Craft · 6 pages · 12 min
How stained glass is held by came or foil
Cut pieces of glass sit in lead channels, or in copper foil, with solder at the joints.
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From the opening
Stained glass is held together either by lead came, an H-shaped strip whose channels grip the edges of each piece, or by copper foil wrapped around those edges and soldered. In both methods the colored glass is cut to a cartoon and the metal, not the glass, makes the continuous line that ties the window into one panel. The opening covers lead came is an H-shaped channel, foil wraps each piece of glass, and solder locks the joints.
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Inside
- Lead came is an H-shaped channel
- Foil wraps each piece of glass
- Solder locks the joints
- Paint does not hold the pieces
- Where the idea stops applying
- A distinction worth keeping
Sources
- Lead came in traditional stained glass
- Copper-foil method and Tiffany studios