• cheesyxpickle@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Hey thanks! And we totally do need a community here… I was hoping I’d find a fellow glasser by sharing this :) More of us will migrate over this way, hopefully someone more capable than myself can create a community for us, haha!!

      • IMALlama@lemmy.world
        3·
        3 months ago

        Making a community is easy. Keeping it fed with content takes a certain level of critical mass :(

  • flango@lemmy.eco.br
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    3 months ago

    That’s really really amazing! I have an unfulfilled dream of working with glass and stained glass, but it seems to require a lot of equipment

    • cheesyxpickle@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      Thanks so much!

      Glass is fun! If there is a studio near you, I recommend a class to see if you like it.

      My husband surprised me with a starter setup, we are fortunate enough to have a garage to work in. Cutting glass means flying fragments and soldering creates toxic fumes, requiring a well-ventilated area. I think he spent around $300 total. There are examples of kits on here. I have not had to upgrade any of my supplies.

      Good luck if you get into it, it’s tedious work but super rewarding.

      Edit to add: I don’t shop from the linked site, I am in Canada and unsure of where to source my supplies now, as most stained glass is cast in the US, and I am shopping Canadian. I know Oceanside is from Mexico… If anyone has suggestions, I’m open.