I remember as a kid riding my bike to school, there was a stained glass business in a Victorian-era mansion along the way and they did repairs as well as newly designed windows. I would stop by it sometimes and gaze at all the magnificent art within the windows and was amazed at everything I saw! It's a dying art in America and I wish it wasn't, we should get back to making beautiful pieces of architecture that are made to last instead of all the stuff that's slapped together today. Thank you for sharing your art and work with us!
Outstanding! I retired from doing stained glass after 45 years in the business in far West Texas and New Mexico in the US. It has been a few years since I cut a piece of glass. But now, you have fired up my desire to jump back into the art since i miss the creativeness and using color to brighten a room. I miss using my hands to make something worthwhile. However, I would only get back into stained glass as a personal hobby / endeavor since I no longer want to operate a business and deal with fussy clients, pay taxes, chasing commission work, dealing with suppliers and shipping headaches. What ever I would do is to please myself and gifts to friends and family. Your technique in doing stained glass is different than what I use to do. But, there is always more than one way to skin a cat. Towards the last few years while in business, I would draw my scaled designs on sheets of typing paper, then scan into my computer where i would use a CAD softare to fine tune the design and allow for much easier changes and print extra patterns for cutting glass and the layout. My patterns were printed on a large 48" format plotter by HP. For clients who had budget constraints, I could do stained glass look-a-like panels using glass, lead, multi-layered polyester film, bevels, jewels, etc.) to form a solid piece of decorative art glass. The finished product has the look and feel of traditional stained glass, but with the strength and integrity of a solid piece of safety glass. But, the technique has yet to stand the true test of time as traditional stained stained glass. A well built stained glass panel will last decades. The technique I described may last 10-15 years at best s ince adhesives start to break down.
Awesome! Thanks so much for your comments, and its great to know you also make stained glass windows. For sure there is more than one way to skin a cat, and I'm looking at scaling up my designs in a more 21st century way! Procreate on the iPad seems to be the way a lot of glass folk design their windows and print out the final design. I tend to draw mine out full size as they are usually are a one off commission not to be repeated. Best wishes, Derek
@DerekHuntArtist I started to do my designs with pencil and paper. But when software began to be developed for the art, I switched to that back in the 1990s. It allows for much easier changes that can be done quickly and easy storage of patterns. To me, it became tiresome to do large patterns on my shop floor and dealing with clients who change horses in midstream. Then, I would have to start over in many instances . After all, time is money and money is time.
Really lovely. I love the mixture of abstract and geometric with organic subjects and traditional glass painting details. As you say, showing the artist's marks. I think it hits all the right notes.
So happy I found your tutorials Derek. I enjoyed watching, and Love your work. Thank you for your tips. Greetings from Tropical North Queensland Australia
You're a very talented artist. I really appreciated being able to watch this lovely stained glass get created from start to finish. Thank you for sharing this.
This is absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to watch all your other videos (and future videos too!). The choice to show brushstrokes and your own touches is perfect. I'm positive that if the person this is dedicated to could have seen it, they would have been overwhelmed and deeply touched by the love, attention to detail, and sheer beauty in this art.
Thank you. This is beautiful and inspiring. I am just getting into stained glass so Im a super beginner. I didn't realize that you also added paint as you went. So much to learn. Thanks for sharing.
I heard you on the Cracked podcast and had to find out more... this is the first video of yours that I have seen and it was so inspiring! (I'm new to glass and having fun with the copper foiling method) Anyway, you have broadened my horizons. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing it for all to learn.
WOW, Mr. Hunt...You're obviously a *master* of your craft...I'm always in genuine awe of such creative & supremely talented artists...Your work mesmerizes me...😊
Masterful! I doubt there is a person who does not appreciate stained glass? It is such a beautiful art. You paint with the light in a way, it always creates this magical space in the room. (Hello from Bulgaria btw)
Man, Your work is such an inspiartion and a pleasure to watch! I am doing my research on stained glass digital project and man oh man, how your work helps! :D
Beautiful, thank you - I love the colour combinations together. I’d not appreciated that sandblasting would give the lightening effect / may have to have a play with my husband’s beadblaster 🤔🤔
I love all of Derek's work. I like the look of the transparent images between two pieces of glass. In one of his videos, he wraps the two pieces with copper foil. But the final pieces like the one called Daughter really looks like lead came. The lines are really thick and incredibly straight. It looks amazing but I can't find lead came that has a channel wide enough for two pieces of lead came.
Hi Brian, Thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated! You may be able to buy some wide heart lead came which is made to accommodate thicker pieces of glass. Standard heart lead is around 5mm deep but wide heart lead is around 7mm deep, so it can take thicker glass.
Great work thanks Derek. Ive watched this couple of times but didn't get where the glass easel gone😅 can anyone give me an explanation? Much appreciated. Thanks 🎉
I envy the steadiness of your hands in drawing and painting lines. My own have always had a tremor, it's a family trait, and that's been my single biggest limitation in making panels and windows. But we do the best we can, given our inherent limitations, right?
@@DerekHuntArtist - yes, and it does help, but I can't do a truly straight line or smooth curve even then. It's just something I have to live with. I still manage to make things that I like and am proud of, just maybe not up to the standards of you professionals!
Hello Derek, I make fused glass pieces and wish I was your pupil to work just like you do! I have 2 questions : 1) When the client agreed on the presented design, how do you plan the timeframe to complete the piece? In fact, I watched your video at Peter's studio where you had to make real size panels for a church project. So that preparation involved lots of time (traveling back and forth, sleeping, working, etc.). 2) When a piece has more than 1 panel, you secure them with copper wires and saddle bars. When a bar is at the joint of 2 pannels, do you need to put cement between the pannels to prevent water from seeping in the channel of the lead? Thank you so much for your follow-up and best regards, Joanne Côté Québec (Canada)
Thanks for this Derek, I have really enjoyed your videos. Could you please tell me what the copper ties are that you mention towards the end of this video.
The copper ties are soldered to the main lead matrix and used to tie the window to horizontal supporting bars. This is the traditional way stained glass is made and supported to make sure it doesn’t bow or buckle over time 🙂
You say several times, you are checking to see if you are happy with how everything is working together. I'd love to see how you'd fix it if everything wasn't working together to your satisfaction
Thanks for that great suggestion Jeffrey. I wanted to make sure the video kept moving along at a good pace so didn’t included every single aspect of fabrication. However, I may make a video about learning to recognise changes needed during fabrication of a new design. 👍🏼
Newbie question : Do you ever encase the stained glass windows with some reinforced glass pane on both the back and front of the stainglass pane, in order to protect it and maybe to also improve thermal insulation properties? Would this work or would it create condensation issues over time, like we see with old blown double glazing windows?
Hi Phil, yes you can put toughened safety glass on one or both sides of a panel. However you will create a micro climate between the stained glass and the clear glass which may cloud up or discolour over time. If you have an air gap on the top and bottom of the clear glass you reduce the possibility of clouding up. Hope that helps 🙂👍🏼
Hi Lee, I use traditional vitreous glass paints sold at specialist outlets. Google Reusche glass paint suppliers in your area and you should be able to order online 🙂
Hi! 🌿🪽 so beautiful!!! The top top beautiful stained glass I’ve ever seen in my life , I have a question is about the last step with tie up with the copper strings.. Do you leave little holes on each pieces for the copper strings to go through? Thank you
It would be amazing if you could make a video about the details of installing stained glass into window frame and the things that’s needs to be aware of. ( like size… ) 😄 thank you ! Appreciate!❤❤❤ congratulations for your beautiful work 😊😊
Visit my Amazon shop to buy tools and materials I use in my studio www.amazon.co.uk/shop/derekhuntartist
I remember as a kid riding my bike to school, there was a stained glass business in a Victorian-era mansion along the way and they did repairs as well as newly designed windows. I would stop by it sometimes and gaze at all the magnificent art within the windows and was amazed at everything I saw! It's a dying art in America and I wish it wasn't, we should get back to making beautiful pieces of architecture that are made to last instead of all the stuff that's slapped together today. Thank you for sharing your art and work with us!
It’s my pleasure, really appreciated your feedback !🙏🙂
Outstanding! I retired from doing stained glass after 45 years in the business in far West Texas and New Mexico in the US. It has been a few years since I cut a piece of glass. But now, you have fired up my desire to jump back into the art since i miss the creativeness and using color to brighten a room. I miss using my hands to make something worthwhile.
However, I would only get back into stained glass as a personal hobby / endeavor since I no longer want to operate a business and deal with fussy clients, pay taxes, chasing commission work, dealing with suppliers and shipping headaches. What ever I would do is to please myself and gifts to friends and family.
Your technique in doing stained glass is different than what I use to do. But, there is always more than one way to skin a cat.
Towards the last few years while in business, I would draw my scaled designs on sheets of typing paper, then scan into my computer where i would use a CAD softare to fine tune the design and allow for much easier changes and print extra patterns for cutting glass and the layout. My patterns were printed on a large 48" format plotter by HP.
For clients who had budget constraints, I could do stained glass look-a-like panels using
glass, lead, multi-layered polyester film, bevels, jewels, etc.) to form a solid piece of decorative art glass. The finished product has the look and feel of traditional stained glass, but with the strength and integrity of a solid piece of safety glass. But, the technique has yet to stand the true test of time as traditional stained stained glass. A well built stained glass panel will last decades. The technique I described may last 10-15 years at best s
ince adhesives start to break down.
Awesome! Thanks so much for your comments, and its great to know you also make stained glass windows. For sure there is more than one way to skin a cat, and I'm looking at scaling up my designs in a more 21st century way! Procreate on the iPad seems to be the way a lot of glass folk design their windows and print out the final design. I tend to draw mine out full size as they are usually are a one off commission not to be repeated. Best wishes, Derek
@DerekHuntArtist I started to do my designs with pencil and paper. But when software began to be developed for the art, I switched to that back in the 1990s. It allows for much easier changes that can be done quickly and easy storage of patterns.
To me, it became tiresome to do large patterns on my shop floor and dealing with clients who change horses in midstream. Then, I would have to start over in many instances . After all, time is money and money is time.
@@jarmstrong2843 yes, I'm looking into doing more designs using Procreate software on my ipad too!
This is one of the most beautiful designs of stained glass ever. Maybe because of dandelions 😅
Beautiful, elegant. I'm amazed.
Wow.
That's very kind of you, thank you !
Absolutely beautiful piece of artwork. Truly magical 🦋🦩🇬🇧
Thank you !🙏 😊
Stunning. Thank you so much for letting us see the process
You’re welcome Sue 🙂🙏
Derek, I'm grateful for you, and all that you share 🙏 Thank you!!🤍
I appreciate that! Glad you find these videos helpful 🙏🙂
An exquisite piece. Watching you go through the process was absolutely inspiring.
That’s very kind of you to say Robyn 🙏🙂
Beautiful!!! Loved all of your colors and how you brushed the paint out. Thank you for sharing!!!
You’re very welcome Julie! 🙂🙏
Absolutely beautiful design and colors! 😍
Thank you :)
So beautiful… thank you so much for sharing your process. I love the painterly approach of this design. x
You’re very welcome!🙏🙂
Exceptional craftsmanship, design, and vision... I would love to come learn glass painting techniques from you someday!!
That would be fantastic! Happy to send you an email with more details if you’re interested 🙂
So pretty! Thank you for sharing your work and process, that was a fun watch.
Thank you so much!
This is amazingly beautiful, I am falling in love with glass working 💗
Awesome!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and making the craft more accessible for the public
You are so welcome! Thanks for the support :)
Really lovely. I love the mixture of abstract and geometric with organic subjects and traditional glass painting details. As you say, showing the artist's marks. I think it hits all the right notes.
Thank you so much Argus, much appreciated 🙏🙂
Amazing, my very first look into doing stain glass.... Thank you
Welcome onboard Jessica! It’s free to subscribe to my channel for all the latest videos !🙂
This is amazing! I've always loved stained glass and seeing the process of creation has been very very interesting 🧡
So glad you found it interesting Gayane!🙏🙂
YOU ARE A DIVINE GENIUS!!!! THAT'S SO AMAZING!!!
Hahaha! That's too kind! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
A treat for the eyes, soul, and other acute human senses. Thank you, Derek, as always. I so look forward to your videos.
Brilliant! Thanks Jennifer 🙏🙂
So happy I found your tutorials Derek. I enjoyed watching, and Love your work. Thank you for your tips. Greetings from Tropical North Queensland Australia
Awesome, thank you Renata!🙏🙂
You're a very talented artist. I really appreciated being able to watch this lovely stained glass get created from start to finish. Thank you for sharing this.
Thank you so much Maria 😊
Very nice, such a joy as always Derek , thanks for sharing, Keep them coming !!!!!!
Hi Mark, lovely to hear from you and thanks. Hope you and yours are all good 👍🏼🙂
Hello, I’m just loving what you've created. Thank you so very much for your expertise instructions.
That’s very kind of you, so glad you get value from my videos!
Wow incredible work
Thank you !
Gorgeous window! Just learning, and really enjoy your videos, thanks!
Awesome, thank you!
Absolutely fascinating! Thank you.
You’re welcome Judith🙏🙂
this is one of fhe most amasing jobs i have ever seen.
Bravo Maestro!
That's very kind of you, thanks !
Really great result, inspiring. And also a great video with a lot of information for me as a beginner.
Awesome! So glad you liked it 🙂🙏
Stunning! Enjoyed watching your talent. Thank Q 😊
You’re very welcome 🙏🙂
Beautiful work Derek
Thank you Dave :)
This is absolutely gorgeous and I can't wait to watch all your other videos (and future videos too!). The choice to show brushstrokes and your own touches is perfect. I'm positive that if the person this is dedicated to could have seen it, they would have been overwhelmed and deeply touched by the love, attention to detail, and sheer beauty in this art.
That’s very kind of you, thank you for your support 🙏🙂
stunning!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you. This is beautiful and inspiring. I am just getting into stained glass so Im a super beginner. I didn't realize that you also added paint as you went. So much to learn. Thanks for sharing.
So pleased you found the video helpful Galia !🙏🙂
Thank you Derek, so useful video!It's a marvelous skill, I start to learn it from now
Awesome! So glad you find value in my videos 🙏🙂
Thank you for sharing. Interested to learn your method of the glass easel - makes absolute sense.
You’re welcome! 🙏🙂
Absolutely stunning ❤
Thank you!🙏🙂
Encantada com seu trabalho/arte! Parabéns Sr. Derek Hunt!
Thank you!🙏🙂
You are really talented! Love the painting on the stained glass furthering it being unique to you the artist. Well done!
Thank you so much, that’s very kind of you! 🙏🙂
I heard you on the Cracked podcast and had to find out more... this is the first video of yours that I have seen and it was so inspiring! (I'm new to glass and having fun with the copper foiling method)
Anyway, you have broadened my horizons. Thank you so much for creating this and sharing it for all to learn.
Thank great to hear Jack, thank you 🙏🙂
such a masterpiece!!! thanks for sharing
You’re welcome Steve !
Absolutely stunning 🤩
Thank you!
Oh golly this is sooo beautiful
Even in my dreams I could not make this happen
Thanks for sharing
Much appreciated!❤!
Hi David, so glad you enjoyed the video ! 🙏🙂
Truly amazing work
Thank you! Cheers!
¡¡Lindísimo tu trabajo!!
Hola Ingrid!
Thanks Derek
It is quite lovely 😊
Thank you Bill !🙏😊
WOW, Mr. Hunt...You're obviously a *master* of your craft...I'm always in genuine awe of such creative & supremely talented artists...Your work mesmerizes me...😊
Thank you! Cheers!🙂
Your work is so beautiful!
That's very kind of you, thank you !
Beautiful work my friend!
Thank you Stephen!
Wonderful work.
Thank you ! 🙂🙏
Beautiful window, great to watch, very inspiring!
Thank you 😊 🙏
Thanks so much for this.
You’re welcome !
Beautiful to tears!
Thank you !🙏🙂
Masterful! I doubt there is a person who does not appreciate stained glass? It is such a beautiful art. You paint with the light in a way, it always creates this magical space in the room. (Hello from Bulgaria btw)
Hello ! Thank you for your support 🙏🙂
Beautiful work! I look forward to seeing more of your videos!:)
Thank you!🙏🙂
Amazing video. Your finished piece is great. I’d like to make stained glass art
thank you :)
Very beautiful art work ,it connect me historical experience, bcz so many historic building have colourful widow ❤
Thank you 🙏🙂
Fantastic video. I was doing an art and design course which got disrupted by the pandemic. Stained glass was the bit that we missed out on.
Thank you Joan!
Very beautiful
Thank you!
😩it’s so beautiful. I wanna learn!!
Sure thing!
Man, Your work is such an inspiartion and a pleasure to watch! I am doing my research on stained glass digital project and man oh man, how your work helps! :D
That’s great to hear Oleg, what’s your research?
Captivating!
Glad you liked it !🙏🙂
Breathtaking ❤
Thanks 🙏🙂
Amazing.
Thank you, glad you liked the video! 🙏🙂
WOW! LOVELY!!
Awesome!
Fantastic video. I was doing an art and design course which got disrupted by the pandemic. Stained glass is the bit that we did not get to do.
Hi Joan, you’ll find lots more tutorials on my channel about stained glass, which might be helpful for you 🙂👍🏼
Wow that's lovely
Thanks 😊
Stunning!!! I'm going to be starting my first stained glass class very soon!
Awesome! Hope you enjoy your stained glass course Willie! 😃
@@DerekHuntArtist thanks so much!!
Beautiful
Thank you Ernest!
Wow i wanna learn this 😍
Hi Marianne, great to hear you want to learn stained glass. Check out my online courses made for you at www.derekhuntartist.com
Amazing 😍
Thank you! Cheers!
Beautiful❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you !🙏🙂
Great job. Looks amazing. Best wishes from Allentown Pa, 🇺🇸
Thanks so much for your comment. Thanks for watching!🙏🙂
Amazing! ❤
Thank you! 😄
wow!
This is absolutely stunning. I would love to create art like this. Next time I'm in London, I need to come see you do your work please haha
Thank you Denaa 🙏🙂
it is a bit magical !!
Cheers Carl !
Beautiful, thank you - I love the colour combinations together. I’d not appreciated that sandblasting would give the lightening effect / may have to have a play with my husband’s beadblaster 🤔🤔
Glad you enjoyed it !
I love all of Derek's work. I like the look of the transparent images between two pieces of glass. In one of his videos, he wraps the two pieces with copper foil. But the final pieces like the one called Daughter really looks like lead came. The lines are really thick and incredibly straight. It looks amazing but I can't find lead came that has a channel wide enough for two pieces of lead came.
Hi Brian, Thanks for your kind comments, much appreciated! You may be able to buy some wide heart lead came which is made to accommodate thicker pieces of glass. Standard heart lead is around 5mm deep but wide heart lead is around 7mm deep, so it can take thicker glass.
@@DerekHuntArtist Thanks for responding! I will see if I can find some online.
@@brianrehgableno worries! Let me know how you get on!🙂
I wasn't ready for that banger of an intro song
Hahaha! We aim to please !
@@DerekHuntArtist Honestly though great video, loved seeing the process and result :)
@@deechonada thanks!
Muy hermoso
Thank you!🙏🙂
Great work thanks Derek. Ive watched this couple of times but didn't get where the glass easel gone😅 can anyone give me an explanation? Much appreciated. Thanks 🎉
Hahaha! It’s a magic disappearing easel!😁
😲wow!
🙂
bees wax works also to adhere your glass cut outs
Thanks!
Sir pls show me hiw you fire the painted glass and what gkass paint and natwrials to use pls thanks.
genuis
Thank you 🙏🙂
I envy the steadiness of your hands in drawing and painting lines. My own have always had a tremor, it's a family trait, and that's been my single biggest limitation in making panels and windows. But we do the best we can, given our inherent limitations, right?
Hi Gramps, are you using a bridge to steady your hand when painting?
@@DerekHuntArtist - yes, and it does help, but I can't do a truly straight line or smooth curve even then. It's just something I have to live with. I still manage to make things that I like and am proud of, just maybe not up to the standards of you professionals!
Hello Derek,
I make fused glass pieces and wish I was your pupil to work just like you do!
I have 2 questions :
1) When the client agreed on the presented design, how do you plan the timeframe to complete the piece? In fact, I watched your video at Peter's studio where you had to make real size panels for a church project. So that preparation involved lots of time (traveling back and forth, sleeping, working, etc.).
2) When a piece has more than 1 panel, you secure them with copper wires and saddle bars. When a bar is at the joint of 2 pannels, do you need to put cement between the pannels to prevent water from seeping in the channel of the lead?
Thank you so much for your follow-up and best regards,
Joanne Côté
Québec (Canada)
Beautiful...and that's just the accent, piece is beautiful too, lol.
Thanks for this Derek, I have really enjoyed your videos. Could you please tell me what the copper ties are that you mention towards the end of this video.
The copper ties are soldered to the main lead matrix and used to tie the window to horizontal supporting bars. This is the traditional way stained glass is made and supported to make sure it doesn’t bow or buckle over time 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist Thank you
You say several times, you are checking to see if you are happy with how everything is working together. I'd love to see how you'd fix it if everything wasn't working together to your satisfaction
Thanks for that great suggestion Jeffrey. I wanted to make sure the video kept moving along at a good pace so didn’t included every single aspect of fabrication. However, I may make a video about learning to recognise changes needed during fabrication of a new design. 👍🏼
Newbie question : Do you ever encase the stained glass windows with some reinforced glass pane on both the back and front of the stainglass pane, in order to protect it and maybe to also improve thermal insulation properties? Would this work or would it create condensation issues over time, like we see with old blown double glazing windows?
Hi Phil, yes you can put toughened safety glass on one or both sides of a panel. However you will create a micro climate between the stained glass and the clear glass which may cloud up or discolour over time. If you have an air gap on the top and bottom of the clear glass you reduce the possibility of clouding up. Hope that helps 🙂👍🏼
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Thank you for this video. Always wondered how they were made. How much time do you have into this project? Curious!
Thanks for your comments. The project took about 6 weeks to make and fit. 🙂
@@DerekHuntArtist Thank you.
Beautiful work.. 💜
but where's the outside picture with the inside light on ??
Yes, I need to get a good picture of this window at night from the outside !! Glad you liked it @LOU2U2
@Derek Hunt Artist .. I didn't like my friend.. I loved it 💜
@@LOU2U2 thanks, great to know 🙂
Good afternoon Derek, I really enjoyed the video, what are the paints you are using and where are they for sale? Thank you in advance.
Hi Lee, I use traditional vitreous glass paints sold at specialist outlets. Google Reusche glass paint suppliers in your area and you should be able to order online 🙂
Thank you
Hi! 🌿🪽 so beautiful!!! The top top beautiful stained glass I’ve ever seen in my life , I have a question is about the last step with tie up with the copper strings.. Do you leave little holes on each pieces for the copper strings to go through? Thank you
It would be amazing if you could make a video about the details of installing stained glass into window frame and the things that’s needs to be aware of. ( like size… ) 😄 thank you ! Appreciate!❤❤❤ congratulations for your beautiful work 😊😊
The copper ties just twist round the steel bar to hold the window in a secure position so it doesn’t bow or buckle over time 🙂
Incredible masterpiece! What would be the approximate price for one of these?
Glad you liked it ! 🙏🙂
Hi , what is that kids sticky stuff you use for sticking glass on the windows? USA name.
Thanks!
Love your videos!!!!!
In the UK it’s called plasticine modelling clay 🙂