Judy's Bears Roasting Marshmallows Panel turned out as cute as can be. I always think of Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Bear when I see this and this redition doesn't change that thinking at all. Judy made this easily and is ready to start her next window upon her return.
Betty purchased numerous etched bevels years ago and has now just realized what she can do with them. She's decided to literally frame them in colored glass with borders that join at 45 degree angles. This is a bit of a challenge to do and not nearly as easy to do as straight cuts but Betty learned the technique and knocked out 3 of them within two classes.
Linda L, in a bizarre coincidence, came into her class with an etched Beveled panel herself! She used multiple border with the last one being bevels as well which means that she had to figure out the measurements for her inner border all on her own. As you can see she figured it out easily and then finished it all off with a brass channel and some hooks when she came in.
Susan R loved her Squirrel Rain Gage so much that she's made a second one. The biggest difference between her first and second squirrel is the the color. This one is gray while her first one was brown. Also, the tail is a little shorter on this one which matches the size of the body a little better in my opinion.
Speaking of second versions, Susan D completed her second Santa Sleigh which is a perfect carbon copy of her first one. Those sleigh runners are tricky to cut and grind (to say the least) but Susan accomplished it with aplomb! And you just have to love that Van Gogh glass that she used on them.
Bee's newest Window will eventually grace the front door of her new house. The pattern is very similar to the window that she just recently completed for her back door but this one features an extremely fancy inner border with flowing corner accents. She'll start this by making the four accents first and then the actual center piece. Once they are completed she'll then join them all together with her background glass.
Cindy's Birds On A Wire is very close to being all cut out and ground. You can see that she has everything pinned down securely which makes the grinding process go so much easier. I'm thinking that this will be completely cut and ground when we next see this.
Jan has almost all of her Pelican ground save for a few pieces around the face area that turned up to be MIA. After she left I found what I believe is one of the missing pieces so I have that on here in the shop awaiting her return. She's taken this home so she can wrap her work in foil and hopefully get into selecting and cutting out a border when she comes back.
Let's Ospray now has all of its glass cut out which only need to be ground before she can wrap everything. This window isn't just complex-- it's VERY complex! The fact that she got everything cut out so quickly is a testament to how quickly she works especially when you note how good things already look before this is even ground!
Linda L not only completed her Etched Bevel Panel but she also worked on two beautiful Splashing Drink Suncatchers as well. Everything fits wonderfully but Linda wasn't sure about the density of a certain piece of glass in one one the two suncatchers. Her fear was completely justified (although I won't mention it here because it's just too hard to see) and I have to say that I was impressed that she noticed the 'problem'. Also, while looking over the pattern I learned a new way to prevent a hinge point from becoming a hing point! This will help when I draw up future patterns thus making everyone a winner!
With all of the glass for the center section of her Texas Collage Window cut out, foiled and tacked together, Lisa is ready for her double borders! Finishing this window has now shifted gears from high to low because the rest of the work on this is going to be child's play for Lisa!
Lorrie's at about the halfway point of grinding her Dragonfly Window and she's taking it along home with her so she could foil each of the pieces that she had ground this week. I believe that this will be completely ground when Lorrie comes back in and then she'll be able to complete the foiling process.
Martha is back and she's got three of her five feathers ground. All I can say is that it won't be long now until she's foiling these feathers and then tacking them together.
Melissa is ready to tack her Christmas Gingerbread Man and House together and then add a border to it. I'm thinking about making a small change to this which might make it look a bit better and even make things easier for Melissa when she returns. Sometimes you rethink things when a window gets made a second time and that's the case here.
Shelley cut out the background glass for her Dark Side Of The Moon album cover and even has it all tacked together. She says that she doesn't want to put a border on this and I completely agree. She's going to put some zinc channel around it, solder it and then color the lead in black patina so that the lead lines coming off of the beveled triangle disappear into the background.
Sheri has the first of her three tulips almost complete-- it only needs two pieces above the flower to finish this section off. Before she does that she's going to cut and grind all of the larger pieces so that if she runs short of glass she'll only need to purchase a small piece of glass rather than a large piece. Always cut your biggest pieces first!
Next we see that the third panel of Steve's Southern Belle Window is almost completely cut out and ground already. Although we've see the glass that he's using for her hair in his last panel, it was only a sliver of red. Here you can see it much better and possibly even appreciate the texture of the glass that he's using for the hair because it is an absolutely perfect choice!
Lastly, Susan R began cutting out this Flower Pot Decoration as soon as she put the finishing touches on her Squirrel Rain Gage. It's completely cut out so she'll be moving on over to the grinder when she comes back in. The end of this is already near at hand!
Yes, we're a little late with this post due to the weather and busy weekend but things will be back to normal next Monday. That's a promise.
Paul
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