Stained glass ceilings with their own hands. Ceilings with stained glass with illumination

When planning repairs in your apartment, we want our nest to be original, bright and cozy. If the house wants bold decisions and great freedom, then your choice should be stopped on stained glass ceilings, which belong to the suspended, while they represent a very beautiful ornament on the mirror or glass. Ceilings of stained glass can be created in various forms, as this composition can fit into the interior of any home.

Design features

This design consists of square glass slabs measuring 60 x 60 or 30 x 30 cm, as well as a suspended metal system located below the ceiling level. At the same time on each plate there is a part of the general drawing or ornament.

The advantages of stained glass ceilings

1. Ability to build in fixtures.
2. Decorativity. They give the rooms an attractive appearance, and also serve as their decoration.
3. Ecological compatibility. Glass is an environmentally friendly material that does not emit harmful substances and does not cause allergic reactions.
4. Wide range of models.
5. Moisture resistance. Stained-glass plates are characterized by high moisture resistance. They are installed even in rooms with high humidity.
6. Easy care. They are made of painted glass, therefore, wet cleaning with the use of cleaning agents is possible for them.
7. Quick installation.

Method of drawing pictures

Ceilings of stained glass by the type of application of the image are divided into two types:

• Assembled of several glass elements;
• Film.

Film stained glass includes two layers: a polymer film with an image and a glass plate. This kind is cheaper (for such stained-glass ceilings the price is about 10,000 rubles / 1 m²), although less durable, since the film can easily be damaged. If you treat him with high prudence and caution, then he will serve you for a long time.

Ceilings of stained glass, which include glass separate parts, have high strength and reliability. The plates are joined together by streaks of copper or lead. They were perfectly arranged in banquet, exhibition halls, in apartments, clubs, restaurants and houses. The cost of their square meter will cost 30 000 rubles.

Production technology

At the moment there is a huge amount of technologies for creating stained glass ceilings, which allow creating all sorts of design solutions. We learn about the most popular of them.

Printing on stained glass

Photo printing on glass is quite a new design solution, through which you can realize various bold ideas: a picture, a photo, and also some specific ornament. To make the stained-glass ceiling, the photo of which is presented in this article, with a seal, it is necessary to apply the best processing option, for example, a photo, onto a polymer film. Then this film with the finished image is cut into squares and glued to the glass.

Sandblasted Stained Glass Window

Sandblasted stained glass ceilings are matte glass with a certain image. Matting is carried out by supplying compressed air to the prepared surface.

After repeated processing of the plate, its shade and roughness changes, namely, it becomes matte. With the help of stencils, you can apply transparent images or various matte patterns to the glass in the same way. With the help of this technique, you can create artistic compositions that are not separated by separate parts, and together with decorative illumination such a ceiling will always attract the eye.

Contour ceilings

Designers creating a stained-glass window on the ceiling were inspired first of all by flooded stained-glass windows, which used to be very popular in ancient times.

For the production of contoured ceilings, it is necessary to apply polymer beads to the glass according to the previously compiled plan. They are black, gold or silvery or completely colorless. Then enamels or varnishes are applied between the polymers. They come in a variety of shades, due to which it is possible to embody any original and unusual compositions into reality.

Tiffany Ceilings

They include various glass elements, wrapped on either side with foil made of tin or copper. This technique makes it possible to make a horizontal and domed stained-glass window on the ceiling. You can also use a relief, transparent or frosted glass in one composition , and this allows you to create a unique interior in the apartment.

For those who do not have the opportunity to purchase such expensive products, you can make a stained-glass ceiling with your own hands.

Painting on glass

You need the following tools to work:

• Stained glass - we will paint it. To begin with, you can practice on something inexpensive, for example on a frame or a mirror.
• Sketch created by the size of the composition.
• Stained-glass paint - shades and colors are chosen according to the tastes of the master. It should be remembered that the paint dries out for about 4 hours, while with multi-layer application it is necessary to withstand a break of about 12 hours. The period of full readiness is three days.
• Contour, tips, palette.
• Solvents.
• Cotton buds to eliminate unevenness at the time of staining.
• Needle, which is necessary for piercing air bubbles.
• A cotton disc or a rag to remove excess paint in time.
• Brushes of different thicknesses (it is desirable to choose synthetic ones).
• An uncoated tablet.

Installation of glass base

To make a stained-glass window on the ceiling with your own hands qualitatively, you must consistently perform the stages of work. It should be taken into account that the glass, being the basis of the composition, must be thoroughly washed and wiped dry. When carrying, you need to take it in such a way that the stains and traces do not remain on the edges. The glass is placed on the prepared sketch, then a contour of the drawing is created on it . Large parts are applied to the marker, and a tip is needed for thin ones. Once the drawing is completed, you need to wait half an hour and then apply the paint.

English stained glass technique

The world-famous Tiffany technique, which is complicated by its complexity and laboriousness, was simplified by the masters, due to which the English technique of stained glass appeared. In this case, the stained-glass ceiling with its own hands is assembled from solid sheets, rather than from small pieces of glass.

The list of tools for this method is significantly reduced:

• Stained-glass film, treated with a knife, roller, scissors and laid with a spatula;
• sketch;
• The tape will be soldered with flux, solder and soldering iron;
• Lead tape, special clamp necessary for smoothing, and a knife for cutting ribbons.

Installation

There are 3 ways of fastening:

• Installation without the use of suspended ceiling construction. This method implies that the fastening will be in the decorative ledge located below the ceiling level.
• Installation in a false ceiling. This method is the most popular. In this case, the carcass niche should not exceed 15 cm, so that the possibility remains of the glass slabs of the stained-glass window to further organize the illumination.
• Installation in the form of a "box". This method of fastening is used when it is necessary to fix the ceiling in the form of a box - a large lamp.

Stained-glass ceilings with illumination

With properly arranged lighting, the light, penetrating through the glass panels, in the room will create a unique, special atmosphere.

There are several ways to organize the backlight. For example, light sources can be placed on the contour of a stained glass window from inside or behind it, in the middle. Although the ceiling will look the most spectacular in the event that its entire surface will glow. For this, you can use neon pipes or fluorescent lamps, but at the moment the most popular is the LED backlight. It has a huge number of advantages: it is simple in installation, takes up a minimum of space, has a long service life (about ten years), it is possible to adjust the color and brightness of the backlight.

For installation of this type of lighting, the distance from the ceiling to the stained-glass window should be 10-15 cm. The LED strip to the surface of the stained glass is fixed in parallel rows at the same distance.

In general, the stained-glass window as a single light source is not used, since light, penetrating through glass plates, loses its saturation. Therefore, in a room with such a ceiling, additional lighting devices are placed, this is especially important when decorating various shopping centers in which lighting plays a major role.