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Bird of Paradise in Stained Glass Mosaic with Yulia Hanansen
Introduction to Birds of Paradise
Intro and Personal Interview with Yulia and Tami (12:32)
PDF for download. Suggested list of tools, materials, and resources.
Images and templates to print of the bird of paradise
Part 1 - Image Selection
Intro to photo for the course (2:08)
The advantage of a watercolor image (3:26)
The practicality of scale (1:20)
The substrate size (1:13)
The composition and positioning of the image (1:55)
Transfer image to tracing paper (5:36)
Part 2 - Image Transfer
Preparing the substrate (6:45)
Transferring the design onto the substrate (6:07)
Part 3 - Color Selection
Choosing the glass palette (6:19)
Basic lesson in color theory (9:49)
Color reference sheet (7:11)
Part 4 - Scoring and Snapping Glass
Scoring and snapping glass (6:18)
Glass scoring demonstration (1:42)
Cutting curves (3:06)
Wheeled nipper demonstration (7:53)
Part 5 - Orange Petals
How to start the layout (5:52)
Cutting the glass with Yulia's stencil technique (6:32)
Gluing the first piece down (2:31)
Cutting a new piece using Youghiogheny glass (9:14)
Cutting multiple shapes to create one petal (sepal) (18:10)
How to use a sharpening /grinding stone (3:45)
Last piece of the large petal (sepal) (1:42)
Part 6 - Purple Pestils
Moving along to the purple petals (6:42)
Using scraps and flow of the glass (8:16)
Tips and tricks and working around the pieces (13:02)
Part 7 - Green Leaves
Exploring the green palette for the leaves and stem (2:24)
Glass cutting without the stencil (8:38)
How to make large pieces for the leaves (8:26)
Creating striated pieces of leaves (12:54)
Balancing the colors (2:14)
Bringing out the highlights using darker glass (9:06)
Part 8 - Background
Introducing the background (2:18)
Layout for the background (6:51)
How to cut Yulia's signature "brush-stroke" technique (15:57)
Creating the movement with laying out the background glass (10:21)
Fitting brush-stroke pieces, creating the edge pieces (10:56)
Tips on movement and flow for the background (7:43)
Shaping the brush-stroke pieces around the focal point (11:06)
Creating more direction with the glass pieces (11:20)
Part 9 - Grouting and Wrapup
Completed mosaic before grout (0:27)
Introduction to Yulia's grouting technique (3:09)
Grouting tools and materials (6:42)
Choosing the grout colors (1:55)
Mixing the grout (5:05)
Applying the first color of grout (5:04)
Applying the second color of grout (12:31)
Darkening the grout for the leaves (3:20)
Wiping off the milky film of the grout (6:43)
Clean up suggestions (2:08)
Wrap Up! Final grout wipe and framing suggestions (3:01)
Close up before adding background (0:13)
The composition and positioning of the image
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