Customer Reviews

Beyond Basic Stained Glass Making: Techniques and Tools to Expand Your Abilities (How To Basics)

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This is a very good book with outstanding photography and functional book binding. The basic skills reviewed are a bit redundant and don't advance the readers knowledge very far but it is a good review for beginner stained glass artists. The author should consider writing another book which assumes basic skill sets and focus on taking the reader further into advanced techniques and project design.

But still very nicely done book. Lays flat, great pictures. However, I'd hoped for more general advanced instruction techniques rather than projects. The book has some beginner information at the front which I dont think is needed in an advanced book and then it goes into three different types of projects, a lamp, a box and a mosaic. Unfortunately, none of which I want to make. I was hoping for more information on soldering tricks, choosing colors, working with different types of glass, etc. Its a good book and I did learn a trick or two but it is mostly going to sit on my shelf.

This book is fantastic! I love the step by step pictures and the detailed instructions. I have purchased other stained glass making books but this is by far the best one. I look forward to making some of his projects because he makes it look so easy.

Excellent book which includes techniques, tools and tips to improve the stained glass beginners abilities. It also has very good pictures by Alan Wycheck.

I'm pretty new to stained glass, but I have now bought quite a few books. This and the "Basic" book by the same author are two of my favorites. The step-by-step color pictures are great, and I like how they have not only overview instructions, but also more in-depth for the different projects. The variety of projects are also nice.

Very nice layout, easy to follow instructions. Love the binding. Looking forward to the projects.I would recommend this book to anyone interested in stained glass.

OK.. I admit I purchased this book simply based on the title. This was a mistake. The price was cheap enough and I was shipped it on time and it arrived in excellent condition. 2 stars for shipping, service and price via Amazon.As for the book itself, I was hoping to find some advanced projects and stained glass cutting and assembly technique information. The information seemed to me to be a bit dated and the project and examples used uninteresting. While the book did offer a few things beyond the basis, there was nothing here that would cause me to recommend it for someone looking beyond the basis.
A 3 stars rating here is generous.