Like some architects who create designs that look great on paper, in reality the actual construction may not be feasable.
A little common sense here goes a long way.
- First get yourself a picture or photograph of the design you plan to create your suncatcher from and enlarge it to your satisfaction. Coloring books are a great place to get patterns from.
- Next if you have a light box, trace only the outline of your picture on an overlay piece.
You will have to get creative here and use your artistic abilities and knowledge of stained glass construction to add or delete lines where necessary.
The idea here is to create a pattern that has reasonable stained glass cuts.
When you're finished tracing, go over your your pattern again and refine it. Make sure there are no pointed edges and no "impossible cuts".
When you're satisfied with your pattern, you can either enlarge it farther if you plan on making a wall hanging, or reduce it if you plan to create a suncatcher or wind chime project.
- Next, use a pair of double bladed scissors to cut out your pieces.
- If you are making a suncatcher or wind chime, all you need to do next is transfer your pattern to the stained glass using a white glass marking pen, cut out your pieces, foil and solder.
- If you are creating a wall hanging or stained glass picture, you will need to arrange the pieces of the pattern you cut out, inside the border or frame you plan to use.
- Tape the pieces of your pattern together on top of another piece of paper that will be your background and trace the outline of your pattern on the background.
- Add lines on the background where you think they will look best to bring your pattern together and then cut out your background pieces with double bladed scissors as you did with your pattern.
- Number the pieces by the color of the stained glass you are going to use and you're finished.
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