June's Multi-Colored Cat is complete and now that it's hanging in the light it looks as snappy as it ever could be. Not only do all her pieces fit together flawlessly but she also took her time coloring her window and waxing it giving the lead a wonderfully uniform copper coloring all throughout the window both front and back. Too many people color their windows too quickly and end up having dark and splotchy results.
Paula finished up the work on her Girl with a Pearl Earring Suncatcher and it's a knockout. There's a certain beauty that can come out of simplicity and in this case the size of the piece also comes into play. There's always an implied but personally interpreted size that patterns should be made to. You can make a project so large that it appears clunky, or you can make it so small that it appears cramped. This Woman, however, is the perfect size.
Next we have Keri's Hand Mirror which was completed within two weeks and came together without a hitch. I've saved the pattern because, well, you know how our students are when they see a new hand mirror being made!
Cindy's 3D Cactus and Flower Turned out wonderfully but getting that 'simple' flower together was a two hour affair. That said, it IS rewarding to see that the end result was well worth the time and effort!
Lara has official wound up all of the assorted sized Honeycomb Suncatchers that she's been making. I'm only picturing two of them here but she's put together just under 20 of them to decorate a friend's business!
And here's a look at some of them hanging in their front window.
Mary Grace's Rider Spine Window was completed this week alas, Mary Grace remained at home. It turned out wonderfully and we hope to see Mary Grace back in the shop soon!
Susan D's Circular Woodpecker panel is almost completely foiled now which means that soldering will be happening before you know it. Once the foil is applied to all of the pieces you can really see what the project will look like after it's been soldered.
Let may not have anything completed this week but she's got two projects in the works beginning with this Flower Butterfly that just needs wire work to finish it off. Let took it home with her because she really wants to do all of the wire work herself without feeling rushed due to the time restraint of our classes. I'm sure that we will see this completed upon her return.
Let is also working on a small Virgin Mary Window that she had seen Tracey make just a few weeks ago. I'm currently unsure if she'll be putting a border on it or not but we will have a definite answer to that question when she comes back in.
Linda F grabbed the sheet of glass that she decided to use for her background and traced out and then cut out all of the pieces in just one short class. She has a little grinding to do before she wraps and tacks this together but wow is she flying through this project.
Here's a top down view of MiMi's lamp. She has the top half of it almost completely soldered (which is why I chose this angle) and she's only had one run through so far. That is amazingly good soldering! 3D pieces are tough enough to lead but balancing a large lamp in your lap and not allowing solder to run through is one of the toughest things you can hope to master!
Martha has all of the glass cut for the lid of her Wedding Box and even has the side panel tacked together. The top will certainly be completed upon her return which means that she may be cutting a box bottom when she comes back in.
Mary's been cutting away on assorted greens to make all of the stems and leaves in her Sunflower Window. I'm thinking that it's time to consider border color(s) for this so we can order anything that we might not have in stock for her when she needs it.
Susan R has the second Bird for her Birds on a Branch Suncatcher all cut and ground. These are going to feature some wire work which will give the birds added detail which will bring them to life when they are completed.
Barbara's got her Irises all ground and has taken them along home with her to foil. I believe that the leaves will get drawn in next week after she quickly tacks her flowers together and she may even begin cutting the glass for them as well.
Julie decided to get her Irises cut out so she could end what could be the most tedious part of her window. Like Barbara, she's used a single sheet of purple glass for the Irises and has carefully positioned each piece so that there are easily discernible dark and light petals. Although you can see that here in the picture it will be much more apparent when there's some light behind this window.
Tracey soldered the second wing for her Butterfly Yard Decoration but inadvertent left the wing she had completed last week at home. That just means that the butterfly will be joined together next week.
With all of the background cut and ground Sheri's Scissor Tailed Flycatcher only has three pieces left to cut. She's currently on the fence about putting a beveled border on this. I think it looks great without one but if she really wants this to sparkle in the sunlight then bevels certainly won't hurt.
Jan's Virgin Mary is nearly complete and certainly will be upon her return. She's done some nice work on this so I can't wait to see it with some light behind it.
Betty, as always, has a multitude of suncatchers under construction here. Although they aren't finished yet they very well could be next week because every single one of them is very near completion. Do you remember what I said about patterns having a definitive size to make them look either clunky or cramped? Well, I do believe that the smaller beveled crosses you see Betty working on here are the definitive size for that particular pattern.
I knew that Bee had traced out a pattern last week and I knew that I didn't get a picture of the pattern believing that I'd simply remember what it was and snap a pattern picture afterwards. Alas I'm old and I couldn't remember what she was making to save my life. This week she showed up with her Cross/Heart window (which I recalled the instant I saw it again) all completed save for the border which she now has all set for soldering.
And to wrap hings up here I will report that Judy's Dog Window got his face ground. I wish I could show it to you but them's the breaks!
Paul
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