Gryphon Glassworks

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Send me a DM and we can get this all sorted <3 Hope you enjoy this victini!

I'm hosting a Stained glass raffle for this victini!

All you have to do is Follow, Fav, and Repost this post, and if you like, feel free to leave an idea that you'd like to see.

Raffle ends Feb 1st.

A stained glass design of Cupcake dangling by a cute little ribbon, done as a gift for @foxyoreos.bsky.social

Authentic  stained glass

Also I'm running a raffle: 

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Thank ya! I'm really really happy with this one

I tried using glass beads for the first time and I think they're neat~

stained glass, ampharos, mega ampharos, mega pokemon, pokemon, electricity, lightning

Mega Ampharos done up for a friend for their secret santa! I'm really happy with how this turned out.

91 Pieces
Measures 10"x12"
13 Hours of Work

Authentic Stained Glass
Custom Pattern.

I'm running a raffle, check out: https://bsky.app/profile/gryphonglassworks.bsky.social/post/3mbjyb66yn227

Right? Lottery win = Friend commune. Cant think of any better way to spend it.

Victini in a small stained glass pattern.

I'm also raffling off this victini on bluesky. If you want it, see the details here: https://bsky.app/profile/gryphonglassworks.bsky.social/post/3mbjyb66yn227

49 Pieces
Measures 6"x8"
7 Hours of Work

Authentic Stained Glass
Pattern Custom Designed

Winner will need to pay shipping. That's $25 for US, and roughly $30-40 for international.

I'm hosting a Stained glass raffle for this victini!

All you have to do is Follow, Fav, and Repost this post, and if you like, feel free to leave an idea that you'd like to see.

Raffle ends Feb 1st.

So people always ask how one goes about making stained glass, what's the process.

I will be going over this in the following 🧵

I don't think I have any one project fully documented, so this may be a mixture of several.

My latest piece, its Nyama the frost dragon. A friend! I did a trade with them for a VRC model~

One of the few times when I think silver serves best.

91 Pieces
10x13.5"
11.5 Hours.

That's a very good point. I actually entirely forgot to mention texture in that list. Damn I wish I could edit.

And I am only slightly joking. I dont think I've ever made something from start to finish without cutting myself at least once. Glass do be sharp.

Ok those are heccin neat!

Oh! I forgot to mention one aspect!

Every piece you do requires a blood sacrifice. Sometimes its more, sometimes its less, but every project demands blood.

Make sure to observe the ritual properly and you'll get a nice piece.

Honestly you break plenty of pieces even with experience. Glass is finicky and sometimes internal discontinuties just mess it up.

I shattered a deep curve that left me cursing this weekend cause I had very little spare.

Ya might be. Anyone learning this will probably quickly figure out not to waste so much I imagine, once it hits their pocket books.

Right? It's not even that it's a funny marble pattern where that spot is somehow optimal to your vision. I can understand and have done that before, but this? Glass is far too expensive to waste.

Oh ya, wanna add to this, often times when I'm picking glass, I'll end up considering one that hadnt been a part of my original vision, but is in my stock, and I handn't thought about. This is most often the case for backgrounds.

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If you're gonna vinyl cut it, at some point you have do it illustrator/inkscape to have the machine able to cut it. But you can sketch and mess with it wherever until then.

If you're gonna do paper templates and hand cut, you never need to touch it. You just need special template scissors

If anyone has any questions, feel free to ask~

Now all that's left is to clean it, hang it, and take pictures.

Or if you wanna be extra fancy, you can inset it into a wooden frame, for that extra touch.

Fin~

You might wonder how silver metal is turned into a nice black or copper color.

That's the final step. Clean off all that awful flux.

Spray or scrub (with gloves) copper or black patina onto the lead. This will change its color. If you go copper, you may want to seal it, do it doesn't tarnish.

Next we frame it. And square frames are done with zinc channel for stability.

Rounded frames are made with lead channel

And smaller pieces may actually be made with just a bead of solder on some foil.

Hanging wires are also attached in this stage.

At this point, everything is ready to be soldered together. I use a Hakko FX-888D for this task.

Most tasks are done with 60/40 solid core solder.

Stained glass badges, which are going to be handled are made with lead free. The latter requires Preheating the glass to get a good bead.

Next, things diverge. There are 2 techniques, lead channel, which is what actual windows are made with, and another technique called copper foiling. I use this latter method.

Each of the pieces of glass are wrapped in an adhesive bit of copper foil on the edges and burnished to the glass.

Next you grind everything into shape using a wet grinder. The vinyl serves as an excellent template here.

After it's used, you pull it off.

Ack messed up the thread.