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Copper-foil Glasswork




Copper-foil glasswork is the Art And Craft of connecting pre-cut pieces of Glass by wrapping their edges with copper adhesive tape, then Soldering the copper-wrapped edges together. It is commonly called the " Tiffany " stained glass method.

One of the advantages of copper-foil glasswork over Lead-strip Glasswork is that you can assemble the glass pieces in three-dimensional shapes when soldering them together. Lead-strip enables the creation of only two-dimensional panes.

The three photos below show the use of this technique for fixing a glass jar of a candy Vending Machine .