In making a stained glass lampshade, the following is a fundimental guide. After your drawing of the design, comes the first main task. Doing 3D items requires perfect shaping of each piece. Any errors will become evident as form distortions appear towards the completion of the item. To avoid this, use accurate card templates and trace the shape onto the glass with a spirit felt pen.
Geometric shapes can be top and tailed to save time and glass.
Each piece should be checked against the design. Here you see 2 rows of prepared pieces ready for foiling. Foiling The pieces are joined with solder, so to accommodate this copper is applied to all edges. The copper comes as a roll of tape. When the backing is stripped away an adheasive is exposed and the tape is stuck to the edge.