Stained Glass Mosaic Supplies & Tools

Series Summary

Mosaic tile art has a long history that goes back to the Byzantine Era. Making mosaics can be done with mosaic patterns or by freehand design done by the mosaic artist. They are often created with ceramic tiles or stained glass. Stained glass mosaics can be as simple or complicated as an artist chooses, and the artist chooses the mosaic subject. Learn how to make stained glass mosaics such as a mosaic picture frame in this free video series featuring mosaic artist Rachel Kadner. Kadner explains what tools and supplies are required for making stained glass mosaics. She demonstrates how to use mixed media with stained glass for mosaics, how to design stained glass mosaics and how to break stained glass. Learn to cut stained glass, select stained glass and position stained glass on a picture frame. Lastly learn how to glue and grout.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my names' is Rachel Kadner and today I'm going to teach you how to make a stained glass mosaic. Our project for today is a small picture frame, which is a really great beginners project. So, for this project, we'll need the picture frame itself. I've taken the glass out to protect it. We'll need glass, I have a wide selection of glass. I'll show you more of that later, but here I have some greens, and yellows, and blues that we may choose to use. I have a glass cutter for us to cut the glass. This is a breaker, this is how we break the glass. And, these are glass nippers, this can help cut and break the glass, but can also help shape it. Another tool that's very useful with glass is a sharpie, sharpies are great because you can draw on the glass, and it'll wipe right off, even twenty four hours later. Other tools you'll need, protective eye wear, you'll need an adhesive, I like this water based glue myself. And, you'll need grouting supplies."