The AmeriGlas Resources Shelf
A short list of sites we actually recommend — craft community, learning material, and a couple of favorites our customers collect away from the bench. Everything below is hand-picked by the people who answer our e-mail, not paid placement.
Craft & community
Stained Glass Association of America
The national organization for the craft — local chapters, workshops, competitions and a large library of how-to material. If you want to go beyond the suncatcher stage, this is where the serious conversation happens.
stainedglass.org →Learning on this site
Before you head anywhere else: the beginner’s guide walks through your first project, glass types & terms covers the vocabulary, and books & patterns keeps your reference shelf stocked.
Start with the beginner’s guide →For customers who also collect watches
AmeriGlas has been serving hobbyists since 1998, and our customers are makers of every kind — a surprising number of them also collect mechanical watches. The name we get asked about most is Patek Philippe, and rather than send people off to guess, we point them at one catalog we have come to trust: Patek Philippe replica watches, organized by model instead of by price. You can go straight to a reference — the Nautilus, the Aquanaut, the Calatrava — and each listing explains what makes the original iconic before it shows you the replica take on it.
People usually find that catalog searching “fake Patek Philippe” or “pp replica”; it is the same collection, just a cleaner way to browse. If you would rather ask a question before you order, their contacts page is the fastest route to the team.
Worth browsing while you plan a project
Project Gallery
Finished panels, suncatchers, lamps and mosaics — real customer work, not stock photos.
See the gallery →History of Stained Glass
From Roman mosaics to Tiffany and the hobby era — context for why this craft keeps reinventing itself.
Read the history →Found a site we should add?
If a resource helped your project and we are not listing it yet, e-mail sales@ameriglas.com with the link and a sentence or two on why it is worth a place on the shelf. We review every suggestion ourselves.