Celtic Stained Glass Pattern Book (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)

Rating:
Summary: Useful patterns
Review: I have used several patterns from this book with great results. I did make small modifications, but I do that with most patterns! Many of these patterns are quite complex and some involve many, many pieces, but there are also a few that are great for beginners as well. If you are interested in celtic designs, this is the best glass pattern source I have found.

Rating:
Summary: Useful patterns
Review: I have used several patterns from this book with great results. I did make small modifications, but I do that with most patterns! Many of these patterns are quite complex and some involve many, many pieces, but there are also a few that are great for beginners as well. If you are interested in celtic designs, this is the best glass pattern source I have found.

Rating:
Summary: Good Ideas
Review: This book has some great ideas, but I found the patterns themselves crudely drawn. The images look like old hand drawn sketches that were enlarged to fit the page. You could tell where additional lines were added to allow for reasonable glass cutting, and areas of the patterns that should have been symmetrical were not.

I think a title of "Celtic Stained Glass IDEA Book" would be a more appropriate. I am not completely negative about this book. It has some interesting ideas, but just keep in mind that the pattern will have to be redrafted before getting a workable "pattern".

Rating:
Summary: Good Ideas
Review: This book has some great ideas, but I found the patterns themselves crudely drawn. The images look like old hand drawn sketches that were enlarged to fit the page. You could tell where additional lines were added to allow for reasonable glass cutting, and areas of the patterns that should have been symmetrical were not.

I think a title of "Celtic Stained Glass IDEA Book" would be a more appropriate. I am not completely negative about this book. It has some interesting ideas, but just keep in mind that the pattern will have to be redrafted before getting a workable "pattern".