Mendocino Doors

Here is a detailed history of the construction of a beautiful stained glass window for my Sun Room Door project
It has 144 pieces of beautiful stained glass
....... and is hand cut, ground, fitted, and foiled by Joanne Fagerskog

Here is the proposed drawing
Here is the beautiful finished scene before it is installed in the door
and here is the finished Door

Here is the starting point of the full size drawing

Here is the completed door with its' new stained glass window
Here are all 144 pieces of glass which are cut out. ground to shape, and fitted together ....... ready to be wrapped with copper foil and then soldered

First the drawing ..... then it is transfer to to a light cardboard, to be cut out and adhered to the glass for cutting and grinding
There is 144 separate pieces of glass in this one window Joanne Fagerskog of FagerskogGlass.com is a master stained glass worker
The templates are cut with a special scissors the removes 3/32" to compensate for the copper foil which will wrap each piece of glass

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Here is a piece that will be adhered to the glass for cutting and grinding pieces ready for cutting
Here are some of the deep green pieces for the leaves of the Cypress trees

....... and some of the tree trunks

....... more pieces
then each piece is ground on a diamond wheel to the exact rendering that has been designed The small diameter diamond shaft is for tight inside corners

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Each piece is cut and fit to the drawing
Here are some of the pieces laid on the drawing When all the pieces are cut to size they will be wrapped with copper foil Here are all 144 pieces of glass which are cut out. ground to shape, and fitted together ....... ready to be wrapped with copper foil and then soldered

Then each piece of glass is hand wrapped with a copper foil ....... that is wrapping all 144 pieces with a copper border then each piece is soldered to the piece next to itself and then the entire window is turned over and soldered on the other side

A reinforcing "wire" is also soldered into large windows to help make the window more rigid The a sealing compound is rubbed into all of the seams ...... ah yes ...... and the the glass wash ! Some wax on the surface is the final step

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Here is the finished beautiful window ...... waiting for installation The glass is bedded and caulked with a special siliconized latex that not only adheres to the leaded glass .... but also to the wood The excess caulked can be cleaned with water ..... and it takes many days to cure and it then turns clear and is guaranteed for 50 years The glass is set with redwood stops that are attached with stainless steel fasteners .... and won't "bleed out" rust over the years !!

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Here is the proposed drawing		Here is the beautiful finished scene before it is installed in the door		and here is the finished Door



Here is the starting point of the full size drawing	Here is the completed door with its' new stained glass window	Here are all 144 pieces of glass which are cut out. ground to shape, and fitted together ....... ready to be wrapped with copper foil and then soldered



First the drawing ..... then it is transfer to to a light cardboard, to be cut out and adhered to the glass for cutting and grinding	There is 144 separate pieces of glass in this one window	Joanne Fagerskog of FagerskogGlass.com is a master stained glass worker	The templates are cut with a special scissors the removes 3/32" to compensate for the copper foil which will wrap each piece of glass
	Click on ANY	Image to Enlarge


Here is a piece that will be adhered to the glass for cutting and grinding	pieces ready for cutting	Here are some of the deep green pieces for the leaves of the Cypress trees	....... and some of the tree trunks


....... more pieces		then each piece is ground on a diamond wheel to the exact rendering that has been designed	The small diameter diamond shaft is for tight inside corners
	Click on ANY	Image to Enlarge


Each piece is cut and fit to the drawing	Here are some of the pieces laid on the drawing	When all the pieces are cut to size they will be wrapped with copper foil	Here are all 144 pieces of glass which are cut out. ground to shape, and fitted together ....... ready to be wrapped with copper foil and then soldered


Then each piece of glass is hand wrapped with a copper foil	....... that is wrapping all 144 pieces with a copper border	then each piece is soldered to the piece next to itself	and then the entire window is turned over and soldered on the other side


A reinforcing "wire" is also soldered into large windows to help make the window more rigid	The a sealing compound is rubbed into all of the seams	...... ah yes ...... and the the glass wash !	Some wax on the surface is the final step
	Click on ANY	Image to Enlarge


Here is the finished beautiful window ...... waiting for installation	The glass is bedded and caulked with a special siliconized latex that not only adheres to the leaded glass .... but also to the wood	The excess caulked can be cleaned with water ..... and it takes many days to cure and it then turns clear and is guaranteed for 50 years	The glass is set with redwood stops that are attached with stainless steel fasteners .... and won't "bleed out" rust over the years !!