This is the design I have for our project. It is an actual one hundred year old window and I am going to replicate it.
But this window is not for beginners! There are some challenges to this one and that's okay for me.

If you are a beginner or amateur I have some advice for you.

This window has about 70 separate glass pieces. And it poses some challenges.

• There are a lot of pieces
• There are a lot of curved pieces
• There are a lot of small pieces!

As a beginner I recommend you go with a simpler design, that has fewer pieces, mostly large pieces and ideally no curved pieces or large pieces that have gentle curves. Sharp curves are difficult to cut for beginners.

Here is the practice window that I made before starting the big window.

There are several things you can note here:

• It is a small and manageable piece (9-1/2" x 8")
• It has a wide variety of glass colors
• It has lots of straight cut pieces; but it also has some curved pieces - These curves are an important thing to do. It's good to get practice cutting curves.
• This project uses lead came and it uses zinc came around the edges. The zinc came around the whole thing is for strength.
• It has a variety of paints on it - I was able to use this piece to test various paints and painting techniques.

So, if you have an ambitious window project to make I recommend you first make a smaller and easier one just like I did. It will improve your skills and help you work out issues and challenges. Your final project will benefit greatly from it.

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