If you have already created a project or two and know what glass cuts are possible/impossible I’d say you are fully equipped to start drawing your own designs. With that all said if you are like me and don’t want to use a pre-made template the next option is for you. Sometimes artists are generous and don’t mind this as long as you do not sell the piece but do respect their decision if they say no. If you don’t enjoy coming up with designs or you really admire another person’s design you can always reach out to the artist and see if you can recreate their pattern for practice or pay to use their template.
#STAINED GLASS DESIGN PATTERN FREE#
So if you have not been told before you start I will tell you now so you can avoid the uncomfortable experience that I went though, please only use free patterns, purchased patterns, or draw your own designs. If you know me the LAST thing I would ever want is to upset somebody and I tried my best to make it right by not selling what I re-created, pulling the pictures off my Instagram page, and never using somebody else’s design ever again. Unfortunately when I was first began making stained glass I didn’t think this though/ I wasn’t guided correctly by my instructors (they encouraged us to find patterns on Pinterest or Google) and I made the big mistake of recreating or artists patterns which to this day I still get a pit in my stomach thinking about how I upset other artists. I know that seems like a no brainer typing it out here but stained glass is a unique art where you first learn by copying somebody else’s design so it can be confusing to know what is okay and what isn’t okay when it comes to patterns if you aren’t explicitly told. Unless the pattern you find states that it is free or you have permission from the artist to use it, it isn’t free to use.
That said it’s important to know not all designs are free game to use (I learned this the hard way and justly so). In fact, stained glass is easy enough for anybody to do, it just takes lots of time, tools, and patience! But I’m here to welcome you with open arms and want to be the first to let you know that it is not complicated at all once you break it down. Diving into creating stained glass can seem overwhelming at first glance considering all of the tools it requires and the many steps you must follow.
My hope is that this blog can provide a little more information to you and other artists who are looking to try making stained glass. Before I start I want to be sure to preface the beginning of this whole blog to say I am not close to being an expert only an artist who has spent many hours making stained glass and has a little bit of knowledge to share. And let’s face it I can’t keep what I have to say in less than 2,200 words (the character limit) thus this blog was established and I can now write as many words as I desire. If you follow me on social media or know me in the real world then you know I love sharing tidbits of stained glass information whenever I can to whoever will listen! This Glass Goddess blog was born out of my attempt to share what I knew via weekly posts on Instagram but it quickly became obvious to me that it’s more of a visual platform geared towards swiping and tapping and not reading long paragraphs. Thank you all so much for joining me on my very first stained glass blog post! I never thought I would ever be writing a blog as writing wasn’t ever my strong suit but here I am giving it a go.
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