Can I Make Stained Glass Panes From Sea Glass (Beach Glass)? 

*Why not just pour resin all over it?* - I considered that, and I discarded the idea ( 21:32 ) - I wanted to make metallic-set stained glass - in part because it has to withstand outdoor conditions - resin would not last well - and in part because I don't really enjoy resin casting projects all that much.

The combination of the "ironwork" of the lamp and the imperfect/handcrafted nature of the glass and solder is giving me very "arts and crafts" era vibes, especially with the classic shape of the light. Fantastic job Mr Shrimp, I could believe someone had paid money for that!

By the time you have gathered enough rare red and blue glass. Perhaps you will have the skill for your decadent rare glass lampshade.

I can't believe how close you are to a million subscribers! Considering you are one of the last channels that exists the way youtube was originally intended it's even more impressive. Thoroughly deserved and here's to many more fantastic videos

this reminds me of a documentary I once saw about a company making custom wood flooring out of really irregular boards cut from crooked trees. They scanned every board they had in stock and an AI filled a given living space with the scanned boards in a way that they would aline with each other and only minimal off cuts had to be made (I hope I'm explaining it understandably). They would then fetch the boards from storage, cut a couple edges off and install the parquet. It was a very smart (if laborious) way to use trees that didn't grow as intended I think, and the final look was absolutely stunning. I've never seen it anywhere again.

one of the reasons I love atomic shrimp is that his content doesn't follow a single theme, he just makes videos about whatever project or thing he wants whenever he wants reguardless of if the video will do well or not and there's a LOT of charm in that ^-^

I really, really, like that. The imperfections is the solder and irregularities in the glass make it. I thought you did a great job. Also your discussion on saw safety was well done and well demonstrated. I might even try this sometime. These lamps would make wonderful Christmas gifts too. Love it!!

My girlfriend and I went down to Lyme Regis to hunt for fossils. She was far more interested in collecting lovely pieces of sea glass than fossils. We’ll definitely be following along with this one. We also gathered some lovely large pieces of slipper limpet shell on Brighton beach! We call them shark’s teeth.

That turned out an attractive piece! Even moreso than soldering, this was a good lesson in dealing with frustration in productive ways. Some projects can't be completed, some plans have to be changed, sometimes it just takes a fresh approach and some time away from the workbench.

Your videos make me feel like things are okay for a little while. Love it. Thanks for making them.

I actually really like how messy and "rustic" it is tbh, it reminds me of those old fashioned stone walls you find around lots of the UK. You did a great job!

An hour long video on a Saturday morning?? What a treat! Better get a brew going for this one 😊 Thank you as always Mr Shrimp 🍤 hehe

Creative, calming and inspirational. Careful with amber on the Baltic Sea shores, some of it isn't actually amber, but white phosphorus that will start burning when dry.

I really enjoyed this video! I know you criticize yourself for still being in the learning stages of a craft, but that's exactly what I like about your videos. So many crafting channels on RU-vid show the creator making something perfectly the very first time, without ever mentioning the process of trial and error that goes into learning a craft, or revealing the fact that they still make mistakes after years of practice. I feel like that creates the illusion that something "should be easy" and when people try it for themselves and discover that it isn't, they give up because they think they aren't good enough. However your channel shows perseverance through those difficult stages and the learning that comes with it. I love it because its...well, realistic, down to earth, and encouraging. Yet at the same time, your spirit of discovery sends the message that one should never be afraid to try something new and stretch boundaries. As always, wonderfully done. I thoroughly enjoyed the classic atomic shrimp sense of humor in the midst of it all as well.

I don't know why it came to my mind, but if I had to describe what a human is, you'd probably be a good example ; To try a lot of things and figure them out, challenging yourself to create an object or food, and accumulating knowledge as you go. Anyway, great video, very inspiring !

Exeter cathedral has examples of bomb damaged windows where the damaged glass has been reused into new images (not a random design). You can see the glass has been reused because the designs that have been painted on the glass are randomly orientated within the new design. Very clever. You could star at the detail for hours.

I really loved how you showed off all your mistakes, and explained the thought process behind them, I think its very important to show what the wrong way is as well as the right way.

Morning 🙂. I did loads of copper foil stained glass work years ago. It was lovely to watch this. Blackening the solder hides a multitude of sins 😃. Thanks for another great video.

that was an interesting process to watch and it was surprising how the colour changes with and without the light on it

15:26...he was never heard from again. Rumor has it that atomic shrimp collects sea glas on this beach to this day. If you're lucky you may spot him collecting away while whispering "one more piece"

The electrical solder has a rosin flux core which the plumbing solder doesn’t. It is the rosin flux helping the solder run.

We once used cowries as money in Nigeria.

That's really nice work - not just the lamp, but the careful attention paid throughout the video itself. You've taken us through your thoughts about the sourced glass, and even took time out to talk about safety because, even though we might not like the word, you recognise your position as "an influencer". You bring positivity and thoughtfulness to a site that doesn't always reward that, and I hope you realise that your effort is appreciated by so many of us, even if we're not always the sort to throw down a comment. Thank you for being you!

You need a tinning pot of melted solder to tin the copper tape. Makes soldering easier. You needed some acid flux with the plumbers solder to get the smooth finish. A hot air gun to heat one side at a time so it doesn't glob up and melt to one side to finish off.

Cockles, he said. Mussels, he said. Alive, alive-oh, I thought. Alive, alive-oh, he said.🤣🤣🤣 Really interesting video yet again. Cheers and thanks from Herefordshire.

'A Jigsaw puzzle designed by a maniac' sound like a very fitting autobiography title

You did amazing!! Love your perseverance. Did laugh when you pointed out what was the sausage and your finger. .. your sense of humour always shines thro. 🙂👍

It was truly a challenging task and I believe I can hear some of your frustration in some parts in the video while at the end you seem to sound at peace. It could be just a video of making a creative lamp but honestly I saw it more as a fight. I was constantly waiting for you to give up because I believed myself that this project was too difficult, even impossible. Seeing your success was a relief for me... It reminded me that with motivation and creativity (especially when solving problems) we can get through even the hardest events in life. That may sound kinda cheesey but I sincerely felt that way and it motivated me to continue fighting with health problems I'm facing in my life. Thank you for creating all of your content and for inspiring your viewers!

If you were to try this again, I could definitely recommend using a method they use to cut thin sections for rocks/petrology. Adhere those pieces of glass to something like a piece of wood with some dissolvable glue, then press the glass up against a very fine belt sander. Repeat for the other side and you will end up with some incredibly thin slices of the sea glass that will allow more of the light and colour through it. Polish it afterwards and it will be ultra clear!

You’re content fills such a strange place in my heart. No other RU-vidr could make me watch an hour long video about finding glass and making a lantern with it. Your commentary is just so delightful!

thankyou :) occasionally a day gets a little less chaotic when i have an hour of shrimp to watch

Enthralling to watch, and as it happens, beautifully rustic to the eye. I daresay Jenny will love it when it's all in working order, not only because you made it with your very own hands, but also because it does look very good indeed. As an artist myself, I'm so impressed, and motivated to try it too. Awesome video; thank you! :)

Glad to see that Eva got some of the 'safety sausage'. Love those panels, Mike - there's something very 'Wabi Sabi' about them. And that's a good thing. Nice one. 👍👍👍

thats very nice project mate

I never thought of using sea glass this way, I love the effect it gives. Thank you for the idea.

My kids gathered around like moths to flame to watch this. Thank you for the halcyon 55 minutes. We all had a good chuckle at, "I am going to carry on fixing this until it is broken." That is our creed.

If it's any consolation for the amount of adversity you faced, I could watch you do this forever. Beautiful results too!

I genuinely enjoy the rustic effect of the hand-made stained glass. I have a soldering iron and a group of friends with a creative mindset, so one day I might stumble down a similar path! I would probably paint the lamp a similar color to the solder, for a more comprehensive, sort of is-as-intended look.

My old friends owned a stained glass studio and publications company here in the States. I watched many a prototype piece of stained glass being assembled. They used a glass cutter and glass pliers to break the pieces to size. They also used mostly a 100 watt iron to solder the glass. The higher temperature made the solder flow smoother and with the larger pieces of glass, helped keep the joints quite smooth. (Small hobby irons like you used take a much longer time to recover the heat, and depending on the condition of the glass, cause it to crack.) They also used Eutectic rosin flux as needed. I also watched them assemble huge-6' x 8' windows for their own home using lead came. I really liked the project you did. Especially all the sea glass.

31:27 THANK YOU for including the footage of Eva fossicking for bits of flung test sausage in the grass. That really made me smile.

The "inperfections" are just making it look rustic! This was so much fun! Might try it myself as I walk on the beach collecting glass and Stones quite often 💜 thx for the journey and the inspiration ☺️ good job.

Woah, that noise at 1:25 of the stones grinding over each other really gave me that "Fork-on-a-chalkboard" vibe and actually gave me goosbumps down my spine - not something i've ever encountered before from a video!

That is definitely one of the soldering jobs of all time.

I could honestly watch three hours of you just picking up beach glass and random fossils while giving historical anecdotes.

your videos are so pleasant and relaxing, thanks for them.

It's such a joy to watch something from the UK that's not doom & gloom. This is as relaxing as it's informative.

This is so clever! Well done and hats off to you! Lots of effort and hard work but looks worth it in the end!

It's like getting the micro - mosaic look. I think its a great idea. Even using deep green wine bottles or broken unwanted glass wear such as glass plates !

Fantastic like all stained glass when the light shines through the beauty shows. Well done Mr Shrimp you never fail to impress.

That looks absolutely lovely - great work, and fascinating to watch

I really enjoyed watching this creative, imaginative project take shape, your tenacity and commitment certainly shone through here! Also, that top-down-view disassembly of the lamp had fantastic Big Clive vibes :)

Beautiful work, bumps and lumps and all! And some very appreciated bits on safety.

that looks fantastic! i really enjoyed watching you put this together

I really enjoyed this video! I've seen some lovely beach glass pieces before and without the tools to do so, wondered how this might be done. Seeing your process and troubleshooting along the way was creatively satisfying and relaxing. The end result with the lightning is beautiful, and seeing the different colours in pieces that otherwise look similar is quite interesting. Thank you for sharing!

It's lovely! Your persistence and patience with a project is amazing. I took a stained glass course a long time ago and really enjoyed it so I can appreciate what you've created here.

This is really random, but I love these types of videos because the sound of footsteps crunching over pebbles is one of my favorite sounds. It’s so satisfying! Beautiful project too!

i love this video so much. this is the kind of project that combines many of my favorite things: combing through rocks in search of treasure, making irregular pieces fit like a puzzle, arranging colors in a pleasing way, and stained glass!! im glad u persevered because the end result is very cool, personal and unique with its flaws and all. and the light shining through it definitely obscures a lot of that amateurness

I wouldn't have had the patience, even if I had the nimble fingers, to do that but, this 71 year old granny with arthritis, found that absolutely fascinating and beautiful, thank you. Also, you saying about the stained glass windows. I went on holiday to Poland in 1988 and visited the Royal Palace in Warsaw. There is a small wall inside built of stones and pebbles the people picked up, when it was razed to the ground in WWII. It was very moving to look at.

Lengthy though fulfilling. The coffee brakes were not only necessary but constructive to the completing of the project. I personally celebrate homemade items. Well done Mr Shrimp

ohhh man that is BEAUTIFUL, i loved this long video to see the process and watch you collect the sea glass, the end result is gorgeous!

Congratulations on finishing your project, it looks beautiful. Such a great learning process, especially the need for patience.

This is brilliant and extremely creative. The crudeness of the work ( I sat that lightly) just adds to the charm of the whole piece. I enjoy your videos shrimp. Keep up the good work 👍

Found myself making an audible "oooh" when the first shot of the taped glass came up. Despite the issue with the tessellation it still looked great.

Gorgeous work!

Very interesting, love the way it turned out. Also admire your perseverance

The result is way better than I expected, it looks great! Thanks for the video, as always.

This turned out incredible, really enjoy seeing the process

Your content evokes a sense of individuality that used to be common on RU-vid but is seldom found anymore for one reason or the other. Been a subscriber for about 4-5 years and you never cease to be inspiring Mr Shrimp.

A truly beautiful lamp. The imperfections with the solder add to the overall look.

Mike, I love this video. This is your best video ever. Your patience and willingness to try new skills is inspiring. The result is magnificent and there is no other lamp in the whole universe, it’s you and yours and you just can’t buy that. Well done Mike!!! Wonderful!

Great end product. And as always, the process was just as enjoyable to watch. Thank you for your continued varied and interesting content.

I love the finished product, it's so charming. I'm always so happy about the fun things you come up with :D

I loved that this DIY video was a long one. The lamp turned out beautiful! A lamp made from sea glass is such a great concept. And you're such a trooper for carrying on when it got rough. Thanks for making this video about it. For me this was an hour well spend ☺

a long video that includes the beach and making? thank you so much! a real Saturday morning treat

Ocean Glass, don't take my by my hand, spare me the cutting edge, that you understand.

I love the way you explain things like your process and safety issues. The end result was very nice 👌🏻 when lit. It must have taken you hours, especially to edit your footage. Thanks for sharing 🥰

I watched the whole video, didn't think I would, but I just found it very intriguing. How you were determined to finish the project even if it meant scraping you original idea. Thoroughly enjoyed this video 😊

What an absolutely fantastic idea and video. I loved the fact that you included all the early issues and watching how you overcame everything to create that amazing end product. I have no idea where I would find sea glass, how to solder, or how to use a whetstone, but you've really inspired me to learn. I would love to be able to make something like this one day, and it looked like a tedious, but ultimately rewarding project.

God I loved the sausage saw blade demonstration. Really made me laugh. Great stuff.

It looks amazing! Loved seeing all the steps as well!

that turned out really nice shrimp, you should be proud of that effort, you made something incredibly beautiful from litter essentially, love all your content

I just love this video!! So much effort and skill and determination into such a unique idea.

Great demonstration of your patience! Attractive unique resulting lantern, well done

I love how you did this! You are so clever!

I really like it. You have a lot of patience. I haven't done stained glass, but I do wire wrapping and I have some sea glass in my supplies. Vague ideas are forming in my head on what to do with them after watching your video.

this is the coolest thing you've made imo. Honestly if you were industrial minded you could sell something like this for 800 dollars easy. the amount of time effort and artistic talent required to make these is just amazing.

Beautiful work!! I love that you used seaglass because not only are you technically cleaning up the beach AND recycling, but the variety of colors/shapes/sizes gives it such a unique look!

“It might be impossible, but I’d fancy a go.” - Atomic Shrimp I like this quote, it perfectly describes my attitude to a lot of things mathematics. Reminds me of when I tried to divide by 0, good times.

loved watching this speacily the adventure of looing for the glass for the project and it turned out pretty good

This is really impressive! Congratz! Hope you had fun working on it still~

Beautiful result of a challenging project. Thanks for sharing!

incredible! And the colors look almost natural together. I believe you can lay down decorative solder over the joining solder although it can't have oxidized.

What a beautiful lamp!! You did such a good job with it!

You may be able to reflow the solder and tidy up some of the uneven texture by reflowing with a blowtorch briefly which would allow the solder to reflow and find a more smooth look

Excellent result. I love that you share these experiences

What a great project - and I'm sure your soldering will get smoother the more you do it. The sea glass is gorgeous here

That really turned out beautiful man! So pretty!!!

It turned out really lovely. I like the rustic uneven look in it. It adds character and uniqueness

ITS BEAUTIFUL!!! the work REALLY shows, it has so much personality and nature energy!!! priceless 😍😍

Hello from Canada, Mr. Shrimp! 1) I think that you are on the right track with using big pieces on the outside, and then working inwards. This way, you end up with 1 odd shaped hole to fill, rather than many on the outside. 2) As a time saving measure, I think that you could just assemble it once through, and then grind off what you don't need. The idea is that grinding time is probably fixed in length, whereas searching for the perfect pieces can go all day, as we raise the standards and move the goal posts. 3) I'd like to try to do something similar, but use HDPE. A major problem is that HDPE probably won't last long outside in UV exposure, but it would be interesting, though. 4) Thanks for telling us about the history of that place and the ins and outs of glass collection. It is very fascinating.