Above are the pictures of my final stained glass candle holder. To make this I first drafted out the plans for the candle holder, drawing each individual piece. This allowed me to then place the glass directly onto the drawings and cut then out knowing they will all match up. Once the first piece of one of the sides was cut I would place it on the plans and put the next piece up against it and draw and cut the piece from there to know they lined up right. After all the pieces were cut I used copper foil tape and rapped all the edges. I then used a ruler and ran it along the tape on each side to make sure the tape stuck down completely. I cut the pieces so the corners joined at 90 degree angles. I then soldered all the glass together with 60,40 lead solder and a 120 watt soldering iron which is key. I then let it cool, and cleaned off all grime from soldering off so I would see the ruff areas and then went back to touch it up. In the end I went back and covered the tops of the candle holder with solder so that it is less sharp and better to handle. Overall I’m very pleased with the outcome.
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