Education

How is glass made? How do you put together a stained glass panel? Learn about light and colour and the special qualities of glass. Compare glass with other materials.

• What happens in the process of making glass? High temperatures, reversible and irreversible changes, creating colour, ancient and modern technology.


• Theophilus the monk demonstrates glass and window-making in the 13th century.


• Paint a stained glass panel.


• Make up a window : construct a pattern from geometric shapes.


• Stained glass windows were made to tell stories. Listen to one of the dramatic stories told in a stained glass panel

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