Stained Glass | Rachel Poling | All Levels | All Day | Week 3 (July 21-26, 2024)
Students will learn every step necessary to produce their very own projects made with their own hands. Students need to wear appropriate shoes and clothes that cover, light garden gloves, and safety goggles. All equipment and materials needed will be provided in the class. Students will receive a resource list and a class outline and develop the knowledge and skills to complete 4 assigned projects. Students will be expected to sign a liability waiver.
DAY 1: “Straight Cuts” Make a 9-Square Quilt Pattern. It is the absolute easiest project to make in stained glass. This class introduces students to safety precautions and equipment required. Students will learn every skill necessary to complete a Nine Square Quilt Pattern suncatcher using the Tiffany technique developed by Comfrey Tiffany in the 19th Century. Students will take home a 6”x6” suncatcher made with their own hands. They will cut straight pieces of glass to specific dimensions, grind, foil, flux and solder, clean, patina and hang their project.
DAY 2: “Inside/Outside curves” Make a dove suncatcher. Students are instructed in the skills needed to cut curves in glass to produce a 12 piece dove approximately 6″x8”. They will use pattern pieces and layout pattern to cut, grind, foil, flux and solder, clean, patina and hang their project.
DAY 3: 3-D project “Make a Box With a Hinged Lid” Prerequisites are the first two sessions. Students will produce an assigned box pattern. They will learn the structural integrity needed to produce a small ring box approximately 2”x2”x2”. They will grind, foil, flux and solder, chain, embellish, clean, and patina a ring box.
DAY 4: 3-D “Drawing Patterns Properly and Creative Ways to Use Scraps” This day will be full of creativity and uniqueness! It is important in stained glass to have a properly designed pattern for the integrity of the piece. Students will learn how to create their own patterns that will allow them to create art that lasts through time. Students will also learn useful ways to use scrap glass and upcycled items to create unique pieces such as pins and jewelry.
There will be a $70 materials fee added to your total when you register for this class.
About the Instructor
Rachel Poling is a native and life-long resident of West Virginia. Since she was a child she had admired and yearned to do stained glass. The opportunity arose to study under Stellathena Vartheyanyos Gregory and she seized and ran with it. Her obsession for the art led her down a path of dedication and success in stained glass. Her art and her passion is stained glass art in the Tiffany technique using glass from locally centered companies like Wissmach Glass Company and Youghiogheny Glass. She also tries to use upcycled glass to reduce her carbon footprint. She also enjoys trying to incorporate other upcycled items like bike gears, rotors and plates to make unique one-of-a-kind items. She does custom orders and sells locally and online. She makes stained glass panels, jewelry, suncatchers, and 3-D pieces such as terrariums, kaleidoscopes, boxes, lamps, Christmas villages and more. She has a tendency to lean to eccentric pieces that catch the eye and make the observer think about the beauty of the light and dark. She is also a full-time registered nurse, mother of two and hobby farmer. Though glass has become her favorite medium she also draws and paints. Her goal is to one day retire from nursing and do stained glass full-time, including classes. She has an Instagram and Facebook page: Red Roof Studios.
