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Stained Glass (Ella Baker)

Learn the art of stained glass design and building with John Hanson, Owner of Longfellow Soap Company, who has been designing, making, repairing, and restoring antique stained glass windows for 23 years.

All tools and materials will be provided and each student will take home a small window. Safety glasses must be brought and used while cutting the glass.

Learn how to make, cut, and use patterns, cut and grind glass, tape your glass with copper foil, solder your glass, add patina to color the solder, finish the edges with a zinc border, and clean and polish the finished window. Learn how to frame your window with wood.

Please wear hard toe shoes and long sleeved top. No fleece or sweaters that can catch glass chips as you cut.

John M Hanson

Stain Glass Instructor

John Hanson, owner and maker

Longfellow Soap Company Longfellow Stained Glass Company
I have lived in the Seward and Longfellow neighborhoods for many years after moving to Minneapolis to attend Augsburg College. My work career included 32 years in retail and another 14 in woodworking and custom carpentry. My soap making began in 2010 as a class that I purchased for a fundraising event for the Friends Quaker School in St. Paul. After retiring in 2014 I started a wholesale soap company, Longfellow Soap Company. I have made and sold over 100,000 bars of soap. I have been teaching soap making for eleven years and have taught over 400 students in that time. I also teach Copper Foil Stained Glass classes, I have 25 years of experience in design and restoration.

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