Martha's Peacock came alive this week due to her excellent color choice for the final border. Her blue and green Peacock is pulled together perfectly with a thin border of elegant bevels followed by a thicker border of a blue/green glass that matches the Peacock perfectly. Stunning!
Let's second (but different) Heron Window was completed this week and it matches the first one through its subject matter. Mirror image windows are nice but I like the diversity that a common theme brings into a room. And, as always, Let's work is top notch.
Ann's first Geometrical Torus Suncatcher was completed in a speedy manor although it certainly looks as though she took her time making this considering how wonderfully everything fits together. She's added a center hanging piece as an accent and it all comes together as mathematically perfect as can be.
Lisa finished wrapping her Seagulls and then soldered them, added the wire work to both of them (although the closer bird's wire work is hidden) and then drilled holes into 2 wood logs where the 'legs' mount into. The end result is a 3D table decoration of two Seagulls on Pilings. She also plans on adding some old rope to the logs to really drive the image home!
Susan R put the finishing touches on her BBQ Gnome Lawn Ornament and finished it off with a bit of wire work also. The grill now has some wire on it to form the rack that her BBQ Gnome will be cooking on-- but that's not all. He also has a wire formed fork in his right hand to flip his meat!
Betty had three humming birds all cut and ground last week today we see that she has finished all of the work on them. She's added beads for the eyes because grinding them into the glass would make the eyes too big for hummingbirds this small. In the end, using beads is far more easier than grinding and foiling small rounded cuts (once you get the hang of attaching those beads with some thin wire).
Betty also has three more of her wire work Cardinal Suncatchers completed as well as four more Daisy Suncatchers with wire stems all ready for the selling!
Lara finished grinding her Sunburst of Color and rather than re-cutting two pieces which had small breaks in them she added two more 'bursts' that covered the problem areas. The trick is to not just fill in breaks but to carefully cut more away so that the two 'fill ins' look like they belong in the pattern. I defy anyone to tell me where the two added pieces are.
Cindy is working on assorted suncatchers and this week we get to see that her Bunny and her Pig suncatchers have each been cut and ground. Solder will come soon though perhaps she'll continue to cut out the other three or four suncatchers first.
Let also worked on a pink Christmas Ornament Panel that is all ground now save for the seven pieces of textured clear glass that she picked for her background. This is both small enough and has enough lead lines radiating to the perimeter of the piece to be able to forgo a border so we'll see if Let decides to add one or not when we see her again.
Steve has finished cutting all of his glass and even changed out two of the pieces for a better color of glass. He's now grinding his Mary and Child Window and it's coming together quickly now.
Melissa got the top curved pieces for the border of her Tulip Window attached and then set upon soldering her window. The end is most certainly near!
Zoe had picked three different colors for the hexagon background for her Bee Window and this week she got them cut, ground with half of them (the top half) being wrapped in foil already. A final red border will come next and then Zoe will be able to start soldering this.
Linda F has her Carousel Horse all soldered and ready to be colored. This window really shows off Linda's stained glass talents and will be staying in her home rather than residing in someone else's house because Linda made it as a gift. This one has truly been a labor or love.
Barbara is back and managed to get her Owl all ground and wrapped. Once that was done she tacked it together and then set upon getting the eyes complexly cut out. By the time class was finished she was ready to wrap all of those small intense eye pieces that fit together perfectly because of the way she cut them out.
And there you have it. Rest assured that more will come next week!
Paul
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