Form

To purchase Neile’s other stained glass patterns, visit her Etsy Shop.