Stained glass for the kitchen (36 photos): video instruction on how to create glass stained glass with your own hands, photo and price

Are you looking for an original way to decorate your kitchen set without sacrificing its functionality? Pay attention to the glass stained-glass windows for the kitchen!

Furniture facades look very impressive with them - unpretentious floor and wall cabinets turn into a "highlight" of the interior. Such a solution will be especially relevant for those apartments and houses where the kitchen plays the role of not only a working space, but also a dining room.

Note! Kitchen facades are not the only place in the kitchen that can be decorated with stained glass. They are also used to decorate aprons, windows and even ceilings.

Stained glass manufacturing technologies

The size, shape, image and color scheme of the stained glass insert depend on the overall interior of the kitchen. At the same time, the designers who are engaged in the creation of this beauty take into account the special wishes of the clients.

But so that you know what to choose from, consider the currently popular glass stained-glass windows for the kitchen, or rather the technology for their manufacture.

Tiffany technique

If you have associations with a well-known jewelry company, it is no coincidence. Firstly, it was her masters who patented this method of making stained glass. And, secondly, the stained-glass windows in the Tiffany technique are really close to jewelry masterpieces.

This technology allows you to create canvases with iridescent, complex, carefully designed patterns. Precise fit and perfect sanding of each piece of glass is the secret to creating such an exquisite mosaic!

The play of light on Tiffany's stained glass windows can be compared to a dance on a scattering of jewels. The pieces of glass are interconnected with tin solder, so the border between them is thin, not rough, discreet, but at the same time clear.

The price for stained glass for the kitchen, made using the Tiffany technology, is very high. For any of our compatriots, this jewelry decor will undoubtedly be an expensive pleasure!

However, it should be noted that such stained-glass windows are durable (high-quality wax mastic perfectly protects them from external factors), so they will delight your family and guests with their amazing beauty for a long time.

Fusing

Modern technique of stained glass production, which consists in glass sintering at high temperatures.

Fusing has a huge number of advantages over other technologies:

• You can create flat or convex, colorful or dull, no texture or multi-texture compositions;
• By decreasing or increasing the sintering temperature, you can achieve all sorts of effects: the boundaries of colored glass can mix, flow over each other, or create pronounced reliefs;
• A unique opportunity to sinter glass with other materials (copper, gold leaf, etc.). For example, between the glasses, you can make a floral ornament of copper wire. Or bake a sheet of copper foil between two glasses - you get a charming effect of "pebbled skin" shimmering in the light;
• Products made according to the fusing method are distinguished by their durability and unpretentiousness in care, as they perfectly tolerate contact with water.

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Sandblasted stained glass

To create them, a special sandblasting machine is used, forcing sand and air to serve as a stained glass artist to create intricate patterns on glass with his own hands.

The manufacturing process is as follows:

1. The customer is determined with the desired pattern;
2. A suitable glass is selected, which will be the background for the future stained-glass window (glass can be transparent, smoky, smoky gray or bronze);
3. The image is transferred to a special film, carefully cut on it with a plotter and glued to the glass selected as the background;
4. Those areas of glass that are not supposed to be sandblasted are covered with a protective film;
5. Only now the glass can be placed in a sandblaster, where air with sand is supplied under high pressure, which subsequently create a pattern;
6. Then the protective film is removed from the glass - in these places the glass still retains its original appearance, while its unprotected areas are decorated with a stunning pattern.

Sandblasted stained glass windows are:

• Simple - the drawing is obtained in one plane, that is, not volumetric;
• Deep - the drawing is a little voluminous;
• Combined - with such processing, simple sandblasting is combined with deep, resulting in the illusion of three-dimensional space.

Sandblasting technology opens up endless possibilities in the embodiment on glass of detailed compositions, while the drawing will remain inaccessible to external influences, will not be erased over time and will be displayed. In addition, you can order a stained glass window with complex monograms, monograms, logos, initials and other complex compositions.

You can complement the design of sandblasted stained-glass windows with a lead contour, fusing elements or crystal elements.

Film stained-glass windows

Such decorative glasses are made quickly, using a UV printer and lead adhesive tape. Of course, this is just an imitation of real stained-glass windows, but very, very impressive!

You can see for yourself by looking at the photo. Only a specialist in this field will be able to see that these are not glasses cut and inserted into a lead frame, but simply photo printing.

This technique was appreciated not so long ago. Today, stained glass masters use it with great pleasure - after all, this way you can satisfy the needs of those customers who want to decorate their kitchen with an exquisite composition, but are not ready to spend too much money on it funds.

Important! The main advantages of film stained-glass windows are an unlimited choice of patterns and a low price level! They are also very resistant to environmental influences and do not require special care.

Read also the article on stained glass for kitchen facades.

Finally

Stained glass is a non-standard solution that speaks of your delicate taste! Choosing such a decor in any of the existing execution techniques, you make the kitchen space cozy, beautiful and unique.

On the topic of the article, a video instruction has been specially selected for you that will help you decide on the selection of stained glass inserts for the general style of your kitchen.

Read also the article on Skinali glass kitchen aprons.

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