We create a stained glass window with our own hands. Master class: Medallion made of epoxy on a wire base Stained glass earrings made of wire and epoxy resin

Of course, it is extremely difficult to make a real Tiffany stained glass window at home, but no one has canceled other types of stained glass. Today we will try to make an imitation of stained glass with our own hands. Not every guest will be able to distinguish it from the real one, which is performed by specialists.

In terms of its structure, a full-fledged stained glass window consists of elements of multi-colored glass, united together in a metal frame. And if in previous years the main element in the manufacture of the frame was lead, which is unsafe for human health, today it has been replaced by materials such as aluminum and stainless steel.

Of course, you can create a real stained glass window only in industrial conditions having everything necessary tools and materials. But it is quite possible to make a homemade stained glass window with your own hands, which is often outwardly indistinguishable from a classic stained glass window.

First you will need to form a stained glass pattern. Moreover, its dimensions must be natural size. Of course, in this matter it is advisable to have the makings of an artist. If you do not have such abilities, try to find the desired ready-made drawing or template, and then start creating a sketch.

Then the paper with the printed pattern must be covered with as clean and pre-grease-free transparent glass as possible.

There are several ways to create stained glass at home.

Making stained glass from fabric

You can use a soluble colored fabric like silk acetate. To dissolve, use nitro varnish or acetone.

• Mix epoxy resin with a suitable hardener in an approximate ratio of 1 to 8.
• You will need to add talc and aluminum powder to the mixture. It should thicken and acquire a metallic sheen.
• Place the finished mixture into a pastry syringe. You can also use a toothpaste container.
• Using a roller, apply the material to the edges of the glass. Make sure that the lines do not intersect.

It is advisable to work with nitro varnish in a thoroughly ventilated area.

To prevent the epoxy resin from coming into contact with the skin of your hands, use rubber gloves. To dissolve epoxy resin You can use regular gasoline.

Stained glass from broken glass

The second option for simulating stained glass involves the use of silicate glue and broken glass. You will need:

Look for colorful pieces of glass. Form a sketch, attach it to the glass, be sure to reverse side. The surface of the glass must be degreased using ammonia.
The drawing is formed using suitable paint or a dark marker. Next, apply a thin layer of liquid silicate glue on top of the glass, on top of which lay a multi-colored mosaic. After waiting approximately six hours, cover the stained glass window with a thick layer of glue. Since there is a possibility of glue bleeding, attach temporary slatted frames to the edges of the stained glass window. It is quite possible to use polyester resins as a material for the fixing layer.

Solid glass stained glass

There is another, third method of producing stained glass from solid glass elements. The first two manufacturing stages are similar. Place the finished sketch under the glass on the back side. As a fixing solution, you need to use a combination of one part cement, three parts sand, and one part PVA glue.

You will need:

You can make your own suitable tool by inserting a plastic tube with a diameter of no more than five millimeters into plastic container from under the shampoo.
The edges of the glass must be carefully greased with the mixture using a wooden stick. Once the glue has dried, you can fill it completely. Additional processing allows you to avoid smudges when making stained glass windows.
If you have trouble finding suitable colored glass, try applying multi-colored tsapon varnish to plain glass. Uniform application can be achieved by first spraying the glass with varnish. You can protect glass from ultraviolet rays using glypthal varnish.

If you don’t have enough money to buy a real stained glass window, but you really want to have one at home, you can make it yourself.

The manufacturing technology is as follows:

prepare cardboard with the chosen color design and contour lines made in ink. In accordance with the drawing, cut (a regular roller glass cutter will do) colored glass. Then place a sheet of transparent silicate glass on the cardboard and make a “dry” sample set of stained glass. Lay out the colored glass exactly according to the sketch. To connect the glasses to each other and the bottom surface, you need to prepare a solution (1 part cement, 3 parts sand and 1 part PVA glue). It is prepared in a special container, a shampoo bottle with a glass or plastic tube with a diameter of 4-5 mm is inserted into the stopper. Before pouring, thoroughly lubricate the edges of colored glass at the junction with silicate glass with the solution. After drying, fill the space between the pieces of colored glass. With this treatment, the solution does not leak under colored glass and the stained glass window turns out neat. If you will use this stained glass window as a decorative wall element, then pre-lay it in its upper corners steel wire with loops for hanging. Stained glass windows are made on glass removed from the frame.

Real stained glass is made from pieces of colored glass inserted into a metal frame. Previously, lead was used to make frames, but now stainless steel and aluminum are used. Such technologies, unfortunately, are quite complex for home creativity. Therefore, we would like to bring to your attention several more accessible techniques for manufacturing PSEUDO-STAINED GLASSES

techniques for making pseudo-stained glass.

Before making any stained glass window, you need to develop a full-size color sketch. If you feel like an artist in yourself, then, as they say, you hold the cards. Otherwise, find a suitable ornament, turn to the classics, gradually move from simple to complex, and the creations of your hands will be admired by millions.

After developing the sketch, cover it with glass on which the stained glass window will be made. It must be clean and grease-free.

First method is based on the use of soluble colored fabrics, such as acetate silk, which is easily dissolved by acetone and nitro varnishes. Cut out pieces of thin fabric of the required configuration and color according to the design of the future stained glass window. Cover the glass with a thin layer of transparent nitro varnish and dry. Then the same nitro varnish is applied to individual areas, and scraps of the workpiece are glued to them. Gluing must be done as accurately as possible, since the fabric begins to dissolve almost immediately and it will be impossible to move it. Having glued the flap to the place reserved for it, coat it on top with nitro varnish and move on to the next one. Having filled all the glass with stained glass elements, apply another layer of nitro varnish, and a couple of layers of parquet on top.

The next step is to manufacture the pseudo-frame. For this epoxy resin mixed with hardener in a ratio of 1: 8~10. The resulting mass is mixed with talc and aluminum or bronze powder until the mixture acquires a metallic sheen and does not spread on the glass. Then the resulting mass is poured into a pastry syringe or a used toothpaste tube and squeezed out with an even roller along the outlines of the stained glass window. In this case, it is important to avoid intersections between the lines, since the rollers should not run into each other.
We recommend that you carry out all operations with nitro varnish in a well-ventilated area or in the open air, and you need to work with epoxy resin wearing rubber gloves. The solvent for epoxy is gasoline.

SECOND METHOD
Let's move on to the next, most famous, method of making pseudo-stained glass. This is stained glass from broken glass and silicate glue. It is necessary to prepare colored glass the right size. Prepare a life-size sketch and attach it to the glass on the reverse side. Degrease the surface ammonia and apply a contour drawing with a dark marker or paint. Cover the glass with a layer silicate glue(liquid glass) and lay out a mosaic of colored glass fragments in accordance with the picture. After 4-6 hours, the surface of the stained glass window is filled with a continuous layer of glue so that it covers all protruding fragments. To prevent the glue from dripping, you can install a temporary frame of wooden slats around the edges. In addition to silicate glue, they use epoxy glue or polyester resin.

THIRD METHOD
You can make stained glass made of solid colored glass using the following technology. We prepare a sketch and attach it to the back of the transparent glass, as in previous cases. We cut out sections of the pattern of the required configuration from whole colored glasses. We make a “dry” set of stained glass on a transparent glass base. The space between the pieces of colored glass is filled with a solution of the following composition: cement - 1 part, sand - 3 parts, glue (PVA type) - 1 part. For convenience, during this operation you can even take a plastic shampoo container, into the cork of which a glass or plastic tube with a diameter of 4-5 mm is inserted. Before pouring, the edges of colored glass at the junction with silicate glass are thoroughly lubricated with a solution using wooden stick. After drying, the main filling is carried out. With this treatment, the solution does not leak under colored glass, and the stained glass window turns out neat.

Sometimes it is very difficult to find glass in the right color. However, from any hopeless situation you can always find two ways out. Clear glass can be painted tsapon-varnish . Used as a dyeaniline paints: yellow - auramine, rivanol; blue - methylene blue; green - brilliant green (can be purchased at the pharmacy); red - rhodamine. To ensure an even coating, the surface of the glass is doused with varnish, allowing the excess to drain off. If the glass is exposed to strong sunlight, it is better to use glyphthalic varnish to paint the glass. It is a solution of artificial resin (glypthal) and aniline paint of one color or another in wine alcohol. If you don’t have tsapon or glypthal varnish, you can prepare an alcohol-based colored varnish with the following composition: 500 mlethyl (wine) alcohol, 1 g aniline paint, 1 g shellac.

FOURTH METHOD
Film. It's not that pretty, but it's simple. Take the finished stained glass film, cut out the details from it along the contour and stick it on the glass. It is better to make the outline in the film stained glass window from copper wire square section, which is mounted on epoxy glue, this will give the product more decorativeness.

FIFTH METHOD
Beads. Yes, yes, ordinary cheap Chinese beads, which are sold, for example, at VDNKh in whole bags. You will need about 1 kg, it is better to take a transparent, small one, it can be substandard (it’s just pennies). The circuit is done like this: epoxy resin mixed with hardener in a ratio of 1:10 and diluted black carbon black powder(20 rubles per bag). Fill a hair dye tube with the composition, just make the hole wider, about 2 mm. Squeeze the sausage along the contour and let dry. Coat the gaps silicate glue(liquid glass) and fill with beads different colors. A day later, fill the entire surface of the stained glass window with the same glue.

SIXTH METHOD

Broken glass. The technology is the same as in the previous paragraph, but instead of beads, take glass from bottles, vials, and transparent dishes, finely crushed with a hammer through a rag. There is only one drawback: the stained glass window will be very thick, since it will have to be poured in 2-3 layers to completely cover the fragments.

SEVENTH
Whole pieces of glass. We cut out sections of the pattern of the required shape from whole colored glasses. We lay it “dry” on the glass base. The space between the pieces of colored glass is filled with a solution: cement + sand + PVA glue (1:3:1). Before pouring, the edges of colored glass can be coated with silicate glue to prevent putty from leaking. After drying, the entire stained glass window is filled with polyester (epoxy) resin (the solvent for them is gasoline).

Note: glass coloring.

Colorless glass can be painted with tsaponlak. Aniline dyes are also used as dyes: yellow - auramine, rivanol; blue - methylene blue; green - brilliant green (can be purchased at the pharmacy); red - rhodamine. To ensure an even coating, the surface of the glass is doused with varnish, allowing the excess to drain off. If the glass will be in the sun all the time, it is better to take glypthalium varnish(a solution of artificial resin (glypthal) and aniline dye in wine alcohol).

You can cook it yourself alcohol colored la To:

500 ml of ethyl (wine) alcohol, 1 g of aniline paint, 1 g of shellac. 6. Glass from photographic plates. The technology is the same. Take photographic plates (sold in stores like "Kinolyubitel"), dip them in sodium thiosulfate solution(fixer), which can be purchased at the same store. After this, rinse for at least 20 minutes in running water, color acrylic paints in the most saturated colors you can think of, dry it and carefully beat it into small pieces with a hammer. Place it on the glass base with the emulsion side down and fill it with silicate (epoxy) glue.

EIGHTH
CDs. If you are looking at a stained glass window from only one side (for example, it is the glass of a cabinet), pieces of worn-out color CDs will suit you. Using a heated knife (string), you can cut out figures, flowers, and stars from them. Place it on epoxy glue, cover the gaps with it (with a cotton swab, spatula), but do not need to fill it. It is better to make the circuit from thin plastic clothes cord bright colors.

NINTH
"Amber" mosaic. Very simple and beautiful. Mix epoxy resin with hardener 1:8 and add a little acrylic (or aniline) paint in orange, yellow, gold colors. Using a tube of hair dye or a pastry syringe, use beautiful lines and drops to apply an abstract design to the glass, alternating various shades. Lines may overlap each other and look broken. No outline needed. It turns out very elegant.

TENTH

Synthetic fabric. For example, acetate silk, it is easily dissolved by acetone and nitro varnishes. Cut out pieces of the desired shape and color. Cover the glass with a thin layer of transparent nitro varnish and dry. Then the same nitro varnish is applied to individual areas, scraps are placed on top and coated with the composition again. The fabric begins to dissolve almost immediately. When the drawing is finished, coat it completely with nitro varnish, and after drying, apply a simple parquet varnish.

Matting.

First, draw an outline on the glass with paint or a black marker. Those areas that are supposed to be made matte must be carefully pasted over the edges with masking tape as evenly as possible. Now the matting itself:

Method 1: Buy a special liquid or paste, such as Glassmoz. The substance is quite toxic, but is easily washed off with water and lasts for a long time.

Method 2. Sprinkle a little powder with emery properties on the surface of the glass, for example, dry cleaner, soda or fine river sand. Then take a piece of glass (a glass stopper from a decanter will do) and rub it with cleanser or sand over the surface to be treated. She's getting cloudy before our eyes.

Method 3. The simplest. Make a mixture of chalk powder and silicate glue and then brush it onto the glass twice. You can tint it. After matting, remove the masking tape and wash the glass. You can alternate matte areas with white, black, gold, and use different matte shades. Apply the outline in black oil paint. In any case, this stained glass window will be the thinnest and most beautiful.

Here's another cool way
I don’t remember where I got it.

Take glass the desired size and a sheet of white paper of the same size. You will select a color drawing on the paper. Place a piece of paper with the pattern facing up. Place glass on it. Thoroughly degrease the glass surface. Draw the outlines of the drawing shoe laces(preferably black) and glue them epoxy glue. Now all that remains is to fill the gaps between the boundaries of the contours of the drawing with a colored adhesive mixture.

Preparation of colored adhesive composition made on an epoxy base. First prepare egyxide glue, then add the paste from ballpoint pen the required color and in the desired tone. The adhesive colored mixture will set in three to four hours, depending on the ambient temperature. And after twenty-four hours you can install the finished stained glass window in your window. In bright sunlight This pattern looks great with laces.

To achieve originality in the interior, you can use an idea such as the use of stained glass. To do this, it is not at all necessary to hire a craftsman or purchase expensive finished products. It is quite possible to create a stained glass window with your own hands at home, after making some effort and studying the proposed material.

Methods for making stained glass

First of all, you need to decide which images will receive your . To do this, you need to come up with a sketch or find a ready-made one. To do this you will need:

• Paper or cardboard, the same size as the stained glass window.
• A drawing with clear contours and elements.
• Mark with numbers the fragments of the drawing to be painted in the corresponding color.
• If typesetting is enabled, you can specify the direction of the grain.

Externally, the blank resembles a numbered children's coloring book.

Drawing skills are not necessary: ​​just print a suitable basic stencil. A disappearing marker will be needed to transfer the image onto the glass.

Using thumbnails

Requires a sketch that includes small elements. Small drawings are easy enough to print, large images will require drawing by hand and transferring to glass. You can make a photocopy of the drawing for templates. The main stencil is made using the original, transferring it to the glass. You will need to purchase template scissors: they differ from regular scissors in the presence of a third blade. This will allow you to cut a strip 1.76mm wide.

A copy of the sketch must be glued to thick cardboard of at least 0.5 mm; a box will do. This is necessary for tracing contours. They must be tough. The paper must be glued evenly over the plane, avoiding it getting wet. It is worth numbering the parts of the sketch in advance.

Step by step work

Wondering how to make it yourself at home , it is necessary to develop a work plan. You need to start with simple actions, gradually moving on to more complex ones.

It’s the easiest thing to do with your own hands at home, and that’s where you should start. For this purpose, it is necessary to transfer the image onto a glass base. Curbs are simulated. You can use self-adhesive film. The surface for gluing must be well degreased. If bubbles appear on the film, they can be pierced with a sewing needle.

This method is simple and cheap, but upon careful examination it will be noticeable that the stained glass window is not real. It has no view from the street side. Do-it-yourself film stained glass windows are most often made for ceilings, since they do not have a back side and are located far enough from the eyes. For the ceiling, this type of stained glass is also good because it is light in weight and completely safe in case of collapse. For the ceiling, you can use an acrylic base; glass should be avoided.

Contour stained glass windows and glass painting

Imitation lead binding

The original stained glass windows have a metal binding. The imitation should repeat it too, so that its appearance is more realistic. There are several ways to simulate this element:

1. Gluing borders with special tape. You can buy one at an artist salon. The tape will help shape the contours. The tape is 1/8″ wide and is designed like regular tape, only it is colored to match. It is very easy to work with this material.
2. This method illustrates how to make stained glass windows with your own hands using imitation binding using wire. You will need aluminum or copper wire and porcelain glue, you need to find dish glue. Superglue is not suitable as it leaves a lot of marks. You can use any wire with a thickness from 0.02 to 2.5 mm, depending on the size of your work: it is carefully glued to the seams, then covered with patina.
3. You can make the plate yourself. To do this you will need:

• PVA glue for porcelain 50 ml.
• Mascara 30 ml.
• Aluminum powder 40 gr.

All these components must be mixed until smooth. If you want to achieve the color of brass, you need to use bronze powder instead of aluminum. Before dyeing the product, check what color you have obtained. Please note that the paste is not suitable for storage; it must be cooked as needed and stirred constantly. The mixture must be applied using a brush or a small syringe. This requires skill.

Imitation lead binding

Types of stained glass

Making stained glass at home X allows you to show your imagination and use different technologies, not limited to one recipe.

Fusing is a rather complex technology for making stained glass . It requires the use of solid glass, onto which elements of different shades are applied. The fragments have clearly defined boundaries; there is no dividing metal strip between them. The finished fabric requires calcination in an oven. The outline of the drawing can be varied depending on the author’s idea. This technique is available for production, and it is unlikely to be repeated at home.

- these are also stained glass windows, but consisting of separate parts, which are held together by soldering with metal strips. This style is distinguished by its intricate shapes. It has a complex design and bright, varied colors. Most often, this technology is used to make various items, for example, lamps, lamps, and toy houses.

This technology for making stained glass with your own hands can have a number of problems:

Film stained glass

Making it on glass yourself is quite difficult, so a very affordable technology is gluing a special film onto the glass. For this you will need:

• Self-adhesive film in various colors.
• Lead based tape.
• Rubber roller.
• Glass.
• Paper knife.

This technique is safe, a teenager can master it, so you can invite him to make such stained glass with his own hands.

To create a picture, you will need to transfer the outline of the picture onto the prepared glass using film. First, a template is created. It can be drawn or printed, then it is applied to the glass using a marker, the outlines are covered with lead tape, the colored film is cut out and pasted onto the glass. After this, the lead film is applied again. To secure the elements, a rubber roller is passed over them.

Production of film stained glass

Stained glass paints

Paints will help solve the problem of how to make stained glass on glass with your own hands without using complex technology, while achieving realism. The outline of the drawing is applied to ordinary glass with help special paints; You can do this work with your children.

It is worth considering that the paint takes quite a long time to dry. It will take about a day to dry completely.

Stained glass paints and contours

Sketch development

Making stained glass with your own hands should not start immediately with windows or doors. It's worth trying on an old piece of glass, decorative vase, glass. The paints offered for this work differ: there are fired and unfired types. The first require heating the product in an oven, which is not very convenient if, for example, you are painting a plastic window.

After firing, the paint will become dull and lose its brightness.

Unfired paints do not lose their brightness and do not require heat treatment, but are difficult to wash. They are afraid of aggressive detergents. A window decorated with them will need to be washed very carefully. If you are just trying to create stained glass windows with your own hands , don't skimp on paint. Buy products from high-quality imported manufacturers. Such materials have optimal density and are often equipped with dispensers. They don't flow or smear.

Contours for stained glass can also be purchased separately. They are sold in tubes, making them convenient to apply. You should not immediately purchase a black outline: it is difficult to work with. For a beginner, silver or white will work well. You won’t be able to achieve the required width without experience – you will need to practice. Excess material must be wiped off with a damp sponge immediately, otherwise it will dry out.

For training, you can use any glass or mirror. First you need to clean its surface from dirt, degrease it: this can be done with alcohol or a special solvent. Before making stained glass , think about the sketch. If you created a drawing, it is better to make several photocopies, ready-made option can be printed on a printer. If you started your practice by creating a lamp, roll up the sheet, insert it inside the glass and attach it with tape. After this, the drawing can be outlined on the glass with a marker. It is better to take a erasable marker. After this, you can use the stained glass outline. Gently apply it to the surface and let the paint dry.

Before use, gently shake the paint tube. There is no need to shake it. otherwise, bubbles will appear in the paint. The paint is applied in a thick layer; you need to paint over each element of the design. After this, let the paint dry completely. In order to protect the colored layer, you can use acrylic varnish or heat the glass in an oven. The second option is used exclusively for heat-resistant glass.

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Glass should not be used. You can get by with safe film. Take the file and insert a sheet with the desired image into it. Show your child how to make stained glass. To do this, you need to outline the drawing with a marker and paint it with previously made paints. After the paint has dried, the film needs to be cut out and glued to the glass. Let your child come up with a drawing on his own. Many children enjoy being creative, drawing and making stained glass windows.

Conclusion: create original decoration you can do the interior yourself, and you will get a lot of positive emotions and be able to do creative process together with the family.

I really wanted something unique, sunny and fresh, like a sea breeze!
To you too? Then we make “Paisley” earrings from wire, epoxy resin and mother-of-pearl dyes!

• We choose a motive. I wanted to make Indian Pickles. I printed out a drawing that will serve as a template for me.
• You can, of course, draw it by hand.

• I cut two identical (about 20 cm) pieces of aluminum wire with a diameter of 1.5 mm. Aluminum - because it is light, soft and plump. This is exactly what is needed now.
• If you don’t have aluminum, you can use copper or silver-plated copper.

• I set the main size of the element using a round jar of suitable diameter.

• I give the wire the desired shape, checking the template.

• The result was these, almost identical pretzels.

• I stretch wide tape onto a piece of board, sticky side up.

• I place the blanks on the sticky side of the tape and check that the wire adheres very well to the film.

• I decided to complicate the pattern by adding small daisy rondels. They also stuck wonderfully to the tape and will remain in place.
• In principle, the filling and decor can be anything; I also thought about filigree.

• Once again, before pouring the resin, check that the wire adheres well to the tape.
• If not, the resin will leak out.

• Carefully, slowly, pour a thin layer of epoxy.
• The compound used was PEO-510KE-20/0.
• It is better to let the mixed resin sit for several hours; all the bubbles that formed during mixing will go away, the resin will thicken and will not spread so much. The mixed compound can be put on water bath(in a bowl with hot water), so degassing will take place faster

• To make the product even more attractive, I decided to glue rhinestones onto the rondel.
• We will use the same epoxy for this.

• The workpiece is poured and dries. This step is according to the instructions for the epoxy resin.
• Don't forget to cover the elements with a dust cap!

• The next day after drying, I noticed that my blanks were cloudy and milky.
• It was the adhesive from the tape that showed up (on the right).
• No worries, we’ll fix everything now (left).

• Below is a blank that has not yet been removed from the tape, at the top it has already been cleaned of glue residue, a completely transparent and clean element.

• In order to remove the remaining glue, you need to stock up on cotton swabs and solvent. I use white spirit.

• Feel free to clean it, it will not damage the resin.
• Then wipe dry.

• For additional decoration and adding effects and color, we will use pearlescent dyes, adding them to the mixed compound.
• They perfectly match the image of Indian cucumbers!

• Apply a drop of green compound. Let's give shape.

• We give the dye the shape of a drop, use a toothpick - it’s convenient.
• Even if it doesn’t turn out completely symmetrical and identical, don’t worry.
• Handmade and original touches are highly valued!

• Mother of pearl dripped from above with a blue flash. You can create patterns using different contrasting dye colors.
• Let the elements dry. Don't forget to cover from dust.

• The dye compound has polymerized.
• It turned out well.
• Now we can decide what we want to make from these elements.
• You can drill holes and there will be a connector!

• This is what the element looks like when held up to light. Clean, transparent.
• The color turned out to be sky-sea, I really like it!

And a bonus! :)
There was some epoxy left, of course, it would be a shame to throw it away.
There were broken wires on hand. I bit off the contact part of them and filled them with colored compounds.
The result is flowers with mother-of-pearl enamel!
Now I will have a bracelet with beautiful pendants.
In general, many things can be “enameled” using this principle :)

I hope this simple lesson will be useful to beginning needlewomen and will give new thoughts to experienced craftsmen.