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Stained-glass hangings, or suncatchers, are those colorful picture-framed glass pictures, usually with floral designs, that are popular for display in win dows. They provide a room with col or, let the sun shine through and offer some eyecatching artwork to those on both sides of the window. The hangings have become popular with decorators, and many people opt to make the hangings themselves. Robin Donnelly, a local resi dent, was at the MSC Craft Shop Monday afternoon working on a morning glory stained-glass piece. Donnelly said she has a new house and is learning how to stain glass so she can decorate the windows. She said several friends have been making stained glass, so she enrolled in the MSC Craft Shop's classes to learn. Her first project, the morning glory suncatcher, falls into the 30-pieces or less catagory. A 30- piece project is the maximum number the Craft Shop suggests for beginners so the hanging can be finished within the 6-week course. "If you stay within the guide lines, you can do it in five nights," she said. Donnelly said making stained-glass hangings is an in expensive decorating idea: "It's cheaper to do it yourself." Ed Wilson was also working on a stained-glass project in the Craft Shop Monday. Wilson, a Texas A&M senior physical education major, said he hasn't taken any stained- glass classes but he learned by asking questions in the Craft Shop. He said the process is easy: "If I can do it anybody can do it." Wilson was working on a large stained-glass piece refer red to as a panel. He estimated the project cost about $50. Andy Bally, assistant mana ger at the Craft Shop, said the shop offers classes every semes ter. Registration begins the first two weeks after the first day of classes. Bally said the stained-glass classes are full and are one of the more popular classes at the Craft Shop. The course costs $22.50 for 6 weeks and meets one night a week, usually for two to three hours. Making stained-glass hang ings is easy. Bally said. First, a pattern is selected and two copies are a made of the stencil. Thepiecesare cutuplike puzzle pieces av\d Tcvxmbeied. The glass is then ground to fit the pattern exactly. Colors desired for the hang ing are selected and the glass is "foiled" — a process of wrap- J )ing adhesive strips of copper oil evenly around the edges for glass. Then the foil-wrapped pieces of glass are pressed and sol dered together. The Craft Shop offers every thing the students need for mak ing a hanging glass ornament, Bally said. The cost for making , the glass hangings ranges from $10 to $30 depending on the size of the hanging. Designs using yellow and red are more expensive, Bally said, because silver and gold are used in foiling them instead of copper. The Shop also offers glass etching classes, Bally said, in two different types of processes — acid etching and sand blasting. He said both processes in volve pouring hydrochloric acid onto glass. The areas not being etched are masked by contact paper. Sandblasting produces a deeper texture in the glass. Etched glass classes range $6 to $9 for two class periods. Bally said often the Craft Shop has stained and etched glass hangings on display and for sale in the gallery. They cost $20 to $30 for small pictures and $100 to $200 for lar ger ones. Walton Stained Glass Studio in Bryan also has classes in stained glass and glass etching. The next session starts Oct. 26. Bonnie Walton, owner and manager of the studio, said the classes cost $30 and supplies are furnished at the studio. Walton said she's noticed an increase in popularity for glass pictures. "They've (stained glass) been around for a long, long time but in the last 7 or 8 years they've really caught on," she said. Ready-made pieces she has on display sell for $10 to $700. And the studio will do contract work for anyone who has a par ticular design they want made, Walton said. Community Education in Col lege Station offers stained glass classes, secretary Sherrerd Hart- ness said, but new sessions won't begin until January. AIRLINE RESERVATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAYS CALL 822-3737 Robert Halsell Travel Service 1016 Texas Ave. - Bryan