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How To: Make & Display a stained-glass window

Bring some light and color into a room with a handmade stained-glass window hanging, using tips and advice in this free video series that focuses on creating your own stained glass.

How To: Work with stained glass

Interested in stained glass art? Learn how to make stained-glass patterns and projects in this free video series about beginning stained glass crafts.

How To: Make art out of stained glass

Want to make stained glass art? It's easy with this free video series on how you can make and work with stained-glass patterns and projects.

How To: Make glass beads

Learn how to make glass beads using glass, mandrels, frit, Cubic Zirconia, and a torch in this free video series on beading.

How To: Make tile mosaics & patterns

Learn how to make tile mosaics with tips such as how to plan the mosaic pattern and cut the tile in this free video series.

How To: Prepare for glass bead production

Preproduction work when making glass beads will ensure your tools are working correctly, and your glass is ready to melt. Learn about preproduction for glass working with this free jewelry making video series.

How To: Make mosaic glass art

Glass mosaics create beautiful decorative art pieces and are great for interior design and sprucing up a wall, walkway or even a piece of furniture in your house. Learn how to make a glass kitchen backsplash mosaic in this free art project video series.

How To: Make glass mosaics

Glass mosaics are made with various types of glass including stain glass, glass grout, and a solid backing. Learn how to make glass mosaics in this free video series.

How To: Prepare glass for stained glass projects

If you are working with art glass to create stained art designs, learn how to prepare glass for soldering with this free crafting video about making stained glass projects.

How To: Choose glass for glass art

Glass art incorporates many different types of glass including beveled glass, rippled glass, water glass, and many more. See samples of these and many other types of glass in this free video series.

How To: Get copper foiling tools for stained glass

If you are interested in making stained glass designs, learn about the tools you need to create stained glass art with copper foil in this free crafting video series.

How To: Etch glasses and jars

Great unique and interesting glassware gifts. Learn how to etch glasses, jars and and other glass items in this homes crafts series from a glass project expert.

How To: Lampwork a glass curly-Q

This instructional lampworking video shows how to make flame worked coils of glass.Use a rod of cold, thick glass to wrap the curly-q around. Using a thin, molten string of glass, feed the melted glass into the torch flame as you slowly turn the cold glass rod. This will create a quick and delicate glass coil.

How To: Make a round glass bead

Watch this instructional lampworking video to make a round bead using the Zoozii "Make Your Own Round" bead press. This video displays a clear example of how to use the bead press and other lampworking tools. The text instructions provide tips for perfecting your round glass bead.

How To: Dump and add color to blown glass

This recording of a beginner's glass blowing class depicts visual guidelines to adding color to molten glass. The instructor repeats a process of rolling molten glass on the marver, blowing it, and finally, adding color.

How To: Marver and pull a short glass cane

Watch this video demonstration of marvering and cane pulling techniques with molten glass. In a recording of a beginner's glass blowing class, students learn to roll hot glass on a steel marver and then, using tweezers, pull a short cane before the glass cools.

How To: Make a fused glass pendant

Learn how to make a fused pendant from sheet glass. This video shows the visual procedure of creating fused glass pendants with a torch and a kiln. You can fuse pieces of glass together with a torch and then bake the designs to perfection. While there are certainly more laborious details involved in the process, this video provides a helpful visual overview.

How To: Lampwork glass rain drops

This is a quick lampworking instructional video showing how to make borosilicate glass rain drops using a torch. The glass needs some careful sculpting to form a clear glass loop at the top. This process can be repeated to make several rain drop ornaments. Brush up on your lampworking skills with this fun glass tutorial.

How To: Make mini glass mobiles

Watch this instructional video to make a mini glass mobile. You will need pliers, pieces of wire, some wire rings, and a fishing loop to attach the different pieces. The earlier processes involved melting wire to pieces of glass, but here we witness the fun part of making a mobile. With a small hand made S hook, the mobile can hang in any doorway or window frame.

How To: Make glass ribbon cane and twisty stringer glass

This video demonstration shows several ways to make glass ribbon cane for use in other projects. Bullseye brand COE-90 glass and a propane rich flame are used, as a slightly oxidizing flame is less likely to damage colors. Watch this video glass-working tutorial and learn how to work with both cane and stringer glass to make multi-colored glass projects.

How To: Make a glass out of a beer bottle

This video tutorial shows how to make a cool beer glass out of a beer bottle. This is also a great trick for cutting the bottle; forget the glass cutter or tricks with string and acetone. Just pour oil up to the level where you want the bottle cut off and place a red-hot piece of metal into it. Because of the great heat conductivity of oil and at the poor heat conductivity of glass, it will expand at the edge of the oil surface, cracking in a nice even line. Watch this instructional video and...

How To: Make your own glass art

Watch this glass tutorial video to learn about the extreme hobby of glass blowing and how to make your own glass art. This hobby is extreme because of the high temperatures and tools used, so be very careful. You'll be blowing your own glass art in no time after watching this helpful how-to video.

How To: Make a fumed implosion glass pendant

The implosion technique in glass blowing creates the effect of multi-colored fingers of glass within another piece of clear glass. This video glass blowing tutorial shows how to use this style to make a jewelry pendant. Watch as the glass is shaped over a flame to recreate the fumed implosion technique resulting in a necklace pendant.

How To: Make a glass reversal style pendant

This tutorial video is an overview of how to make a Reversal style glass boro pendant. It is not hollow however the reversal technique is the same.

How To: Make a glass air bubble bead

Here is a how to video on simple air trap lamp worked beads. This is a great tutorial for amateur glass makers.

How To: Make the Dali wine glass out of blown glass

Dean Smiley and Eliska Harmer, master glass blowers from New York show how to make one of their designs, the Dali glass. Follow along as the glass is blown and shaped, transforming from a molten blob into a beautiful glass. This video glass-blowing tutorial is an inspirational peek at an unusual form of art.

How To: Make a stained glass suncatcher

A quick tutorial on making a stained glass suncatcher from scrap glass. This is a nifty summer home project for stained glass enthusiasts and beginners alike.

How To: Make leadlight and stained glass panels

This is an instructional video on how to make leadlight windows and stained glass panels.

How To: Cut stained glass

This video demonstrates traditional stained glass cutting with a hand glass cutter.

How To: Make beautiful fused glass vases

See step-by-step how to create a fused glass vase with artist Lilia Megyei. With a few colored pieces of glass, she shows how she creates gorgeous and unique vases. Make beautiful fused glass vases.

How To: Make a glass mushroom pendant

Matt Baker blows a classic mushroom pendant,using the lampworking technique of glass blowing. Perfect for beginners.

How To: Etch glass

Glass Etching is stunning. Discover how easy etching glass is in this video with host Meghan Carter, where you'll find step-by-step instructions on how to etch glass. These instructions work with both glass etching stencils and homemade glass etching patterns. You'll be amazed by how quickly you can produce beautiful results with glass etching.