Level: Beginner
Approx. Duration: 3.5 Hours
Instructor: Kim Wienzierl
Come and learn how to create with leaded stained glass! Perfect for beginners and no experience needed.
Create your own colorful stained glass sun catcher while learning the fundamentals of the craft. We will discuss the basics of making stained glass, types of glass, types of lead, cutting glass, soldering glass, applying patina, and safety.
All tools and materials needed are provided. You will also have the option to buy the toolbox of tools and additional materials you use at the end of class.
Your tuition includes:
Stained Glass Making Basics book by Lynn Haunstein
Stained glass
Copper foil
Solder
Lead came
Loops & Chain
Nitrile gloves
Goggles
A pattern
Instructions
You will also have the use of various tools and materials, such as grinder, pliers, soldering iron & stand, pattern scissors, burnishing fid, glass cutter, markers, rubber cement, right angle lead board, pins & nails, knife, lead vise, flux, cleaner, patina & gloss.
All class enrollments are subject to a no-refund, no-trasfer policy. By purchasing a class, or gifting a class, you are agreeing to our policy. Please read the full FAQ and policy here: https://www.theforgenashville.org/class-policy-and-faq
About the Instructor:
Kim Wienzierl is the founder of Creative Nashville which offers classes in fiber arts and stained glass. Her mission is to keep these arts alive so others can enjoy them as much as she has over the decades. She is an Information Technology and Data professional by day but enjoys getting beginners started with skills in Stained Glass and Fiber Arts.