Then you need to clean the glass and wrap foil around each piece. The copper foil makes it so the solder will “stick” to the glass.

Then it needs flux, and the solder can go on.

It is silver when it first goes on so you put Patina on it to make it turn black.

I’m going to do quite a few of these as practice. Each face is only a little bigger than my hand (I have small hands) so it’s an easy project to get some experience in with. It also look’s fantastic just hanging on the wall, even without the sun going through it.

Just a quick note to let my mother know this is NOT for her. This is NOT the thing I will be bringing to give you…just so you know.

This isn’t “it”…seriously. It’s not.