Why Study This Course?
Want to explore the colourful art of stained glass? This short course is perfect for beginners! You’ll learn to create a beautiful hanging panel for your home, exploring colour, tone, and line through glass. We’ll guide you from the very beginning, teaching you glass cutting, surface decoration, soldering, leading, and cementing. By the end, you’ll have a stunning A4-sized stained glass window panel.
This course teaches you to create a colourful stained glass hanging panel. You will learn essential techniques like glass cutting, surface decoration, soldering, leading, and cementing. You will also explore colour, tone, and line while crafting your own A4-sized panel.
This course covers:
Glass cutting, pattern making, leading, soldering and cementing
Glass painting and staining (if time allows)
Sandblasting and hand-painted resists (if time allows)
Basic fusing and inclusions (if time allows)
This course teaches you to create a colourful stained glass hanging panel. You will learn essential techniques like glass cutting, surface decoration, soldering, leading, and cementing. You will also explore colour, tone, and line while crafting your own A4-sized panel.
Please note that this course is not suitable if you are pregnant.
Please note there is an additional cost of approx. £50 - £100 for materials on this course.
Your progress will be assessed through Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) and regular discussions with your tutor. You'll track your own practice through written notes, and your tutor will provide written feedback, helping you gauge your progression and personal development throughout the course.
No food or drink is allowed in the studio; a nearby hub area is available for snacks and drinks. You will need to pay for materials used from the college. Please note there are additional costs involved on this course for materials, this includes: Lead, Solder, copper Foil, Cement, Firing, Donated Glass and New Glass. Details will be provided in the first class. You may bring your own materials, but on-site storage is not available. Please allow 15 minutes at the end of each class to tidy up.