Birds and Butterflies Stained Glass Pattern Book

Book excerpt: Well-known artist and craftsman Ed Sibbett, Jr., here offers stained glass workers a matchless array of 94 charming bird and butterfly patterns. Now you can brighten and animate your stained glass projects with imaginative kingfishers, eagles, jays, toucans, hummingbirds, cardinals, penguins, parrots, butterflies, and more. The most experienced glass craftspeople will find designs here to challenge and hone their skills. And even the beginner, armed with readily available general instructions, will find numerous easy-to-use patterns in this book. All patterns can be worked as is, reduced, or enlarged to suit your needs. Use them whole or in part to create a wide variety of attractive projects — butterfly lightcatchers, a window of swans, door panels of owls, mirrors, boxes, candle shelters, mobiles, and many more. A Publisher's Note offers many valuable ideas and suggestions and a list of mail-order houses dealing in stained glass supplies. If your stained glass work has suffered for want of new conceptions and designs, Birds and Butterflies is an inexpensive treasury of creative inspiration. If you haven't worked stained glass before, this book is your easy-to-follow guide to a delightful craft adventure.