I'm a beekeeper with three hives of my own. As soon as I saw this project I just had to give it a go as a novice glass cutter. I'm delighted with the results - one finished in copper and the other in black patina. The bees haven't expressed an opinion of my work - they are too busy hitting all the early flowering plants at the moment. Keep the ideas and challenges flowing.
Bee keeping seems super interesting and I would keep them if I had a place of my own. I'm happy you made your own honeycomb! Thanks and keep the bees busy 😁🐝
Great informative videos. A tip when grinding glass or tile using a stone - place a thin sponge in a container slightly larger than the grinding stone with the stone sitting on the sponge, fill with water to just cover the stone. Dip the pieces of glass in the water before grinding. This will help to keep the glass or tile sand particles getting into your lungs.
i’ve been looking through so many stained glass videos and how-to’s and even the faux ones, this is one is by far the best, you actually tell us what you’re doing and how to do it, every other one i find on here is faux, so your channel is definitely a step in the right direction👏🏼
Thank you! This was very easy to follow and very informative! I bought some pre cut, pre foiled hexagons on etsy to just dip my toe into stained glass. You made the process a lot less intimidating! 🎉
I love your videos so much! I've always wanted to get into stained glass and I finally (on a whim) bought all my supplies and began with a project that was definitely not a beginner project ha but your videos are a wonderful help and inspiration!!
Excellent videos! You inspired me to start making glass projects. I never even soldered before and I just completed my first 3 glass pieces, #1 was this honeycomb. I bought a bee bevel cluster from Delphi glass and soldered that to the honeycomb (because I'm a beginner and can't cut around the bee yet). I sent you pics on FB. I'm happy to say my projects came out surprisingly great for someone doing it for the very first time. Turns out I love soldering. Who knew?! Anyway, thanks for putting all this out there and helping people discover a new art form. Watching you do this made me think I could do it too and I'm glad I gave it a shot. Thanks a million.
@@StainedGlassDIY I had a Victorian window I built many years ago which had a circle in the center. I cut out the circle and it was just wrong, so I cut a different circle and that didn't work, I finally cut a third and settled on it..but it still wasn't perfect. That was my hardest color match problem, But you're right, most of the time glass just looks great, which is what makes it such a good art form!
@@GommStainedGlass Ah color matching to a restoration would probably be tough. But in my case, when I have a hard time deciding on colors, I try to remember that it's glass and it'll most likely look great in any color! Now I wanna go get more glass 😆🤣
You inspired me to give stained glass a try. It’s something I’ve always wanted to learn but you helped me to get started! I need to find a local place to find good glass. Anyways, I finished my first project yesterday. I made this honeycomb for my sister for her birthday. She collects beehive Knick knacks so this was perfect for her. She loved it!! I wish I could share my project with you but I’m not sure how.
Great project thanks, being an amateur entomologist it was fitting to do. This was my first ever project (maybe a bit complicated for a first) so it didn't turn out perfect but it still looks great to me. I learnt many valuable lessons, how to cut a straight line, why you stick to the inside of the line, why you use the same sized glass( I added clear 2mm to my coloured 3-4mm and this made soldering very tricky). Love your videos and I bought a lot of my tools/equipment based on your videos. Thanks.
Wow, I'm so excited to see this video. Easy to follow for newbies. Beautiful job and you did a great job listing items needed for project. You made it look so easy. Thanks so much for sharing your talent, skill and knowledge. Friends from Florida!
@@StainedGlassDIY Glad to see you're on top of your video. Unfortunately, Amazon no longer has the start-up kit above:( Also, there was no mention about how expensive buying the glass can be or best places to buy it. Do you have any experience with buying any of these items at Harbor Freight or Hobby Lobby? Really appreciate your response:)))
Nice! I cut glass but never tried to do any stains glad work, it's on my future. Regarding cuts, I noticed that you might not be keeping the cutting wheel pressure the same toward the end of the cut making some cuts require sanding to correct. It might help if you pull the cutting wheel toward you instead of push it away from you. The first impression on the glass typically stays more even when you pull, while pushing tendencies are lighter as the hand goes away from your body. Just a possibility that might work for many. It's all about the cut with glass crafting.... best wishes love the vid. Cant wait to get stained glass!
The more i see your videos, the more I fall in love with this amazing art!!! You're my inspiration to perform such an amazing art!!! By the way, have an amazing trip in Japan, my favourite country!!!
I wish a bit longer was spent on the copper edges part not sped up, so we could see how to do the corners. Otherwise good video though would be interested in giving a try. Final piece looks great!
Your channel is so cool and inspiring! Thank you very much! A little question, thoiugh: are you keeping those cutoff tiny pieces for some sort of mosaic-ish projects or just discard them?
Do you have any videos on making floating frames? I work with pressed flowers and want to learn how to solder a frame together, also the sound of the glass cutting and snapping are so satisfying hahaha
Hi and welcome! I buy from two local places in the Bay Area, Stained glass garden and Cradle of the Sun. Craigslist might have some at random times too. Or old picture frame glass is a good start too!
Heads up, I think your hexagon is going to have one side a little bigger than the rest. A semicircle is 3.14 times the radius, so using this way you're going to fit 6 lines into 6.28 times your compass. I could be wrong though.
When you fit your compass to radius you cıt into six equal pieces. Imagine you cut circle into six triangles from the center. Each will have 60 degrees angle at the center and 60 on each sides for their base. You do not measıre arc but lines correaponding to arcs, just to remind
@@ssofu9984 I totally agree, if you have 60 degree angles, you will divide the hexagon perfectly and equally. I'm just trying to warn that if you use the radius, you won't get 60 degree angles, they will be a tiny bit off.
I love how you select your colors: “Not this one! “ TOSS🙂 “that’s not even AMBER!” TOSS🙂 “”This WON’T WORK, But Let’s Keep it!” 🙂 We should All have this much fun with Stainglass! This has been a very helpful video and I am going to keep it for future reference. I love listening to you because you have such a calming voice and you are very excellent teacher!! I look forward to more videos from you and I thank you for your time!!!!! You answered a question number of questions I have had tonight in this video, so I am SUPER HAPPY❣️❣️❣️
Not so much but people will have their preferences on brand. Most will suggest 60/40 for foil and 50/50 for lead work though. But also how it feels to you when you're working with it. Good luck with your first project! 👍
This is literally the best beginner video I've seen for stained glass ever on RUclips
I'm a beekeeper with three hives of my own. As soon as I saw this project I just had to give it a go as a novice glass cutter. I'm delighted with the results - one finished in copper and the other in black patina. The bees haven't expressed an opinion of my work - they are too busy hitting all the early flowering plants at the moment. Keep the ideas and challenges flowing.
Bee keeping seems super interesting and I would keep them if I had a place of my own. I'm happy you made your own honeycomb! Thanks and keep the bees busy 😁🐝
How many hexagons did you make?
@@dst1311 I can't remember exactly, but it will have been about 10 - 12.
Great informative videos. A tip when grinding glass or tile using a stone - place a thin sponge in a container slightly larger than the grinding stone with the stone sitting on the sponge, fill with water to just cover the stone. Dip the pieces of glass in the water before grinding. This will help to keep the glass or tile sand particles getting into your lungs.
Great tip will do that next time. Thanks!
Thought that as well. #safetyfirst !
This has me wanting to start a new hobby. This is beautiful!
same here!
@@Curtis.Carpenter same hereeeee
The straightedge and compass construction makes my mathematician heart happy. 😍
The cutting of the glass sounds so soothing to me
Makes me ill😢 I’ll have to wear earplugs while trying it out
I really love this pattern. My husband is a beekeeper and I think this will be my first project when I start stained glass 🥰
I have never seen a stained glass DIY project, this video is awesome
Jeez! Give us a minute to savor and admire the finished piece!!!
I’ve always wanted to try my hand at stained glass. I’ve watched all your videos, I’m getting the tools for my birthday and I’m taking the plunge!!
soooooo satisfying, i actually watch this video for my school assigntment but i love thissss
I am so intrigued by this! I so want to get into stained glass art. Thank you for the video! Can’t wait to try it!
I just bought some bee fabric to make kitchen curtains. I think this will be a perfect match. It will be my first time trying this.
i’ve been looking through so many stained glass videos and how-to’s and even the faux ones, this is one is by far the best, you actually tell us what you’re doing and how to do it, every other one i find on here is faux, so your channel is definitely a step in the right direction👏🏼
Thank you! This was very easy to follow and very informative! I bought some pre cut, pre foiled hexagons on etsy to just dip my toe into stained glass. You made the process a lot less intimidating! 🎉
I love your videos so much! I've always wanted to get into stained glass and I finally (on a whim) bought all my supplies and began with a project that was definitely not a beginner project ha but your videos are a wonderful help and inspiration!!
Thank you!! Sometimes you just gotta go for it! 😆
I'm ready to begin myself, but absolutely clueless about how to start. Tools, etc.
I have several kits to choose from with a matrix to help decide. Stainedglassdiy.com/shop
Thank you again. I’m excited to eventually begin!
Excellent videos! You inspired me to start making glass projects. I never even soldered before and I just completed my first 3 glass pieces, #1 was this honeycomb. I bought a bee bevel cluster from Delphi glass and soldered that to the honeycomb (because I'm a beginner and can't cut around the bee yet). I sent you pics on FB. I'm happy to say my projects came out surprisingly great for someone doing it for the very first time. Turns out I love soldering. Who knew?! Anyway, thanks for putting all this out there and helping people discover a new art form. Watching you do this made me think I could do it too and I'm glad I gave it a shot. Thanks a million.
Thanks for the kind words and I couldn't be happier to hear about you starting your journey 🤩
Great idea, loved the bee smoking introduction! Nice color selection!
Isn't it fascinating that you can pick any color glass and it always just looks good?? I don't think you can go wrong ever 🤩
@@StainedGlassDIY I had a Victorian window I built many years ago which had a circle in the center. I cut out the circle and it was just wrong, so I cut a different circle and that didn't work, I finally cut a third and settled on it..but it still wasn't perfect. That was my hardest color match problem, But you're right, most of the time glass just looks great, which is what makes it such a good art form!
@@GommStainedGlass Ah color matching to a restoration would probably be tough. But in my case, when I have a hard time deciding on colors, I try to remember that it's glass and it'll most likely look great in any color! Now I wanna go get more glass 😆🤣
I love that krrr sound when cut the glass.. so satisfying. 🥰🥰
i love this video...i am going to do this with squares of many colors!
Appreciate your creative eye in beginners pieces woot woot 🙏🦉
I'm just ordering my tools and actually this looks like it will be my very first project. I'm excited, thanks for the video and keeping it simple. ❤😊
That was a great beginner video. You stuck to the project, gave a clear view of what your working on.
Thank you
Fantastic and informative video for a person who has no clue. Your work is fantastic. Thank you
Really great video, I appreciated the step by step directions thank you.
I just got back from the store with my new supplies. thanks to your channel!!
Awesome. This looks almost therapeutic, definitely gonna give it a try. Thanks for sharing!
I did this style of stained glass in high school art class 2006. Looks easy to get back into. Thanks!
Welcome back!!
You inspired me to give stained glass a try. It’s something I’ve always wanted to learn but you helped me to get started! I need to find a local place to find good glass.
Anyways, I finished my first project yesterday. I made this honeycomb for my sister for her birthday. She collects beehive Knick knacks so this was perfect for her. She loved it!! I wish I could share my project with you but I’m not sure how.
Imgur and then post the link
Sounds like the perfect gift! I'm on IG or you can email too stainedglassdiy@gmail.com I'd love to see it!
Great project thanks, being an amateur entomologist it was fitting to do. This was my first ever project (maybe a bit complicated for a first) so it didn't turn out perfect but it still looks great to me. I learnt many valuable lessons, how to cut a straight line, why you stick to the inside of the line, why you use the same sized glass( I added clear 2mm to my coloured 3-4mm and this made soldering very tricky). Love your videos and I bought a lot of my tools/equipment based on your videos. Thanks.
Can’t wait to make this. #yanggang 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🧢
Such a great video! I learned a bunch. Thank you.
Dude...I.LOVE.HONEYCOMBS! Very good video! Good timing on this one! I recently got a partial sleeve of one lol.
Thanks man! I gotta see this sleeve 😎
This is what inspired me to get into stained glass! I'm currently starting a piece just like this to see how I like it!
You’re so talented! Wow! Thank you!
I want to learn to do this. It was so beautiful. Thank you for that.
I love it..I personally would just have same colors always touching
Very nice.. great clear instructions ❤
Wow, I'm so excited to see this video. Easy to follow for newbies. Beautiful job and you did a great job listing items needed for project. You made it look so easy. Thanks so much for sharing your talent, skill and knowledge. Friends from Florida!
Thanks I hope you give it a try!
@@StainedGlassDIY Glad to see you're on top of your video. Unfortunately, Amazon no longer has the start-up kit above:( Also, there was no mention about how expensive buying the glass can be or best places to buy it. Do you have any experience with buying any of these items at Harbor Freight or Hobby Lobby? Really appreciate your response:)))
Your diys are awesome! I hope you get more subscribers ☺️🙌🌿
Why is it so much fun , just watching ?!?
: D
Is it really as easy as it looks? It's so bee-utiful!
With all the extra triangles you ended up with I cant stop thinking about lil triforce stained glass
I got LOTS
This project is too cute! Love amber glass ✨
Wow that is really cool and easier than I expected, great video thank you
Awesome video. My first stain glass beginners video. Thank you so much!
Veteran stained glass artist here, add a pinch of salt to the patina and it will come out darker the first round!!! :)
Thank you for this beginner video.
You're welcome 😄
Its beautiful
Lovely - very well explained :)
You are so awesome and a very good teacher as well! I love watching your videos!
Thank you Diane! You're too kind :)
Nice! I cut glass but never tried to do any stains glad work, it's on my future. Regarding cuts, I noticed that you might not be keeping the cutting wheel pressure the same toward the end of the cut making some cuts require sanding to correct. It might help if you pull the cutting wheel toward you instead of push it away from you. The first impression on the glass typically stays more even when you pull, while pushing tendencies are lighter as the hand goes away from your body. Just a possibility that might work for many. It's all about the cut with glass crafting.... best wishes love the vid. Cant wait to get stained glass!
Amazing...Thank you!
Good idea, good color composition,good artwork.
Thank you so much Eddy!
Finally took the plunge and bought all my supplies! What type of chain do you use for hanging your pieces? And are the jump rings 6mm?
Any chain from any craft store will work. Also the jump rings can be any size as long as it fits the chain
This is so cool, do you think some air tight windows are possible using the honey comb technique??
Bonus for those little triangles, you can make a small stained glass Triforce
Thank you for posting this! As a beekeeper looking to enter the stained glass business I appreciate it! :)
Beekeepers are always welcomed!
Super) Nice glass for honeycomb
Thank you for sharing this DIY! The final piece is gorgeous!
Thank you! I'm glad you like it 🥰
Awesome tutorial 🌟Great looking project🐝
Besides the 3 feathers video, this has to be my favorite!
Thanks for simplifying this design! Extremely helpful,thank you👏👊☕️
Beautiful work of art👍🏻😻
They are beautiful and awesome.:-):-D
Just had my first leadlight class today! Was as fun as it I imagined it would be watching your videos :)
Tried my first piece after watching your videos! It came out great!!!!!
It wasn't so bad right??
This is fantastic, thank you so much
This is a very nice tutorial!
This is amazing I really like your work and I hope to try it sometime
The more i see your videos, the more I fall in love with this amazing art!!! You're my inspiration to perform such an amazing art!!!
By the way, have an amazing trip in Japan, my favourite country!!!
Thank you so much!!
I made one! I love it 🤩
That's awesome! 🙌
Absolutely gorgeous! I want to get into this craft! 💛🧡🧡
This looks so good!!! Thank you for sharing this process! I really want to try this now 🤩🤩🙏
Bro that's amazing!
I wish a bit longer was spent on the copper edges part not sped up, so we could see how to do the corners. Otherwise good video though would be interested in giving a try. Final piece looks great!
I love your tutorial, thank you 🐝🍯
Might be a project to try
Very nice
Your videos are great --- thank you!
🥰
Do you ever teach workshops? Would totally be in on that!
Hey thanks! Would probably be way down the road but I’d love that too!
it's beautiful!!
Your channel is so cool and inspiring! Thank you very much!
A little question, thoiugh: are you keeping those cutoff tiny pieces for some sort of mosaic-ish projects or just discard them?
I'd say keep them for future projects. I just found out they are actually worth something!
I love Stained Glass and want to get into it :)
Oh I'd love to visit Japan
Fid tool - better than the stick?
Love the honeycomb idea!
I like it a lot better! It glides along smoother so it's faster and saves time.
I wanna try now
Amazing
Thank you
Do you have any videos on making floating frames? I work with pressed flowers and want to learn how to solder a frame together, also the sound of the glass cutting and snapping are so satisfying hahaha
It’s like quilting with glass! I don’t need another hobby 😅🤫😂
No more hobbies please 😂
Nice 👍
Great teacher
Beautiful 😍
Hi, I'm new to your channel, love your work! I was wondering who you buy the glass scraps you use in your projects from?
Hi and welcome! I buy from two local places in the Bay Area, Stained glass garden and Cradle of the Sun. Craigslist might have some at random times too. Or old picture frame glass is a good start too!
@@StainedGlassDIY thank you very much! Keep up with the good work! I'll be there watching and learning ;)
Heads up, I think your hexagon is going to have one side a little bigger than the rest. A semicircle is 3.14 times the radius, so using this way you're going to fit 6 lines into 6.28 times your compass. I could be wrong though.
When you fit your compass to radius you cıt into six equal pieces. Imagine you cut circle into six triangles from the center. Each will have 60 degrees angle at the center and 60 on each sides for their base. You do not measıre arc but lines correaponding to arcs, just to remind
@@ssofu9984 I totally agree, if you have 60 degree angles, you will divide the hexagon perfectly and equally. I'm just trying to warn that if you use the radius, you won't get 60 degree angles, they will be a tiny bit off.
Does it make a different whether you draw your glass towards you or to push away from you? Good little video 👍👍👍
I love how you select your colors:
“Not this one! “ TOSS🙂
“that’s not even AMBER!” TOSS🙂
“”This WON’T WORK, But Let’s Keep it!” 🙂
We should All have this much fun with Stainglass! This has been a very helpful video and I am going to keep it for future reference. I love listening to you because you have such a calming voice and you are very excellent teacher!! I look forward to more videos from you and I thank you for your time!!!!! You answered a question number of questions I have had tonight in this video, so I am SUPER HAPPY❣️❣️❣️
Does solder metal matter as far as brand,etc? I'm starting my very 1st project this weekend. Thank you so much!!!
Not so much but people will have their preferences on brand. Most will suggest 60/40 for foil and 50/50 for lead work though. But also how it feels to you when you're working with it. Good luck with your first project! 👍
I love this!!!
Hello!! where can i get the glass ? i would like to make some stained glass plants
Hi we sell stained glass packs on our site if you'd like to have a look www.stainedglassdiy.com/shop