Stained glass oak tree

After much pondering, the plan has now been turned into a cartoon with border lead and cut lines drawn in. I made a few subtle changes to improve the lines and make it easier to cut and lead up. A large proportion of this window will be opaque glass, this can be challenging to cut accurately because you can't see through it, so I use a different technique. Using very thick tracing paper we start by tracing accurately the outline of the piece to be made, this is then cut out and "test fired" for fit on the cartoon. It is then transferred to the glass sheet and very

carefully drawn around, leaving an exact copy ready to cut. Here are a few photos to illustrate the process. Very time consuming as any error will compound itself and end up wasting a lot of expensive glass, so you have to be anal about everything. The tree is starting to come to life nicely. 

Stained glass acorn

I have been unseasonably busy lately so thought I had better do a quick update on the oak tree window. The top (painted) panel is finished and installed, and it looks great. The full size plan for the main panel is complete and the client is very happy with it. Next task to draw the cartoon and get started cutting the glass, this is going to be a difficult piece to make, but will be stunning when finished. There are also a couple of quotes to finish, so hopefully we will have a quiet weekend.