Tips

Welcome to the IGGA Tips Web Pages

These pages will provide tips on ways to work with glass, primarily concentrating on stained, leaded and copper-foiled glass, mosaics and surface treatments. See additional links below for websites that are devoted to kiln-formed glass, hot glass and other areas of interest. Please bookmark this page and check back often!

Tips will be added to and amended from time to time as new information becomes available. We welcome suggestions for tips and descriptions of useful things you have discovered.

SAFETY
General Information

GLASS
General Information,
Cutting/Breaking, Drilling

LEADED GLASS
General Information,
Soldering, Finishing

COPPER FOILING
General Information
Soldering, Finishing, Lamps

DESIGN
Templates, Measurements,
Cartoons, Color

MOSAICS

INSTALLATION

BUSINESS
Pricing, Promotion, Sales

RESTORATION

SURFACE DECORATION
Painting & Staining, Etching,
Screen Printing

WORKSHOP
Use and Care of Tools

TEACHING

Tips from other Sites & Guilds
warmglass.com (Guide to Fusing, Slumping, and Related Kiln-forming Techniques)
warmtips.com (Tips on kiln-formed glass)
Warm Glass Forum (A bulletin board forum devoted to warm glass)
Fuse News (A voice for the fusing community)
www.ISGB.org (International Society of Glass Beadmakers)
www.craftscotland.org (Scottish Contemporary Craft)
www.twolassesglassclasses.com (Tips on warm glass)
 
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