Copper-foil glasswork

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This article is on the technique of copper-foil glasswork. For a general overview of stained glass art, see stained glass

Copper-foil glasswork is the art and craft of connecting pre-cut pieces of glass by wrapping their edges with copper adhesive tape, then soldering the copper-wrapped edges together. It is commonly called the "Tiffany" stained glass method.

One of the advantages of copper-foil glasswork over lead-strip glasswork is that you can assemble the glass pieces in three-dimensional shapes when soldering them together. Lead-strip enables the creation of only two-dimensional panes.

The three photos below show the use of this technique for fixing a glass jar of a candy vending machine.

The partly assembled jar; some of the broken pieces are still separate, wrapped with the copper-foil.
The partly assembled jar; some of the broken pieces are still separate, wrapped with the copper-foil.
The fully soldered jar.
The fully soldered jar.
The jar back in the vending machine, with the solder give an "Antique Black" finish or "Patina".
The jar back in the vending machine, with the solder give an "Antique Black" finish or "Patina".
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