Linda L has achieved perfection on her first Name Plaque Window. People agonize over lead line placement to make cutting easier but if you can remember three simple rules then the end result will look just fine. 1) Add ONLY lines which are needed. 2) Lines should be short yet long enough to be practical to cut. 3) CURVE YOUR LINES!! Skylar's name looks wonderful in glass because Linda followed these rules.
Let has a new Heart design completed this week and the purple glass that she used for the heart itself ties in wonderfully with the two different shades of purple that she used in the iris. People get concerned when a border doesn't exactly match a color in the window but it really helps to add depth to a piece when you use similar but different colors. Again, the purple in the heart does NOT exactly match either of the purples used in the Iris and the overall effect looks much better because of that. It's all about diversity.
Next up we have another heart with a different flower inside of it. Also, the overall look of the finished heart has a completely different aesthetic from the heart seen above. Betty makes many of these because they sell so quickly for her. Because of the sheer number of these Sunflower Hearts that she has made you can never find fault with them.
Barbara completed her LSU Window in record time and boy has her cutting ever become top notch. These letters are as neat as a pin and the colors just scream "TIGERS"!
Annette loves to work on things while at home and this week she brought in this lovely Dove Cross Suncatcher that she made using iridized glass. That's not all she did though- we'll take a look at her other project a little later on in this post.
Lorrie's latest Window was begun last week and this week she already has the lion's share of it completed. Sadly, a piece of the blue background glass was broken while cutting it to make room for the small yellow Fleur De Lis'. To fix this Lorrie will tack everything together and then slip a piece of the blue glass behind the window so she can trace the opening onto the new piece of blue glass. Once that's done she'll fill in her small pieces in a similar fashion and then work on a border or two for this.
Linda L has the next name for her second Name Plaque in her sights and has all of the letters cut out and ground already. She's in the process of foiling the pieces and once she tacks them together she'll place them on top of her background glass, trace around them, and begin cutting.
With her Spiderman Suncatcher all cut and ground Cindy is now ready to wrap Peter Parker's pieces in copper foil and then solder both of these super heroes!
Let is making a new window this week which features flowing Cat Tails. You can't see from the picture below but all of the clear glue chip glass that she's using for the background as been cut with almost the entirety of it having been ground as well. I look at this and the first thing I think is, 'borders next week'!
Sheri's Buddha Yoga Window will feature green and amber colors predominantly. You can see that she's well on her way here and when she returns we'll likely see some of those amber tones come into play. I love how the pattern alternates green and amber for balance
Jan is now ready to dive into some glue chip for her background glass now that she's cut, ground, and wrapped the pieces for the inner border of her Transom Window. It may seem a bit backwards to do it in this order but this ensures perfect fits along with (more importantly) the correct finished size.
Judy liked my idea for an addition to her window but we did not have the glass that we needed to make it actually happen. She's foiled all of the pieces that wouldn't be affected by the small change and will incorporate the modification when she returns next week. Sorry for being so cryptic but it's easier to show you next week rather than trying to explain it this week.
Susan R's Chefs Window is also coming together quickly. She's got all of her subject matter cut out and has already begun grinding the pieces that make them. Once this pair of chefs are ground and tacked together Susan will position them onto her background glass close enough to allow her to get some border glass on each side of this window.
Meanwhile, Susan D has completed cutting out all of the glass for her round Owl Window. She's begun grinding her pieces and has figured out for herself that the best way to ensure that this keeps a perfectly circular edge is to grind that first. Now she's fitting the centermost pieces into the background.
Kerry's Swedish Chef is clearly recognizable now that the majority of the pieces that make him have been ground. There's still a a few pieces left to go but Kerry is in the home stretch now! We've left the mouth blank because I was unhappy with how I originally drew the pattern but I think we know ho to make that look just fine now.
Melissa was busy foiling her Sewing Machine Window and I suspect that before you know it she'll be adding the wire work which will become the thread of this window. I think that everyone who has ever made this has come up with their own idea to put a new twist on this popular pattern but Melissa's twist is more extreme than most and I think it's going to be the way to do this from here on out.
Just look at this! Annette has fitted almost the entirety of her pieces into position and has also tacked a good 98% of her very complex New Orleans Window. The Jazz and Blues sign as well as the Fleur De Lis Flag have been fired in the kiln so that nothing fades or comes off over time and she's just about set to get her borders cut and attached!
June's Darth Vader is looking more and more ominous with each passing week. So then, let me ask you-- Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the dark side!
Cheryl's Teapot Window just needs two more pieces of its final border foiled and then she'll be able to tack this together and begin soldering. The only thing she has to remember is to NOT apply too much heat along the plate itself. Simply make one pass with solder and then allow things to completely cool down before trying to fix any problems with the lead line that has just been created.
Martha's Birdhouse and Roses Window is now being foiled and this is when the window truly comes to life. The copper foil helps to reveal where all of the lead lines will be seen which makes the window look even better than it already does now!
Lastly we look at the Modern Tulip Window that Betty is working on. It got foiled, wrapped and tacked together this week and Betty even attached a brass channel to it as well. I'm thinking that this will surely be among our completed windows in our next post.
May the Force be with you.
Paul
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