Louis Comfort Tiffany was an American artist from about 100 years ago who is famous for his colorful stained glass artworks. Stained glass is made by artists who put pieces of colored glass between metal strips, drawing a design and cutting the glass to shape before holding it in place with lead strips. Tiffany wanted to make stained glass in his own unique style using lots of different colors and textures, which he called Art Nouveau, meaning "New Art" in French. Art Nouveau uses curvy lines and natural motifs like trees and flowers. The document provides instructions for making one's own Art Nouveau stained glass art project using a nature design, transparency, and colored tissue paper with glue.

1. Tissue
Paper
Stained
Glass

2. Hello. My name is
Louis Comfort
Tiffany…
You can call me
Tiffany.

3. I was an
American artist
about 100
years ago.

4. I am most
famous for my
colorful stained
glass artworks.

8. What is
stained glass?

9. Stained glass
is made when
artists put pieces
of colorful glass
between metal
strips.

10. Artists draw
a design…

11. …then they find
the perfect piece
of glass and cut it
into a shape for
their design…

12. … and they hold
all the pieces of
glass in place
with lead strips.

13. (Artists today
sometimes use other
types of metal because
lead is poisonous.)

14. Artists have
been making
stained glass for
hundreds of
years.

15. Much OLD
stained glass can
be seen in
churches…

16. … like these
Rose Windows.

18. Rose Windows in gothic Architecture

19. But, I wanted to
make stained
glass my OWN
way.

20. I wanted my
stained glass to
use LOTS of
different colors
and textures.

21. My art
was called
Art Nouveau.

22. Art Nouveau
means “New Art”
in French.

23. Art Nouveau
uses lots of
curvy lines and
natural things like
trees & flowers.

26. You are going to
make your OWN
Art Nouveau
Stained Glass.

27. Step 1

28. With pencil, make
a design or
“nature picture”
using shapes and
lines.

29. Color your design
with crayons to
help plan which
colors you’ll be
adding later.

30. Step 2

31. Place a clear
transparency over
your design.

32. Trace your design
using inky glue,
so it looks like
lead.

33. Step 3

34. Add tissue paper
with watery glue,
to the spaces
between your
lead lines.

35. When the gluey
tissue dries, peel
it off, and it will
look just like
stained glass.

36. Ooooooh….!!!

37. 1. Draw a nature design
on your circle sheet and color
it with crayons.
2. Place a transparency
on your paper so that
you can trace
your design.
3. Add colorful tissue paper
with watery glue to make a
stained glass effect.
Remember 1-2-3