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“…Introduction -- About this book -- Conventions used in this book -- What you're not to read -- Foolish assumptions -- How this book is organized -- Part 1: Glass, Glorious Glass -- Part 2: Easing Your Way Into The Art: Basic Stained-Glass techniques -- Part 3: Practice Makes Perfect: Stained-Glass projects Aplenty -- Part 4: Adding A Little Heat To The Mix: Working With Warm Glass -- Part 5: Part Of Tens -- Icons used in this book -- Where to go from here -- Part 1: Glass, Glorious Glass -- Welcome to the world of glass -- Stained-glass techniques -- Leaded glass -- Copper-foiled glass -- Adding a little heat: warm glass -- Getting to know glass -- Surveying different glass types -- Touch and feel: taking a look at textured glass -- Getting started with the right tools -- Getting a handle on hand tools -- Glass cutters -- Variety of pliers -- Warming up to soldering equipment -- Soldering irons -- Soldering iron tips -- Soldering iron stands -- Tip cleaners -- Solder -- Getting turned on to power tools -- Glass grinders -- Saws -- Constructing your project with the right tools -- Looking at lead-specific tools -- Focusing on foil-specific tools -- Staying safe: purchasing the right safety equipment for glass projects -- Assembling basic drafting supplies -- Paper for patterns -- Rulers and triangles -- Pattern shears -- Adhesives -- Markers and knives -- Light box -- Setting up your glass-working studio -- Knowing what makes for a good studio space -- Flooring -- Lighting -- Ventilation -- Storage spaces -- Setting up workstations and storage areas within your studio -- Workbench and worktable areas -- Grinder station -- Storage area for all your tools -- Glass storage area -- Storage area for lead and other metals -- Part 2: Easing Your Way Into The Art: Basic Stained-Glass Techniques -- Designed to succeed: working with patterns and selecting your glass -- Patterns 101 -- Using ready-to-build patterns -- Having three copies of each pattern -- Enlarging designs with an opaque projector -- Laying out your pattern -- Determining your project's finished size -- Drawing the outside dimensions of your panel -- Incorporating cut size into your pattern -- Tracing your design onto your pattern -- Numbering the pieces -- Color coding the pieces -- Marking the grain of your glass -- Cutting out and working with templates -- Cutting templates -- Keeping track of your templates -- Selecting glass for various projects -- Cathedral glass -- Opalescent glass -- Textures and patterns -- Making the cut: glass cutting 101 -- Selecting your practice glass -- Getting to know your glass cutter -- Preparing the cutter -- Getting a proper grip -- Cutting straight lines -- First things first: making the score line -- Letting it all fall apart: breaking scored glass -- Working with curves -- Cutting curves -- Controlling the break and run -- Cutting out shapes around your templates -- Positioning templates for cutting -- Cutting the right way: inside curve, outside curve, straight line -- Cutting out circles -- Grozing and grinding glass for a perfect fit -- Working with grozing pliers -- Filing -- Nipping and prying -- Powering up for faster results: glass grinders -- Using your grinder -- Marking your pieces before making adjustments -- Soldering your way to well-jointed projects -- Solder 101: what it is and how it works -- Prepping and using your soldering iron -- Setting your iron to the correct temperature -- Getting a good grip on your iron -- Keeping your tip clean -- Soldering cooper-foil projects -- Selecting the right solder for copper-foil projects -- Applying flux to your project -- Tackling tack soldering -- Running the perfect bead -- Removing excess solder -- Soldering lead-came projects -- Selecting the right solder for lead-came projects -- Testing your iron's temperature -- Soldering the perfect joint -- Removing excess solder -- Soldering safety -- Part 3: Practice Makes Perfect: Stained-Glass Projects Aplenty -- Creating copper-foil projects -- Cutting and foiling your glass pieces -- Prepping the pattern and cutting your glass -- Setting up your work board -- Selecting your foil -- Applying the foil -- Soldering copper-foil projects -- Framing and tack soldering for stability -- Filling in the gaps -- Running a bead to connect the pieces -- Soldering intersections -- Removing excess solder from seams -- Creating a solder frame for smaller projects -- Abracadabra: the magic of wire -- Decorative accents -- Structural applications -- Cleaning up and adding finishing touches -- Cleaning your project -- Applying metal patina -- Project: Butterfly sun catcher -- Project: Sunflower panel with metal frame -- Project: Round rose window -- Building leaded-glass projects -- Selecting and working with lad came -- Choosing the right size and profile of lead came -- Stretching lead came -- Cutting lead came -- Preparing your work board and laying out your pattern -- Constructing your lead project -- Framing it up -- Putting the project together piece by piece -- Achieving the perfect lead fit -- Squaring it up -- Soldering lead-came projects -- Setting your iron's temperature -- Soldering joints and intersections -- Removing excess solder -- Finishing up and cleaning up -- Making a panel airtight and waterproof -- Polishing the glass and adding patina -- Framing your project -- Project: Geometric leaded panel -- Project: Art nouveau tulip -- Project: Round all-American panel -- Making a stained-glass box -- Selecting the glass for your box -- Art glass -- Mirrors -- Beveled glass -- Fun and interesting objects -- Using special tools to construct a glass box -- Visualizing the basic box layout -- One size fits all: foolproof prep for cutting a perfect fit -- Cutting the pieces using your strip cutter -- Laying out and foiling the pieces -- Assembling the basic box -- Soldering the box pieces together -- Attaching the hinges -- Attaching the chain -- Adding box feet -- Mixing it up with some variations on the basic box -- Project: Box with beveled top -- Project: Box with a 3-D flower -- Shedding some light with a basic panel lampshade -- Different styles of lampshades: panel versus dome -- Selecting the glass and hardware for your lampshade based on your pattern -- Deciding what kind of glass to use and how much -- Choosing the right lampshade hardware -- Prepping your pattern and cutting out your glass pieces -- Foiling the glass pieces -- Laying out your pieces for lamp assembly -- Soldering for stability -- Tack soldering -- Running smooth beads along your lamp's seams -- Capping off, cleaning up, and adding patina -- Putting your new skills to work: project patterns -- Project tips and tricks -- Enlarging a design -- Selecting your glass -- Cooper-foil projects -- Hummingbird panel -- Mr Buzz sun catcher -- Floral panel -- Lily panel -- Lead-came projects -- Wright-inspired panel -- Picture-perfect panel -- Landscape panel -- Sunshine panel -- Part 5: Adding A Little Heat To The Mix: Working With Warm Glass -- Getting your studio ready for warm glass -- Knowing what makes a good warm-glass studio -- Space requirements -- Electrical requirements -- Ventilation -- Adding the right tools and supplies to your warm-glass toolbox -- Choosing the right kiln for your studio -- Furnishing your kiln -- Gathering a few other tools and supplies -- Wearing the right safety gear -- Selecting fusible glass -- Determining glass compatibility -- Choosing the right glass size to purchase -- Spicing things up with glass shapes and characters -- Preparing to fire and use your kiln -- Making sure your studio is safe -- Preparing shelves and molds -- Test firing -- Keeping firing charts -- Starting simple with basic fusing techniques -- Understanding the firing process for fusing glass -- Initial heat-up segment -- Ramp-up segment -- Flash-cool segment -- Anneal segment -- Cool-down segment -- Preparing the glass for fusing and firing up the kiln -- Working 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“…The heart of the matter -- Achy-breaky hearts -- Enlarge our hearts, oh, Lord -- Reflections on our heart condition -- Enough to make a stained glass heart sing -- Stained glass prayer -- Wisps of poetry from a stained glass heart -- Stained glass books -- Stained glass puzzles -- Stained glass nature -- Stained glass profusion, a garden -- Stained glass rock of ages -- Stained glass redemption.…”