Helpful Links for Glass Artists
Glass companies
- Armstrong Glass Company
- http://www.armstrongglass.com
- Bullseye Glass Company
- http://www.bullseyeglass.com
- Spectrum Glass Company
- http://www.spectrumglass.com
- http://www.system96.com (their website for fusible glass only)
- Uroboros Glass
- http://www.uroboros.com/
- Wissmach Glass Company
- http://www.wissmachglass.com
- Youghiogheny Glass (pronounced Yock-a-gainy)
- http://www.youghioghenyglass.com
Glass Magazines (quarterly)
- Glass Patterns Quarterly
- http://www.glasspatterns.com
Internet-order companies
- Alpine Stained Glass
- http://www.alpineglass.com
- Anything in Stained Glass
- http://www.anythinginstainedglass.com/
- Delphi
- http://www.delphiglass.com
- Ed Hoy's International Wholesale Art Glass and Supplies
- http://www.edhoy.com/Index.aspx
- Warner-Crivalero
- http://www.warner-criv.com
Great Stained Glass Books
- Aanraku Studios
- http://www.abasg.com
- Books, tools, sundries
- Dover Publications
- http://www.doverpublications.com
- Stained glass patterns, plus books on other crafts that can often be re-designed into your own glass patterns
Patterns on CD
- Paned Expressions
- http://www.panedexpressions.com
- They sell some great CDs of patterns in JPEG form; lots of patterns per CD
Free Pattern Sources
- Free Stained Glass Patterns
- http://free-stainedglass-patterns.com
- This site links to a host of places that offer free patterns, and also offers some interesting freebies like stained glass backgrounds for your website.
- Glass Crafter Magazine
- http://www.glasscrafters.biz/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=pat_fr
- They offer a lot of free patterns, broken down by the month that they are offered.
- Links to Free Stained Glass Patterns
- http://www.freepatternsforstainedglass.com/links-to-free-patterns.html
- Stained Glass Hobby
- http://www.stainedglasshobby.com/links/links.php
- Stained Glass Pattern Directory
- http://www.chickadee-dee-dee.com/stained-glass-patterns/free-stained-glass-patterns/
- Free patterns broken down by studios offering them
- Spectrum Glass
- http://www.spectrumglass.com/stained-glass/patterns/default.asp
- Spectrum offers a bunch of pattern sets for free, but you have to sign up.
Tools and Equipment
- Gemini Saw Company
- http://www.geminisaw.com
- Makers of the Taurus 3 diamond ring saw and the Apollo Ring Saw.
- Glastar grinders
- http://www.glastar.com
- Glastar grinders and other equipment
- Gryphon Saw Company
- http://www.gryphoncorp.com
- Gryphon saws and other equipment
- Inland Company
- http://www.inlandcraft.com
- Inland grinders and other equipment
- The Morton System
- http://www.mortonglass.com
- Cutting boards, tools, equipment for the Morton System of glass cutting
Kilns
- Evenheat
- http://www.evenheat.com
- Skutt
- http://www.skutt.com
- Jen-Ken
- http://www.jenkenkilns.com
- Olympic
- http://www.greatkilns.com
- Paragon
- http://www.paragonweb.com
Pattern Sizing and CAD Programs
- Dragonfly
- http://www.dfly.com
- They produce the GlassEye 2000 program for creating your own patterns.
- Rapid Resizer
- http://www.rapidresizer.com
- A handy free program to make patterns fit your panels.
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