@MrsJake Because the window was commissioned, I don't feel comfortable sharing the pattern. I hope you understand. Thanks for your appreciation of my work! KB Jones

@MrsJake Thank you.

Very cool! I love the design and your choice of glass. Truly, I can hear the music! KB Jones SpiritWalk Stained Glass Art

On this piece, I did it myself which is tricky. Unless you have the stained glass piece professionally "thermal paned" (which I now do for nearly all of my pieces regardless of size), you have to be sure that air can circulate behind the glass to reduce the possibility of condensation. I would always recommend having the job done professionally because then the stained glass panel is sealed; condensation will happen only if the seal is somehow broken. Thanks for your appreciation of my work.

Thank you very much!

I don't have a straight forward answer for you about reinforcing.  I can tell you that there must be some formula for it but I don't have it.  I mostly use my intuition and common sense.  Also, since I have been "thermal paning" my pieces between tempered glass, it hasn't been a big issue for me.  I did see that the Stained Glass Association of America has published a chapter book which deals exclusively with the issues of structural reinforcement.  Check them out for more accurate information than I can give you.  Good luck!

To reinforce this window, I used 1/8th thick steel reinforcing bars.  One bar extends vertically from approximately the middle of the window down behind the Heron's neck, along the front of it's body, through the middle of it's legs and down the eel grass to the bottom.  Another runs horizontally approximately at the middle of the window and runs along under the Heron (you can see it go through the Heron's tail), across the surface of the water to the other side.  These two were bent to follow the pattern as much as possible, and then welded in the middle (making a cross), before I soldered the whole thing to the window.  There is another piece of steel that is soldered to the horizontal bar that runs up and over the big black rock (to the right of the Heron, and back down to the horizontal bar.  From the top of the rock, I soldered another piece of steel that goes up through the Madrona tree to the top of the window.

Another thing I do now for all my windows regardless of size, is have them thermal paned between two pieces of 1/8th tempered glass.  This achieves a few different things:  It supports the window from slumping, protects the window from damage, and keeps it clean.  When I have finished polishing it, it stays polished!  When the window gets dirty, all the owner has to do is wash a regular window...no messing with hundreds of different pieces of glass. 

I hope this helps.  Thanks again for your appreciation and interest in my work.

Hi, Thanks so much for your appreciation of my work.  I honestly have no "trade secrets".   I used Spectrum Water glass for the under water scene, and Spectrum Ripple (I don't think it was called Granite Ripple), for the surface water.  The same color, I believe it is called Sea Foam green,  for both.  It achieved exactly the effect I hoped it would.

Thanks again!

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