Stained Glass Guide 

I'm an ex glazier/glass cutter from the UK since 1977 and cant believe how forgiving the glass must be and how badly its 'allegedly cut'. Not u in particular sir, but the stain glass community. I just wanted to make a lamp but already watched a pile of vids. Please people, OIL the wheel (plenty) every single cut, or the wheel is toast. A dry cut, with a white fireing, more toast. Never go back over a cut, toast yes. Listen for it cutting, you should hear it singing, not screaming for dear life.

this is by far the best how to video I have seen ( I have watched at least 20). Alex explains everything he is doing and doesn't assume the viewer knows already how to cut, solder, foil. He also freely shares personal tips to make the panel better, which is a great help to me. I was stumbling over filling spaces between pieces, and his method is great. Alex, I hope you post more videos like this, I'll be watching!

From a clay artist, thank you from my heart. This is probably the best process lesson I've ever had. Concise, informative and inspiring work. 🙏

Did a few classes 30 to 40 years ago. Your class is helping me to remember all the techniques plus tips on how to improve my work. You have a calm and confident way of presenting your class. Not intimidating or hurried at all, as this can frustrate students and put them off. Looking forward to watching your other videos.

Beautiful!!! My instructor taught me a cool trick when working with highly textured glass (like the piece you said was hard to foil). During the edge grinding, gently grind just a hair over the edge onto the top of the glass to remove some of the texture. This way when you tape- it is to/on a smoother surface. The tape will adhere better, no finger cuts and no one will notice the portion removed because is under the tape and solder. Man, was I happy when He taught me that one!!

I just watched a 45 minute tutorial video on how to make stain glass that I may never attempt but will now be able to better judge the workmanship of different pieces. Thank you so much for this. I appreciate you taking the time to painstakingly educate us.

Thank you for the wonderful class. I am brand new to stained glass work. I just discovered a box left by my Mom who passed away and much to my surprise it was full of wonderful stained glass supplies, including a grinder. She had a project she had started, and I am going to try to finish it in her honor. I learned a lot from your class and took a bunch of notes. Thank you!

I live in Scotland. At the age of 18 I didn't know what I wanted to be. I was good at art and tech, anything that was more hands on. As I said I had no clue what to do. Then a small lead art company to my town. It was all onsite training and I loved it.i was really happy but unfortunately the husband and wife the owners split so I had no job. I fell quite ill at the same time. Then a friend asked if I ever thought of florist. I went to college found a great place to work but it so turned out differently. So I went solo and work on weddings. Then covid struck and my livelihood was gone. You have so inspired me to get my tools out get more tool and get back to what made me happy. I'm now 41 with a husband and teenage and I'm a glass artist and it the most excited I've been in a long time. You probably won't read this but thank you, thank you so much xx

Also loved hearing the kids in the background and the fact that they didn't break your concentration one bit. They must have an amazing mom!

WOW!!!! I've arrived:) He's got his stuff together. Great black background, no distractions. Amazing piece and he has a face and voice for instruction:) How dang funny, "Lets go kick some glass!" Subscriber

Hands down the best video on stained glass that I've seen on RU-vid in a long time! Please post more content! Im just getting started in stained glass and am hooked. I could watch RU-vid like this all day!

A great video. Thank you. If the 'expert critics' know so much, why are they watching your video? Ignore them.

Alex, you are the Norm Abram of stained glass.

Wow. video was informative and thorough without becoming boring. Final piece came out beautiful. I hardly ever make it through a whole video but this was great. Good job. I like that you speak as you work and not just a video of you explaining rather than showing.

This is the best instructional video I’ve seen in stained glass. Thank you so much.

I hope you’ll come back soon! This video was amazing and very in depth!

That was terrific, but I think we all need a video on how you made that frame too!

Alex, I had purchased tools years ago, but they got ruined & forgotten in a sale. So now revisiting the idea to start again. Hobby Lobby near by. I enjoyed your love for the craft and the wonder of how meticulously you work at making everything perfect. Had me at beginning all the way through. Explaining the details of each step made it fascinating. Your design, tiny detailed attention to sharing how to fill in, how the various ways of cutting glass, using flux, streaming to perfection, glazing black n polishing all so exceptionally done. Your masterpiece is beautiful. I’m going to watch again and list ideas to get together tools for a beginning project. Thanks so much for your video. Joan God bless your talents- and future projects. In Jesus Name Sincerely, Amen.

So inspiring!!!! As a beginner in stained glass and not finding it so easy, seeing such a wonderful demonstration is enough to make you want to carry on. Thank you!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your process in detail. I have never tried doing stained glass but I'm interested and you've inspired me to give it a try. Your piece turned out beautifully.

Wow! Absolutely gorgeous!

This is flipping amazing! 🤩

I've always wanted to learn how to work with stained glass but had no idea what all was involved. After watching your video, I think I'm going to go ahead and try my hand at it. There's a glass shop not far from me that also holds glass working classes. I've always loved stained glass and have been an avid collector of Tiffany style lamps for most of my adult life. My hope is to become skilled enough to make one of my own one day. This video is very well done. Your style of speaking is natural and easy to understand even for someone who is watching out of curiosity and has 0 knowledge and experience of how to work with glass. I especially appreciated your explanations of the how to's, the why's, and the effects and consequences of processes done both the right and wrong ways. Good job! Thanks! 😊

Just made my first piece before I found your video and I love that your not selling anything. I taught myself but you just saved me some valuable time and money. I love your board and molding idea for a cheaper way of squaring up your panels plus I guess I'm a sinner because I've only found Hobby Lobby who has glass and tools but they do seem to be cheaper products plus the glass seems very inconsistent with thickness Sincerely thank you for your time and easily digestible tips

Wow Fantastic work! Thank you for sharing this. I have been struggling with two spots in my living room entrance and thanks to you I know what way to go! God given gift! ⛪ 🙏 This is a prayer answered. Now all I need to do is draw it out! Thank you again! ❤

super comprehensive guide. Thank you

Just beginning, I can't wait to start.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Awesome can't wait to try it!

You got some great skils, a beautiful piece.

I've been making stained glass for years now and still I learned something new from your video. I over use my grinder. I'm gong to use my nippers a lot more now! I work with lead more than foil because wrapping the foil is such a pain but you made it look so easy. Thanks for making this video.

Beautiful window, and great overview of the whole process!

OMG! I love, love your video. Thank you for this start to finish procedure. Keep up the good work! ❤

Loved the learning and self deprecating humor. You are a natural.

This was very nicely done. Thank you for all the demonstration and explanation. Tremendously helpful.

Alex, I have been watching many videos and yours has been the best so far. Excellent presentation. And your project turned out awesome. Very creative framing and lighting, too. You knocked it out of the ballpark!!! Thanks for packing so much information into one video.

WOOOOOW. JUST STUNNING.

Just getting into stained glass. I found this very helpful. Thank you! Looking forward to more of your stained glass videos.

I love what you do and plan on following all the way

Thanks for your video. It was really interesting to see how you go about it and your personal style, too. I learnt from another video that if you cut off a length of solder instead of holding the spool, you're less likely to get carpel tunnel syndrome later on in life.

very happy i found your video! will probably need to watch it again since there's so much info!

Thank you for this video. I’m in Singapore and I’m starting to take an interest in making stain glass. This has been very helpful … great explanations. I’m going to start following you because of the clear directions.

Speechless! Outstanding easy to understand everything. Thank you so much.

This wad awesome! I hope that this hobby turns into a lifestyle for me. I can do something I enjoy and maybe even take care of my family one day with a passion

Excellent! Thank You! I learned several things as I am learning, thanks again

Turned out beautiful!

Amazing tutorial, and easy to listen to.

Wonderful work! Fantastic explanation!

Fantastic video! Thank you!

Great blog...I mostly like all the neat little tricks that help !!!!!

Wow. This is a great video. Thank you!

Absolutely wonderful demonstration. Make more videos!

I love how detailed this video is. I feel like I learned a ton about the overall process and how to meticulously handle the seams. Thank you very much for the time and effort you put into this.

That was an amazing video, thanks for the clear explanations

Thank you for the awesome tutorial. You really do beautiful work.

Great job Alex! Loved this!

love your work!

Beautiful. Love the octopus. Great job.

This is amazing 🤩 thank you for the great tips!

What a great video! Thank you

Fantastic information from A to Z. Thank you.

Excellent video ! Many thanks

Thank you for all the information, learned so much. Beautiful work also!!

That is quite amazing. Thank you!!

Thank you for sharing this video, Alex! Your work is astonishingly beautiful and I really appreciated your thorough teaching as you went along. I’m a beginner trying to figure this out on my own. I learned so much! I subscribed and grateful to learn more!

You covered a lot of material! That piece is beautiful. A LOT of work! Love the octopus Thank you Patricia

Thank you for this video! Super helpful

Thanks for posting this man. I really want to get into making tiffany style lampshades and this gave me really good incite on all things glass

Thank you. The best video I have seen.

This is amazing, very clear and helpful thank you!

Great video. Love your approach to teaching. Thank you.

Just wanted to say thank you for the video. It helped a lot with technique. Can't wait to do a big one like yours.

Awesome work -cool final effect:)

That was fabulous! Best how to I’ve seen yet, super helpful!

Amazing work!

Well done. I am inspired to get started. Ty for your time

Wow that was amazing!

Beautiful work! I'll be watching for more. I haven't done stain glass in a while, so I needed a refresher course to remind me of what to do. I have all the tools, but you showed some techniques I never knew before. I'm going to be making windows for an indoor garden off m parlor. It's just a small 3.5' x 8' little room with LED grow lights for my veggies. So I built a wall with openings for the stained glass. Four windows in the wall part, then two windows to match for the doors.. So it'll be six matching windows altogether. I have a victoria look about the room, so it'll have a classic victorian look for the design. Then above the windows, I'll be doing some fretwork on thin wood and finish it nicely, so there's airflow in the room. It's a bit of a project, but so far the room is taking on that relaxing victorian parlour look.

Wonderful, you are a great instructor. Thank you for sharing!

Thank, You amazing video! Beautiful Piece 🎉

Unbelievable!!!!!...So Beautiful !!!!!!

This looks so cool! Way to go champ!

Great video, thanks! I'm hoping to get into stained glass and this really helped.

Gorgeous! I had no idea how many processes are involved. ❤️

Alex amazing project, thanks for sharing..

Excellent video, beautiful project!

WOW.... So Beautiful

This is is by far the best beginner video that I have seen. Very good job. I’m awaiting your next video.

Thank you for sharing your process and allowing us to learn from you. New to stained glass and I enjoy very much

Beautiful work.

Amazing.. thanks for a great tutorial

This was great! Instructing about all aspects of glass, foil, foiling, filling the gaps. Most informative!

thank you for this video, I learned a lot. your finished project is beautiful

the patina makes a really impressive difference, thanks for sharing

Ah finally I got all my questions answered 💓

I was taught to wear a thicker mask , maybe it’s an N95 or similar, to stop from inhaling tiny glass particles to make sure not to get silicosis eventually. Also to only work in well ventilated spaces, ideally with an extractor fan but they can be very expensive. I used to cut glass years ago but during a divorce I had to give up all my tools and everything. Then 15 years later another relationship breakdown and another whole set up and tools gone because I was moving into a smaller apartment with no space to work the glass. This year at Christmas I treated myself and got a few gifts to set up yet again, no man this time so I’ll have everything till I die and I will pass it on to my children or grandchildren. Great tutorial, your pattern is beautiful and your choices of glass are just stunning. 👍🏼🙋🏼‍♀️

Very good teacher. Clean, concise and encompasses all facets of the project and what you need.

Years ago I started working with stained glass and absolutely love it. To see the finished project and know that you created it. But then I also started using patterns for cake decorating,quilt making etc. Thank you for sharing. I picked up a few tips from you. Wonderful instructions

Very good job young man! I was clueless, now I’m not and feel confident to start my project. Keep up the good work God rewards good teachers

Thank you very much! You explained the process very well.