{"id":362,"date":"2010-10-13T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=362"},"modified":"2011-09-05T19:07:31","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T19:07:31","slug":"beginer-at-leaded-glass-making","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idostuff.co.uk\/blogs\/2010\/beginer-at-leaded-glass-making\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginner at Leaded Glass Making"},"content":{"rendered":"

You might have seen the work I’ve done making our new front door<\/a>. I might have mentioned that the next step was to make the two leaded glass panels. Well it’s been a while but we’ve made some progress.<\/p>\n

I say “we” because it a project \/ hobby that the wife has fancied taking on. So this is a job I can hand over, although that’s a difficult thing for me to do when it actually comes down to it. I’ve got to learn to keep my nose out.\u00a0 Only assist when asked. (Slap on wrist duly given, lesson painfully learn’t, read what Wendy has to say)<\/a><\/p>\n

The first “assistance” has been interpreting the design. Other Half\u00a0 ( referred to as OH) has been seeking out the kind of designs she likes, in books , on line and in real life (For some reason pub doors often got a mention).\u00a0 Taking the ideas and bring the elements of various designs together has been the only Ask so far. So after a few quick sketches and scribbles, I got to work on the computer.<\/p>\n

Line Drawing for Leaded Glass Windows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fortunately I’m OK working with program called “Adobe Illustrator” . This allows me to draw lines with vectors, defining the end points and how the line curves.\u00a0 The Line can be edited just by moving the end points and how they curve so its good for playing around with designs.<\/p>\n

The other good point with this software is the line doesn’t have to be a single solid line. So I can define a line to represent the lead came, the centre of the lead and outer edges. After a few hours playing about this is a part of what we ended up with:<\/p>\n

\"Detail<\/a>

Detail of the window bottom Lead Work<\/p><\/div>\n

When this is printed full scale it will be the template to cut the glass\u00a0and the lead pieces.<\/p>\n

Having the design in this format means it’s easy for me to colour it in and get a good idea of what it will look like.\u00a0 Seeing it like this led to a few more tweaks until we where happy with the design. This what we have decided to go for. I know it’s not easy for first piece but it’s a good challenge.<\/p>\n

\"Design<\/a>

Final design for the glazed door panels<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0All that\u00a0needs doing is getting hold of the leaded glass materials and tools<\/a> and learning the \u00a0craft skills to make them.\u00a0\u00a0 No Problem..<\/p>\n

Next the leaded glass materials and tools<\/a>\u00a0we found and bought.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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