June finished her Technicolor Elephant and the border both frames and sets off the Elephant beautifully. Her grinding was spot on and you can clearly see all of the well defined lines that give this elephant all of its character. I seem to be sensing a theme here because I know that her next project will be of a similar nature!
Linda F wrapped up the work on her Bird Of Paradise Window and it's another top notch piece of work that shows off her attention to detail and her ability to master her craft. Check out how the large green leaf behind the flower lines up all the way through. THAT is attention to detail that many people miss. Unless, of course, you're Linda!
Here we have Betty's stunning Curving Geometric window. The think most unique about this is that she didn't chose to hang it as a square window but rather as a diamond. The design itself is certainly eye catching but them combined with the unique way that it is displayed, well, it's just all the better!
But Betty didn't stop there with her Geometric Window-- She also made these two Cross Suncatchers that she designed herself. She wanted a quick and simple pattern but quickly learned about hinge points and how a simple glass bead in the center (cut in at an angle) alleviates one of the biggest problems in stained glass: The dreaded hinge point!
Paula finished her 3D suncatcher repair. Most times I don't post repair pictures but in all honesty this was more of a remake rather than a repair due to all of the damage this had sustained from its accident. There are considerably more new pieces in this than original pieces and yet it lives again thanks to Paula and it look better than ever.
Cheryl made this rustic Cross while at home and it certainly captures and antique feel with its many colors.
This week Annette has let us see just how far along she's gotten on her LSU Tiger Window. She didn't just want the standard logo windows because she wanted something completely unique and new. She's got the majority of this cut out already and let me be the first to say that even in its incomplete state this is an extremely impressive window!
Linda F also began a Butterfly Panel this week and she already has it all cut and ground. She'll be working at the grinder when she comes back in and I don't believe that it will take long for her to whip this into perfect shape.
Cheryl is about to embark on a large three foot by three foot beveled window and this is the cluster that will reside in the center of it. It will also feature two diamond bevels to help fill in some of the blank areas on the top and bottom of the window. We'll see how that works out as this progresses.
Susan R got her Geometric Suncatcher all ground and wrapped in foil as well. She has a few minutes time left on class but decided not to tack this together since she isn't working on this while at home. Leaving flux on copper foil makes things go slower when trying to solder and since this is a small project it's best to just tack it together next week and then finish soldering it all in one shot.
Cindy ended up re-cutting her Baseball window into a smaller size and changing the color of the ball to the lime green color to match the baseballs that Janelle uses when she plays ball. This window will be personalized not only by the name (Janelle) that will be fired onto the banner but by the unique color of the baseball as well!
Ann has her second Peeping Chicken Suncatcher all cut and ground and she's even traced out and cut all of the pieces for her third chicken. She's Ann on fire!
Let always has two irons in the fire and this week that fire was burning under a cute Puppy Dog Panel as well as her Mardi Gras Mask Panel. She's toying with the idea of adding googly eyes on the dogs when they are completed and I guess we'll see what she decides to do when she comes back in next week and these are completed.
Martha's Musical Notes Window is all ground and her musical staff lines up perfectly thus creating a nice smooth flowing roll of notes. She's taken this home with her to hopefully wrap so that she can tack this together and begin soldering upon her return.
Mary Grace got her Frame all soldered and even got the brass channel that holds the picture attached to the back of the frame. Next she'll cut three pieces of clear glass to form the legs and the support strut that will enable the frame to sit on a tabletop securely. The end is near, for this first of five stained glass Frames that Mary Grace will be making.
Bee's LSU Window got its Tiger Face all cut and ground. She still has to cut openings for the eyeballs but again we won't do that until everything is wrapped so she can take any shifting into account and adjust from there. This looks great and Bee is bringing her amazing level of craftsmanship straight to the work table on this. The rest of this window will be a piece of cake when compared to the Tiger Face portion of it.
Judy got the pieces for her sky ground, wrapped and then tacked into position. Once that was done she was able to lift the window and place it on top of the piece of blue that was unused last week. After that she traced them out, cut them, and filled the remaining pieces for a complete background/sky . She even even managed to picked out and cut her border pieces which means that she'll easily be soldering this when she returns.
Kandise has the front of her Birds on a Wire soldered and even got the wire support all bent and attached to the back side which will prevent this form sagging in the middle of the project when hanging. The beauty of it is that since it follows various lead lines all the way across you won't even know the support is there! There's even a chance that this will be completed upon her return.
MiMi's precision grinding is on full display here. All of her pieces fit within the lines on her pattern which means that this lamp will go together effortlessly when she begins tacking this together one section at a time. And that's exactly what we want because having to regrind and re-wrap lamp pieces during the assembling process leads to huge problems since the wax that holds the pieces to the mold will only hold them in place for so long.
Lorrie's 'Sugar' Elephants are almost completely foiled now which means that she'll be tacking this together possibly as soon as next week. She spent a little time at the end of her class deciding what color she would use for a border and in the end a somewhat unlikely choice in the glass rack turned out to be the perfect choice when placed next to her window. Sometimes you need some context to help make the right decision.
Sheri's Coy Fish are swimming along and getting every closer to the tacking stage now that her wrapping is just about over with. She's going to use a mixture of bevels and clear textured glass for a single border on this and she's already got the design for that together in her head.
What impressive students we have! Color me impressed!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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