Stained Glass Patterns and Tips from GlassSorcery.com

Last week we brought out a new page filled with links to stained glass tutorials. One of the artists whose tutorials are listed there is Ichiro Tashiro. Mr. Tashiro is a self-taught, outstanding stained glass artist. He opened a stained glass studio in Japan in 1978.

The Tashiro Stained & Leaded Glass Studio website has a 500-photograph slide show and five galleries with excellent photographs of Mr. Tashiro’s exquisite and meticulously crafted works of art. His work is very precise and highly detailed. As he notes in his profile, some of the pieces of glass he works with are smaller than grains of rice.

I particularly like his stained glass light boxes shown in Gallery 3, especially the little birds and the momji (autumn leaves.) If you like lamps, be sure to visit the third of the eight slide shows; it has exquisite lamps. Some of the lamps are adorned with butterflies that appear so realistic you will expect them to spread their wings and flutter away. The slide shows take a little time to load, but they are well worth the wait.
Mr. Tashiro has included four technical sections on his site containing detailed descriptions and photos of his method, which were included in our guide to tutorials.

I highly recommend a visit to Ichiro Tashiro’s website.

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