Cynthia Melito, President of the Stained Glass Club Members of the Stained Glass Club will be spreading love in Studio V as they create this stained glass panel for Valentine’s Day. I will be teaching my technique for creating a decorative wire overlay, which will be soldered to the heart panel. This glass panel will…
Cynthia Melito Light up your nights with this Southwest Night Light you will create in the Stained Glass Beginner’s Class! If you have ever wanted to learn how to make stained glass art, now is the time to join this fantastic club. This three-part class will cover all the basics of stained glass and prepare…
Cynthia Melito, President of the Stained Glass Club Members of the Stained Glass Club have been keeping busy and cool in Studio V with the Summertime Panel Series. Each member has a wooden base light with a groove to hold the interchangeable panels. I have designed each panel for an interesting design as well as…
Cynthia Melito Traditionally, stained glass creations are flat panels designed to be hung in windows, but going 3-D can also be fun! This month, members are learning how to engineer a prickly pear cactus sculpture during my Thursday evening classes. The challenge to creating a 3-D sculpture is in making sure the piece is constructed…
Cynthia Melito Club member Lynn Hooper set out to create a stained glass welcome sign to post in front of her home. The intriguing pattern proved to be a challenge, but Lynn was committed to completing her creation and forged on until her gorgeous sign was done! The whole club cheered when she was able…
Cynthia Melito, President The stained glass elves have been busy in the studio creating Christmas glass art. Members participated in classes teaching techniques to create a bevel holiday garden stake as well as tabletop Christmas trees. If you would like to join in the fun, send an email to tcmelito@verizon.net, and Cynthia will send you…
Cynthia Melito The Stained Glass Club announces a new program for 2022. Have you considered learning the art of stained glass? Now would be the time, as the Stained Glass Club introduces a new Beginner’s Comprehensive Learning Program starting Jan. 4, 2022. On the first Tuesday of each month, a limited number of students will…
Cynthia Melito Members of the Stained Glass Club were busy Thursday evenings in July creating mosaic super bowls in Studio V, and just look at the results! Each member had an assortment of glass gems, along with pieces of glass, which they foiled and soldered together over a bowl mold. The bowls averaged a total…
Cynthia Melito Each month, I offer a Thursday evening class for a stained glass project using a new technique for our members to learn. For the month of August, I challenged myself to invent a new technique to make a bowl using up the large collection of glass pieces we have in the studio. In my…
Cynthia Melito Members of the Stained Glass Club have been creating tissue box covers during the monthly Member’s Class on Thursday evenings. Using a jig, panels of stained glass are soldered together to create the square box that will dress up those boring cardboard tissue boxes! After the square box is put together, a design…