Types of glass
Tools & Materials
Techniques
Safety
Elements & Principles
100
Glass that is translucent. Usually one color.
Cathedral
100
Tool used to break glass into small pieces during the mosaic process
Wheeled nippers
100
The cementitious material used to hold mosaic glass pieces in place
Grout
100
When using wheeled nippers, this should be used to prevent glass from flying off the desk or hitting the person next to you
A cup
100
Element of Art: flat, enclosed areas that are two-dimensional (length and height)
Shape
200
Glass that is somewhat see-through. Typically has a swirled appearance.
Opalescent
200
Tool used to score glass
Glass cutter
200
An art form that involves arranging many small pieces to create a larger image or design
Mosaic
200
The basin of the glass grinder is filled with this in order to reduce friction between the bit and the glass. This eliminates glass dust and shards spraying from the grinder.
Water
200
Element of Art: describes the surface quality of an object. Artists use both actual(how things feel) and implied (how things look like they feel).
Texture
300
Small pieces of material that make up a mosaic. Typically glass, tile, or stone.
Tessera
300
Tool used to break glass along a straight score line
Running pliers or glass snappers
300
This method involves cutting, grinding, foiling, and soldering glass pieces together to create an image or design
Tiffany Foil
300
To avoid burns the soldering iron should be here whenever it is not in use
Iron stand
300
Principle of Design: distribution of visual weight in an artwork. The three types are symmetrical (two sides are the same), asymmetrical (two sides are different but visually weighted equally), and radial (design emerges from center point).
Balance
400
This is what gives stained glass its color
metal or metal oxides
400
The material used to clean the tip of the soldering iron. Informally called a "tinning block" since it brings back the silver/shiny look on the iron
Sal ammoniac
400
When soldering, this material should be applied to the copper foil if the solder is not sticking to the foil
flux
400
The toxic metal contained in 60/40 solder that is unsafe to ingest
Lead
400
Principle of Design: regularly repeated elements
Pattern