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Stained glass is expensive for several reasons: First, the material itself – the colored glasses, is expensive to produce. Red glass often involves the use of gold in it – cobalt is used for blues, selimium for greens, etc. Second, working the material – cutting of the glass (or actually, the “breaking” of it) is labor and time consuming.
