Stained Glass Patterns
"My own view is that painting on glass is an intriguing and fascinating technique that can add a whole new personal dimension to an artist's work." ~ Albinas Elskus, The Art of Painting on Glass, reprinted by Glass Press div. of Glass Craftsman magazine (www.glasscraftsman.com)
I spent an evening searching the Internet for the best sources of free patterns, and here's what I found. Some of the sites are truely inspiring while others give good basic instructions.
These patterns can be used for painting with Pebeo's Vitrea 160 glass paints, Pebeo's Gel Crystals as well as with Marabu's Fun & Fancy Window paints.
Patterns...Your Way! Web Site - http://www.patternsyw.com/
http://www.colebrothers.com/pattsell/ - A bunch of simple but fun patterns
StainedGlassPatterns.com - Has many good, free, and easily resizable patterns
Free Patterns at Warner-Crivellaro - Lots of good but simple patterns
Stained Glass Biz - A few good patterns
http://www.freepatterns.net - Many good patterns
Jana's Stained Glass - Four nice sun-catchers
FunCatchers - Not free but it's a book of 60 high-quality full-color patterns
Black Horse Studio - A few nice horse patterns
http://www.colebrothers.com/pattsell/ - A bunch of simple but fun patterns
http://www.artglassworld.com/pattern.html - Art Glass World Free Patterns
http://www.dfly.com/links.html - Dragonfly Software Stained Glass - Nothing on this page but links to every aspect of stained glass production. Includes publications and galleries sections.
http://www.lara.on.ca/~dwinters/Stglass/sgmain.html - Hobbyist offers stained glass projects, tips, a calendar for events he'll attend, and links to suppliers and studios.
http://www.geocities.com/~marcohippo/crafts.html - CraftTwo - Ezine for stained glass enthusiasts features free patterns and projects every month. With featured designs by a variety of artists.
http://www.hetland.com/stnglass/index.htm - David J. Hetland/Hetland Ltd. Stained Glass - View accomplished examples of stained glass art, from "teaching windows" that tell a story to church windows.
http://www.fly-by-net.com/lookingglass2.html - LookingGlass - Large listing of artists working with stained glass, and links to exhibitions and museums.
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1141/links3.htm - Mike's Stained Glass - Instruction - Encyclopedic list of links relating to stained glass. Find patterns, classes, studios, manufacturers, magazines, and discussion groups.
http://www.tcp-ip.or.jp/~itashiro/ - Stained glass of I. Tashiro - Stained and leaded glass studio features a gallery with in-line photos of completed works.