Stained Glass at Village Glass Works

So I went to Village Glass Works to photograph Molly Fiegel creating a stained glass mosaic. Here's my favorite of the bunch:

And the other ones that I captioned:

A wind chime hangs by the entrance of the Village Glass Works, located at 315 N. 10th Street, on Friday, November 13, 2009. The Village Glass Works is located in the Samuel H. and Isabel Smith Elkins House, built around 1882, and is listed on the National Register for Historic Places.

A wind chime hangs by the entrance of the Village Glass Works, located at 315 N. 10th Street, on Friday, November 13, 2009. The Village Glass Works was established in 1976 and is Columbia's oldest continuously operating stained glass studio. It offers classes in glass beadmaking, copper foiling, lead cane, fusing, and mosaics.

Molly Fiegel helps Justin McMillen search for glass used in making beads at the Village Glass Works on Friday, November 13, 2009. Beyond glass beadmaking, McMillen also makes small vases, useful for holding a flower or perfume, which are displayed and sold in the shop.

Molly Fiegel helps tears off a receipt as Justin McMillen pays for the bead-maing glass he has just purchased at the Village Glass Works on Friday, November 13, 2009.

Molly Fiegel helps Justin McMillen search for glass used in making beads at the Village Glass Works on Friday, November 13, 2009. Beyond glass beadmaking, McMillen also makes small vases, useful for holding a flower or perfume, which are displayed and sold in the shop.

Molly Fiegel pauses after cutting part of the pattern for her latest project, a mosaic, at Village Glass Works, on Friday, November 13, 2009. Each piece of the pattern will need to be cut using the paper pattern, ground to smooth its edges, foiled and then soldered together.

Molly Fiegel grinds the edges of a piece of glass that will be part of her latest project, a mosaic, on Friday, November 13, 2009. Grinding is done to even out its vertical edges so that the foil used in combination with soldering will sit more evenly on the glass.

Molly Fiegel considers the pattern for her latest project, a stained glass mosaic, at Village Glass Works, on Friday, November 13, 2009. Each piece of the pattern will need to be cut from the paper and then cut out of the clear or colored glass before being soldered together.

Stained glass creations hang in one of the front windows of Village Stained Glass on Friday, November 13, 2009. The shop offers classes is creating stained glass mosaics and provides supplies like colored glass and cutting tools.

Molly Fiegel uses special mosaic pattern shears to cut out the different pieces of the pattern for her latest project, a stained glass mosaic, at Village Glass Works, on Friday, November 13, 2009. The shears automatically include a 3mm grout line when used, leaving room for the soldering of each piece of glass.

Molly Fiegel demonstrates proper technique while cutting a piece of mirrored glass to be used in a stained glass on Friday, November 13, 2009.

Molly Fiegel considers how she will use her chosen piece of glass in the pattern for her latest project, a stained glass mosaic, at Village Glass Works, on Friday, November 13, 2009. Most of the pattern will be clear glass, with colored butterflies scattered throughout.

Molly Fiegel considers the placement of a piece of the paper pattern for her latest project, a stained glass mosaic, at Village Glass Works, on Friday, November 13, 2009. Rubber cement is used to attach the pattern flatly to the glass, to hold it in place when Fiegel cuts. The cement is particularly handy when a piece of glass breaks incorrectly; its consistency makes for relatively easy removal of the pattern and then the glue from the glass.

Grozers and other tools used during the creation of a stained glass mosaic hang from a wall in Village Glass Works on Friday, November 13, 2009. Many of the tools pictured here are used in breaking a cut piece of glass apart without shattering it.

Molly Fiegel removes the brush from the rubber cement as she prepares to glue down the next piece of the paper pattern for her latest project, a stained glass mosaic, at Village Glass Works, on Friday, November 13, 2009. The cement prevents the pattern from moving while being cut and its consistency makes it easily removed if a mistake is made for a piece of glass breaks wrong.