SECRETS of how to make stained glass windows! 

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This is one of the most beautiful designs of stained glass ever. Maybe because of dandelions 😅 Beautiful, elegant. I'm amazed. Wow.

Outstanding! I retired from doing stained glass after 45 years in the business in far West Texas and New Mexico in the US. It has been a few years since I cut a piece of glass. But now, you have fired up my desire to jump back into the art since i miss the creativeness and using color to brighten a room. I miss using my hands to make something worthwhile. However, I would only get back into stained glass as a personal hobby / endeavor since I no longer want to operate a business and deal with fussy clients, pay taxes, chasing commission work, dealing with suppliers and shipping headaches. What ever I would do is to please myself and gifts to friends and family. Your technique in doing stained glass is different than what I use to do. But, there is always more than one way to skin a cat. Towards the last few years while in business, I would draw my scaled designs on sheets of typing paper, then scan into my computer where i would use a CAD softare to fine tune the design and allow for much easier changes and print extra patterns for cutting glass and the layout. My patterns were printed on a large 48" format plotter by HP. For clients who had budget constraints, I could do stained glass look-a-like panels using glass, lead, multi-layered polyester film, bevels, jewels, etc.) to form a solid piece of decorative art glass. The finished product has the look and feel of traditional stained glass, but with the strength and integrity of a solid piece of safety glass. But, the technique has yet to stand the true test of time as traditional stained stained glass. A well built stained glass panel will last decades. The technique I described may last 10-15 years at best s ince adhesives start to break down.

I remember as a kid riding my bike to school, there was a stained glass business in a Victorian-era mansion along the way and they did repairs as well as newly designed windows. I would stop by it sometimes and gaze at all the magnificent art within the windows and was amazed at everything I saw! It's a dying art in America and I wish it wasn't, we should get back to making beautiful pieces of architecture that are made to last instead of all the stuff that's slapped together today. Thank you for sharing your art and work with us!

Absolutely beautiful piece of artwork. Truly magical 🦋🦩🇬🇧

Beautiful to tears!

I love all of Derek's work. I like the look of the transparent images between two pieces of glass. In one of his videos, he wraps the two pieces with copper foil. But the final pieces like the one called Daughter really looks like lead came. The lines are really thick and incredibly straight. It looks amazing but I can't find lead came that has a channel wide enough for two pieces of lead came.

Exceptional craftsmanship, design, and vision... I would love to come learn glass painting techniques from you someday!!

YOU ARE A DIVINE GENIUS!!!! THAT'S SO AMAZING!!!

this is one of fhe most amasing jobs i have ever seen. Bravo Maestro!

Very nice, such a joy as always Derek , thanks for sharing, Keep them coming !!!!!!

Absolutely beautiful design and colors! 😍

Stunning. Thank you so much for letting us see the process

So happy I found your tutorials Derek. I enjoyed watching, and Love your work. Thank you for your tips. Greetings from Tropical North Queensland Australia

Gorgeous window! Just learning, and really enjoy your videos, thanks!

Beautiful work Derek

Beautiful!!! Loved all of your colors and how you brushed the paint out. Thank you for sharing!!!

Derek, I'm grateful for you, and all that you share 🙏 Thank you!!🤍

So pretty! Thank you for sharing your work and process, that was a fun watch.

An exquisite piece. Watching you go through the process was absolutely inspiring.

😩it’s so beautiful. I wanna learn!!

Beautiful work! I look forward to seeing more of your videos!:)

Amazing, my very first look into doing stain glass.... Thank you

Stunning! Enjoyed watching your talent. Thank Q 😊

Very beautiful

Absolutely stunning 🤩

Absolutely stunning ❤

Amazing.

Absolutely fascinating! Thank you.

Thank you for sharing. Interested to learn your method of the glass easel - makes absolute sense.

This is amazingly beautiful, I am falling in love with glass working 💗

Captivating!

such a masterpiece!!! thanks for sharing

Hello, I’m just loving what you've created. Thank you so very much for your expertise instructions.

Really great result, inspiring. And also a great video with a lot of information for me as a beginner.

Thank you Derek, so useful video!It's a marvelous skill, I start to learn it from now

Your work is so beautiful!

This is absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to watch all your other videos (and future videos too!). The choice to show brushstrokes and your own touches is perfect. I'm positive that if the person this is dedicated to could have seen it, they would have been overwhelmed and deeply touched by the love, attention to detail, and sheer beauty in this art.

Wow incredible work

Truly amazing work

stunning!

Beautiful work my friend!

So beautiful… thank you so much for sharing your process. I love the painterly approach of this design. x

This is amazing! I've always loved stained glass and seeing the process of creation has been very very interesting 🧡

Great job. Looks amazing. Best wishes from Allentown Pa, 🇺🇸

Really lovely. I love the mixture of abstract and geometric with organic subjects and traditional glass painting details. As you say, showing the artist's marks. I think it hits all the right notes.

You're a very talented artist. I really appreciated being able to watch this lovely stained glass get created from start to finish. Thank you for sharing this.

Thanks Derek It is quite lovely 😊

Beautiful window, great to watch, very inspiring!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making the craft more accessible for the public

WOW, Mr. Hunt...You're obviously a *master* of your craft...I'm always in genuine awe of such creative & supremely talented artists...Your work mesmerizes me...😊

A treat for the eyes, soul, and other acute human senses. Thank you, Derek, as always. I so look forward to your videos.

Breathtaking ❤

You are really talented! Love the painting on the stained glass furthering it being unique to you the artist. Well done!

Stunning!!! I'm going to be starting my first stained glass class very soon!

Masterful! I doubt there is a person who does not appreciate stained glass? It is such a beautiful art. You paint with the light in a way, it always creates this magical space in the room. (Hello from Bulgaria btw)

Thanks so much for this.

I heard you on the Cracked podcast and had to find out more... this is the first video of yours that I have seen and it was so inspiring! (I'm new to glass and having fun with the copper foiling method) Anyway, you have broadened my horizons. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing it for all to learn.

Amazing video. Your finished piece is great. I’d like to make stained glass art

Thank you. This is beautiful and inspiring. I am just getting into stained glass so Im a super beginner. I didn't realize that you also added paint as you went. So much to learn. Thanks for sharing.

Wonderful work.

Encantada com seu trabalho/arte! Parabéns Sr. Derek Hunt!

Oh golly this is sooo beautiful Even in my dreams I could not make this happen Thanks for sharing Much appreciated!❤!

Man, Your work is such an inspiartion and a pleasure to watch! I am doing my research on stained glass digital project and man oh man, how your work helps! :D

Amazing 😍

Wow i wanna learn this 😍

Amazing! ❤

Beautiful❤❤❤❤❤

Wow that's lovely

¡¡Lindísimo tu trabajo!!

Beautiful

WOW! LOVELY!!

This is absolutely stunning. I would love to create art like this. Next time I'm in London, I need to come see you do your work please haha

Very beautiful art work ,it connect me historical experience, bcz so many historic building have colourful widow ❤

Fantastic video. I was doing an art and design course which got disrupted by the pandemic. Stained glass was the bit that we missed out on.

Fantastic video. I was doing an art and design course which got disrupted by the pandemic. Stained glass is the bit that we did not get to do.

wow!

I wasn't ready for that banger of an intro song

I envy the steadiness of your hands in drawing and painting lines. My own have always had a tremor, it's a family trait, and that's been my single biggest limitation in making panels and windows. But we do the best we can, given our inherent limitations, right?

Great work thanks Derek. Ive watched this couple of times but didn't get where the glass easel gone😅 can anyone give me an explanation? Much appreciated. Thanks 🎉

Incredible masterpiece! What would be the approximate price for one of these?

Hello Derek, I make fused glass pieces and wish I was your pupil to work just like you do! I have 2 questions : 1) When the client agreed on the presented design, how do you plan the timeframe to complete the piece? In fact, I watched your video at Peter's studio where you had to make real size panels for a church project. So that preparation involved lots of time (traveling back and forth, sleeping, working, etc.). 2) When a piece has more than 1 panel, you secure them with copper wires and saddle bars. When a bar is at the joint of 2 pannels, do you need to put cement between the pannels to prevent water from seeping in the channel of the lead? Thank you so much for your follow-up and best regards, Joanne Côté Québec (Canada)

😲wow!

Thanks for this Derek, I have really enjoyed your videos. Could you please tell me what the copper ties are that you mention towards the end of this video.

it is a bit magical !!

Beautiful, thank you - I love the colour combinations together. I’d not appreciated that sandblasting would give the lightening effect / may have to have a play with my husband’s beadblaster 🤔🤔

Sir pls show me hiw you fire the painted glass and what gkass paint and natwrials to use pls thanks.

You say several times, you are checking to see if you are happy with how everything is working together. I'd love to see how you'd fix it if everything wasn't working together to your satisfaction

genuis

Thank you for this video. Always wondered how they were made. How much time do you have into this project? Curious!

Hi! 🌿🪽 so beautiful!!! The top top beautiful stained glass I’ve ever seen in my life , I have a question is about the last step with tie up with the copper strings.. Do you leave little holes on each pieces for the copper strings to go through? Thank you

Hi , what is that kids sticky stuff you use for sticking glass on the windows? USA name. Thanks! Love your videos!!!!!

Muy hermoso

Beautiful work.. 💜 but where's the outside picture with the inside light on ??

Good afternoon Derek, I really enjoyed the video, what are the paints you are using and where are they for sale? Thank you in advance.

Newbie question : Do you ever encase the stained glass windows with some reinforced glass pane on both the back and front of the stainglass pane, in order to protect it and maybe to also improve thermal insulation properties? Would this work or would it create condensation issues over time, like we see with old blown double glazing windows?

Beautiful...and that's just the accent, piece is beautiful too, lol.

bees wax works also to adhere your glass cut outs

I like your method of cutting the glass freehand in stead of using paper cutouts, like I am used to do. For my Virgin of Fatima window I had to cut out over 200 pieces. So your method should save quite some time. Did you use a protective clear glass sheet on the outside or is the stained glass window directly exposed to the elements?