Copper-foil glasswork
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This article is on the technique of copper-foil glasswork. For a general overview of stained glass art, see stained glass
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.