Master the Art of Stained Glass
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- I you want to watch a video about this set of DVDs on YouTube, click here.
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I LOVEthe DVD’s! I can’t get anything else done for watching them….I am almost finished with #1 and cannot wait to get to the next disc. As you speak, I think of questions and then in the next breath, you answer them…..it seems we think a lot alike. Thank you so much for putting all your time and effort into this set. Sincerely,Angela D. New London, MO
 OR... maybe you're a total beginner, looking for your first stained glass class. But you're wary because you've heard that many local stained glass classes are as focused on selling you your tools and supplies as they are on giving you masterful instruction in the design and the crafting of stained glass and beveled glass artworks. That's where I come in... I've spent seven years (not 24/7, of course) producing a set of DVDs that encompass all that I have learned about making stained glass and beveled glass. I am almost completely self-taught, so the methods I teach on these DVDs are the end product of all the trial and error challenges that I have faced as a full time stained glass artist for over 32 years. I present the material in a way that both the beginner and the advanced stained glass artisan can learn from it. I teach the physical processes from start to finish, including how to rectify mistakes that occur along the way. I talk about how to evaluate why mistakes occur and how to develop techniques that will reduce the number and frequency of mistakes. In short, these instructional DVDs are a resource that one can view again and again, and learn something new each time. And most importantly, I present the one aspect that I feel is irreplaceable... the attitude of striving for perfection that underlies everything I do in my studio and everything that I have learned, and without which few people will truly master the art and craft of stained glass. Am I a "master" of this craft? Although I am much more humble in person, this web page is my "ad" for getting you to buy this video set, so I will unapologetically state that I think I have, indeed, mastered the art of stained glass. I hope that looking at my online gallery will give you the same impression. It may also help to convince you if you know that my techniques are so precise that I usually don't build my panels on a full sized template of the design. I use paper patterns, but I make only one full-size design and I cut that up into individual pattern pieces. The actual leading [or copper foiling] is done on my work table alone, not on a pattern, and my panels come out just the size and shape they should be. In this set of DVDs, I am teaching the attitude and the techniques that have allowed me to achieve this degree of precision. (I do teach leading without paper patterns, too, for the times when that method is appropriate.)
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| Master the Art of Stained Glass |
| $220.00 - Including Shipping in the continental United States! - |
| $230.00 - Including Shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, or Canada - |
| $245.00 - Including Shipping to Europe, Africa, or Asia - |
Ok...
let's talk
about the price.
Two hundred and twenty dollars sounds like a lot, doesn't it? You were
probably hoping all this would go for less than half that amount. Right?
But before you decide not to buy my DVDs, stop and think about what you'd be getting for what you'd be paying... The typical stained glass class at a local stained glass studio goes for about $150. And what do you get for that? Usually, you get 8 to 12 weeks of once a week meetings for 2 to 3 hours. In that time, the instructor tries to help all of the class members to complete one or two projects. The teacher spends a significant amount of the class time cutting larger sheets of glass into smaller ones that students can handle, weighing out lead and solder for purchase, and ringing up the purchases of both tools and supplies for each and every student in the class. The teacher also spends time going around the class and helping each individual student. That all sounds great, but it's not time spent TEACHING YOU! I know all of this because I used to teach for a number of different local studios. It was very frustrating for me because I longed to TEACH, but was forced to handle all of these other matters. And since the studio's primary goal was to make money - not only on the fee for the class, but also on the sales to students of the tools and supplies - the studio owners made sure I understood that those parts were as important as the teaching itself. Read the testimonial below, then I'll come back to finish the discussion of price...
Testimonial:
So back to pricing... When I taught for these other studios, I doubt that I ever got to teach for more than 45 minutes if it was a 2-hour class, and 75 minutes if it was a 3-hour class. That means that in 8 to 12 weeks I was able to teach for as little as 6 hours, and no more than 12 to 15 hours even in the best of situations. And people would readily pay $150 for this much instruction, never realizing how little instruction they were getting for their money. Now let's talk about the other Videos and Books and DVDs that teach stained glass. I don't want to talk specifically about the efforts of anyone else to teach you stained glass, but I would invite you to follow up on the other options you can find on the Internet - as I have done - and DO THE MATH! You will find that when you calculate the cost per hour of teaching, there is no better deal than this one! These two reasons - the lack of good instruction at local stained glass studios and the disappointing focus and cost of materials available online - are EXACTLY why I decided to undertake the arduous project of producing these DVDs. There is an incredible gap to fill... beginning students looking for quality instruction and intermediate to advanced students looking for anything that will help them to move beyond what they've already learned. These are what made all of the effort I've put into making this set worthwhile. And back
to the cost... do the
math and you will realize that more than 40 hours of instruction by an
artisan who has won awards for his design AND his technique in a format
that you can watch over and over again until you have gotten every
nuance of learning out of it.... all of that is a BARGAIN at $220.00. |
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testimonial: Hi,
Mark -- Last weekend I started a small piece of glass to try out some
of the techniques you've demonstrated in the CDs -- specifically, using
a paper pattern glued to the glass (I've been trying to cut corners by
tracing the pattern pieces onto the glass), cutting the paper pattern
with sharp scissors rather than pattern shears (this is a foiled
piece), and the rotation in breaking glass.
I feel very
successful! I was able to cut the glass much more accurately than in
the past, and had very little grinding to do. AND, I wasted very little
glass by summoning the courage to put the pattern pieces closer
together.
The rotation
for breaking the glass (not yet second nature, but I see how it will
become that) yielded much sharper points and makes the breaking much
easier. Oh, and I used tapping the glass successfully to remove glass
on deep inside curves, thus also preserving the points.
So, there you
have it. "The proof of the pudding is in the eating."
Savannah L.
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- in
the interest of full disclosure -
NOTE
#1: I may have
"mastered" the art of stained glass, but I am an amateur
videographer. While the lessons contained in these DVDs are very high
in educational content, they are very low in formality. Unlike
most of the other stained glass classes available in a video format, my "classes" in stained glass
are ad-libbed by me as I work. They are not fully scripted, nor are
they shot on a soundstage. You're basically sitting with me
in my garage-studio while I'm working and teaching about what I'm
doing. If you need to purchase professionally produced program
material, you might
want to shop elsewhere. But, if you can handle the informality and lack
of
perfection inherent in a production by an amateur
videographer, then you will not be disappointed with this purchase.NOTE #2: I am told that these DVDs will work in Canada and the United States, but that different "zones" may make them unuseable in other places around the world. Please make sure that your DVD player will support DVDs meant for marketing in America before you make a purchase, as I will not be responsible for purchases that do not work correctly outside of the US and Canada. (So far, I have
shipped sets to Ireland, Australia,
and New Zealand with no apparent problems.)
any questions? email me here
Mark
-- I received the DVDs in the mail on
Thursday, and began watching them yesterday. I'm VERY pleased.
This is what I have been looking for -- something I can really sink my
teeth into. I appreciate the "informality" -- I prefer to think of it
as authenticity -- and your "thinking out loud" as you progress through
the stages. I'm resisting the temptation to watch the DVDs from end to
end this weekend, as I do have other things to do, but it's hard.
Well
done!
Sheri
G.
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Mark-
I'm
on
the third DVD of your set and they are well worth the money and the
wait. They are as informative as I had hoped they would
be. I am learning so much in the way of saving time while
being precise. I am a perfectionist and it was costing much
in time to create as I was taught. I'm relearning through
your DVD's and getting rid of a lot of bad habits learned in stained
glass classes. Thank you so much. This has helped
me so much.
Terri
B.
Mount
Shasta, CA
Hi Mark. Just letting you know that I've received your dvd box set and after watching the first 3 I'm very happy with the way you've put it together - informative and detailed. I've learn[ed] more from watching these 3 than any class i've taken. Well worth it and thanks, Andy. Andy K. |
I'd like to return to the Main Menu on
your Home Page.