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Stained Glass Project Record

Stained glass project sheet — one panel from cartoon to hanging: method, size, every glass used with its maker and code, and the stages dated.

First page of the Stained Glass Project Record — Match a broken piece years later, and quote the next panel from the hours and glass the last one really took.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

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What this sheet is for

Match a broken piece years later, and quote the next panel from the hours and glass the last one really took.

Who it is for

Stained glass artists and hobbyists working in lead came or copper foil, restoration workers and studios taking commissions.

How to use it

  1. Fill in the project, who it is for, the method and the finished size.
  2. Add a row for each glass — maker, code, colour and texture — with the sheet size you bought and what was left.
  3. Date each stage as it is finished and write in the hours it took.
  4. Note problems against the stage where they happened.
  5. Keep the sheet with the cartoon so both survive together.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: One panel or piece from cartoon to hanging: the glass chosen and where it came from, the method, the cut list, the assembly stages and the finish — so the next commission can be quoted from a real record rather than a guess.

Your method, recorded. Whether you work in lead came or copper foil, which flux and patina you use and how long a panel is left to cure before cleaning are your own methods. There is space for them and no instruction on them.

Write-on lines: Project / panel · For (client or own) · Started · Finished · Method · Finished size · Came / foil used · Frame / fixing

Glass used — one row per glass — so a broken piece can be matched later

Table, 5 rows: Glass (maker & code) · Colour / texture · Supplier · Sheet size bought · Pieces cut · Left over · Cost (yours)

Stages — cartoon, cutting, grinding, foiling or leading, soldering, cementing, patina, cleaning, framing — date each as it is done

Table, 4 rows: Stage · Done on · Hours (yours) · Notes / problems

Questions

Why record the glass code and supplier?

Because a panel comes back with one broken piece and nobody remembers which amber it was. With the maker's code on the sheet it can be reordered, or the left-over found in the rack.

Why no guidance on flux, patina or curing?

Those are your methods, learned from your training and your materials' own instructions. The sheet gives them a place to be written, not a recommendation.

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