WOOD & CUSTOM GLASS BOOKCASE PROJECT: PART 2

As mentioned in the Inception of a Bookcase Project post, you can see from the stained glass project pages on the Glass Art Designs-Colorado website that I generally do not create traditional designs. I also typically do a copper foil technique in which each individual piece is wrapped with the foil, then through the additional flux, solder will adhere directly to the foil and connect all of the pieces together. The other technique in stained glass is to place lead strips between each of the pieces of glass, solder the connection points and then cement the pieces of glass to the lead strips.

I started playing with different styles of bevels clusters; see center section of the stained glass example photo. This is most often easier to use with the copper foil technique depending on the number of pieces within the cluster. As, I reviewed the options, I decided that a more simple cluster option might lend itself well to using the lead technique. The next step was to determine the exact size of the window. I took the opening of the top bookcase shelving, added the framing that I would like to surround the window with, then calculated the amount of space I’d need to place the window inside the frame. These windows will likely be over 5 and 1/2 feet long, so that also requires the consideration of how to prevent the window from bending as that would promote the breaking of glass. We don’t want that! More about this process as we move more deeply into the project.