Derby Fused Glass

Founded in 1994, the Leadbitter Glass Studio has been supplying Fused Glass panels to homes and businesses across Derby ever since, delivering to every other part of the UK too. Where Derby’s period homes were traditionally fitted with etched or stained glass, Fused Glass has become a popular contemporary upgrade in recent years, bringing a genuinely modern finish to doors and windows across the city.

Fused Glass squares on a sandblasted wave background, made for a Derby home

Every Fused Glass design begins with an etched glass background, onto which small hand-cut fused tiles are UV bonded, giving each panel a genuine sense of depth and texture on top of its colour. Panels are supplied as single or double-glazed glass, built to your own sizes for any door or window. The great majority of orders qualify for free delivery across Derby.

Green split glazed fused leaf design, made for a Derby customer

We’ve supplied glass for a Prime Minister’s home, for Hollywood film sets, and for well-known musicians and billionaires — though the vast majority of what we make is still for homeowners across Derby. We also produce other styles of Decorative Glass for Derby clients, including Stained Glass, Bevelled Glass, and Etched Glass.

Abstract door glass made with fused glass circles and a sandblasted glass background, made for a Derby home

See your glass before we create it!

Computer generated Fused Glass design preview

Our Free Client Pages Design Service

Every order comes with free access to our Client Pages design service. A few days after you order, we’ll send a computer-generated proof built to your exact glass sizes, so you know exactly how it will look. Want the tile colours adjusted, an element resized, or the pattern shifted within the panel? Just say so — we’ll keep refining until you’re happy, and production only starts once you’ve signed off the final drawing.

Blue fused glass circles on etched background, made for a Derby home

How Fused Glass Is Made

Every Fused Glass panel begins life as a sheet of toughened safety glass, sandblasted first to establish the etched background. Small pieces of coloured glass are then individually shaped and UV bonded straight onto that surface, building the finished design up layer by layer.

Fused glass leaves window, made for a Derby kitchen renovation

Standing roughly 6mm proud of the surface, the fused tiles add real texture exactly where it’s wanted, while the surrounding panel remains flat, built on the same toughened glass base used across our whole range. That keeps all the durability and thermal efficiency of a single sheet of toughened glass — there’s never any need for re-leading or re-glazing — and a double-glazed version is available for further insulation.

Fused glass wave door design, made for a Derby home

Ready to have Fused Glass, or any other decorative glass, made for your Derby home or business? Get in touch today for an accurate quote and turnaround time.

Browse Our Fused Glass Galleries

Our website holds one of the largest collections of decorative glass patterns anywhere. Browse hundreds of Fused Glass designs in our main gallery, arranged by theme and by door style, to find the right pattern — or simply for inspiration towards your own. Visit the Main Gallery to see what’s possible.

Notable Fused Glass Commissions from the Derby area…

We supply Fused Glass to Derby and these surrounding areas…

Nottingham – Loughborough – Uttoxeter – Mansfield – Tamworth – Lichfield – Chesterfield – Leicester – Melton Mowbray – Nuneaton – Stafford – Cannock – Sutton Coldfield – Newark-on-Trent – Stoke-On-Trent – Worksop – Walsall – Sheffield – Birmingham – Grantham – Coventry – Wolverhampton – Rotherham – Macclesfield – Solihull – Dudley – Rugby – Crewe – Stourbridge – Leamington Spa – Warwick – Telford – Barnsley – Gainsborough – Doncaster – Lincoln – Stamford – Redditch – Bromsgrove – Kidderminster