Cheryl's Teapot Window was made using an antique depression ware plate. There was the worry of having the plate breaking when hot solder was run along its perimeter but Cheryl worked just a little bit at a time and allowed plenty of time for the lines that touch the plate to cool off completely before adding more lead. In the end nothing broke which proves that slow and steady wins the race.
Zoe is our newest student and like so many of our students she came in somewhat blind as to what making stained glass entails. Fear not though because Zoe never broke a single piece of glass while making her butterfly or even while having her class cutting lesson which involves MANY cuts. Zoe is a natural at this and her finished Butterfly is as good as either I or any of our long time students could hope to make.
Betty finished her new Modern Tulips Window which I have always felt was heavily inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Tree Of Life. Look it up and you'll see what I mean.
MiMi has begun cutting glass for Cardinals and Flowers Window. She actually began working this while at home and almost has it completely cut out. There won't be any background glass in this because these birds will be mounted onto a very large 20" hoop which negates the need for background glass and as well as the 'necessary' lead lines that would be required had she made this as a solid window.
Lara is taking a quick break from her Louisiana Collage Window to make a Chicken wearing a cowboy hat and a pair of vibrant blue boots. It's colorful and full of whimsy which is something that Lara can always be counted on to incorporate into her pieces.
Linda F worked on grinding he background to her Carousel Horse and it is almost completely ground now. There are only a few of the larger pieces in the center left to grind before she can begin wrapping and tacking to prepare this for a border or two to frame it all out.
Sheri now has all of the glass cut out for her Buddha Yoga Window and the colors are exquisite. She's unsure of what color she'll be using for the border but If she sticks with a green or amber variation this will surely rock the house.
Judy added two fence posts to her Cowboy Window and the addition of just a few extra pieces made a big difference in the overall look of the window which is why I have posted what it looked like before she added the posts (on the left) and what it looks like now (on the right). Soldering is about to ensue!
Susan R has the first of her pair of chefs ground and wrapped. Once the second Chef is at this stage Susan will tack them and then adjust their position on top of a sheet of glass which has been cut to the size that the entire background for easy cutting.
Patrice has the fancy Victorian style border pattern drawn up for her circular Bathtub Lady and will begun cutting glass for that when she comes back in. She's going to omit the side accents but the style will still be Victorian for sure!
Kerry's Swedish Chef is all ground and he's already begun to foil his pieces. We've left the mouth blank and once this is tacked together we're going to play around with the pattern until we think we've got this Chef's mouth looking as good as possible.
Melissa is wrapping away on her Sewing Machine Window and has picked a gorgeous border glass which she also plans on using for the accent pieces that rest on either side of the heart that decorates the sewing machine. It was a last minute change but one that everyone loved when they saw the glass that you will get to see next week.
Lorrie resumed work on her Acadian Flag Window by tacking it all together and filling in the broken blue piece of glass. She's got two borders cut out and the first one has already been attached. Once the second one is in place she'll be able to flip the window around and fill in the smaller blue pieces between the yellow Fleur De Lis'. The window needs to be flipped because Lorrie has put the bumpy side of the glass on the front of her window. Since you can't cut on the bumpy side she has to fix any missing glass pieces from the back of the window. That's just the nature of the beast when you work with the textured side up.
Susan D was grinding away on her Owl and is getting very far with her newest circular suncatcher. This is the first time that she's ground to fit something within a round jig and it appears to be working wonderfully as her circle is as perfectly circular as can be.
Let is in the final act of finishing her Cat Tails Window. It was without a border when she came into class but by the time she left she had it ground, foiled and ready for soldering.
Annette's New Orleans Scene is fast approaching the soldering stage as she managed to get her inner border cut, ground, wrapped and tacked onto her window. The strips have been cut for the final red border and that will be skimmed on the grinder then wrapped and attached when she returns.
Cindy's got Two Super Heroes just about completed. She's thinking about painting details onto each of them. We'll see what she does when we return in two weeks. As they stand right now, I think they look great!
Martha has been working hard on wrapping all of the pieces for her Birdhouse and Roses Window and has gotten very far along in the process. The end is fast approaching and it won't be long before she takes this home as a completed window.
Jan managed to get the background glass cut ground and wrapped for her Transom Window which means that she has all of her glass cut save for the final border which she'll attach when she returns. This project is moving along quickly for her and proves that simple can indeed be elegant.
Shelley's got a Butterfly Suncatcher in the works with this one being in profile rather than the standard, symmetrical top down view. She may turn this into a lawn ornament but on that I'm unclear. At any rate, she's gone with nice bright colors that compliment each other perfectly.
And to wrap thing up we see that Betty also worked on her newest rendition of the Curved Corners Sunflower Window. Everything has been ground which means that she can now wrap her border and get ready to do some soldering.
To all of our regular readers, send all of our love to your spouses!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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