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Back in the Middle Ages, stained glass windows were made by chipping colored glass to shape with a hammer and holding the pieces together with strips of lead.  While some still use this method today, most stained glass is made by Louis Comfort Tiffany’s ten-step method using thin copper foil. 

 

It all starts with an idea.

From that idea, we develop a pattern, traditionally known as a cartoon.

The pattern is used to cut pieces of colored and textured glass to the proper size and shape.

The individual pieces of glass are wrapped in thin copper foil.

The pieces of glass are attached together by melting solder, a mixture of lead and tin.

After passing through several more steps of cleaning and finishing, the result is a finished piece of art!