StretchLearn Course
A complete beginner path from scoring your first sheet to soldering and displaying a finished panel
Course Overview
Learn the full traditional and Tiffany-style stained glass workflow: scoring and breaking glass, choosing between copper foil and lead came, running smooth solder beads, and assembling square panels. You will build real projects, troubleshoot common faults, and finish pieces that hold up to light, weight, and time. By the end you can design, fabricate, and display a small panel start to finish.
Learning Outcomes
Score and break glass cleanly into straight, curved, and inside-curve shapes using a pistol-grip cutter and running pliers
Choose correctly between copper foil and lead came for any given project and budget
Wrap, burnish, and solder a smooth raised bead and a flat back seam without overheating glass
Cut, stretch, and join lead came into a square, even, leak-resistant panel
Design a pattern with proper allowance for foil or came using grozing, layout, and cartoon techniques
Apply patina, clean flux residue, and frame or hang a finished piece for backlit or window display
Curriculum Preview
Preview the course structure, see how the modules build on one another, and understand the path this program is designed to take you through.
Set up a safe workspace and learn the single most important skill in the craft: making one confident score and breaking it cleanly every time.
Understand the two great construction methods of stained glass, when each one wins, and how to prepare glass edges for either.
Heat, flux, and solder your foiled and leaded pieces into a solid, leak-free panel with smooth, attractive seams.
Plan a buildable pattern, clean and patina your finished work, and display it so the light does the piece justice.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.