A Well Hung Duck

Linda F knocked out her FGD Panel as quickly as possible by putting it together as easy as 1, 2, 3!  I love her background glass and her attention to detail because letters are no fun and VERY easy to screw up.

Kandise finished her Troll Duck and has becoming the reigning Queen of Ducks in her class (as well as all of the other classes) as she manages to knock out one of these per week! She's already well under way on her next Duck which we'll see a little further down in this post.

 

  

 

Betty's Butterflies took a back seat  leaving her  with time to put this beautiful Bevel and Iridised Glass Snowflake together which she will be hanging from a Christmas Tree later this year.   These are usually popular around Christmas and who knows-- Betty may have just started something here!

Tracey has made MAJOR headway on her Santa Face Window which has now been completely ground.    She's going to tack this together after which she'll cut the background glass since this will allow her to grind the circular background more precisely.   This will certainly be completed in time for Christmas with  plenty of time to spare.

 

Well look at this. Kandise has already got her next Duck well underway. This is a Coca-Cola Duck and he sports a bottle cap for a hat!

 

  

Bee cut out all of the leaves for her three dimensional Flower Pot and has each of them ground. Next up she'll cut each leaf into its respective pieces one leaf at a time and actually finish tacking the leaf together before moving to the next one. She'll do this to avoid the possibility of having the pieces getting mixed up (it happens). Trying to reassemble windows with similar pieces throughout can really kill the desire to finish it! 

 

  

 

 

Paula has all but the few background pieces to her Tulip Window cut out with a lot of the pieces being ground as well. There isn't much left to go on this which proves that Paula is moving through this project at a most impressive speed. It won't be long now before we see this hanging up with light behind it.

 

  

  

Elaine has tacked together her Emme Window and worked on the first of the two borders that will surround it.   I have a sneaking suspicion that this will be ready to be soldered before Elaine leaves her next class with us.

 

 

  

 

Susan D appears to have all of her Pelican and Fish ground which means that she's going to begin foiling everything.   Once that's done she'll solder the window without the fish and then attach the fish to the pelican's mouth with a small piece of chain so that it can actually dangle freely and independently from the background.

 

  

 

 

Let's Art Nouveau Window just needs its final border attached and then she'll be soldering away on it.   She's lifted it off of the table and I have to say that you WILL be impressed when you see this lit up next week when I suspect it will be completed.

 

 

 

 

Catherine tacked together the center thee flowers of her window and then carefully positioned a new piece of baroque glass into the empty spot that the chipped piece of glass resided in. Now that it's cut and tacked you'd never be able to pick out which piece was replaced. Once that was done she picked out the her inner border and when she returns she'll have a second (final) border on this.

 

  

 

 

Martha resumed work on finishing off the window that a friend had given her to 'complete'.   With the double borders attached Martha will easily finish soldering this up when she comes back in. 

 

 

 

  

Jan was back in and returned to work on her Three Dogs Panel which has now been completely soldered. Next week she'll add some channel to this and then hang it up so that she can move along to a new project.

 

  

 

 

Cheryl has all but four pieces ground on her Mardi Gras Pelican Window. She would have had everything ground but she had left the flat backed beads that she's using to accent the crown of her bird. Without having the beads we don't know what size the holes should be in the glass that surrounds them. That just means that she'll get this assembled along with a border or two when she comes back in next week.

 

 

 

 

MiMi's Celtic Cross now has pieces ground at the top section of the window and it's all fitting perfectly.  MiMi places pins on all sides of her  ground pieces which provides a space for the foil that will also surround each piece.   This prevents anything from growing which would twist the position of the glass pieces in uneven ways.  An ounce of prevention goes a long way here.

 

 

 

 

Sheri's Art Nouveau Window is out of the cutting phase and all ready to be ground.  She's currently unsure if she will use a single border on this or a double border but this is honestly best decided once the subject of the window has been ground, foiled and tacked together.

 

 

 

 

Mary Grace got the borders cut out for another pair of her Mardi Gras Picture Frames. This first one has even been tacked together. Once all the Frame fronts have been tacked together she'll solder them one at a time after which she'll add the three pieces of glass that form the stand that allows this to rest on a table.

 

  

 

 

Betty had an issue with the wire accents that she made for her Silverware Butterflies so, as you already know, she sort of put them on the back burner this week.

 

  

 

 

Barbara had a unique class with us as she decided to grab as many pecans as she could from the tree outside while the getting is good!  

 

  

 

 

And them's the nuts!

 

Paul

Bayou Salé GlassWorks
 

It's a Party Not A Glass Class

Sheri has finished her Cocky Rooster Face (or is it a Hen?). Whichever, it looks wonderful! There's life in those eyes for sure. 

 

 

  

Keri may not trust bald men but she apparently has no problem with a skinless hand giving someone the bird. She's used hidden wire to support the middle finger and the thumb which were hinge joints that could make the fingers fold and the end result is insultingly sturdy. Even better news is that she's complete this in time for Halloween.

 

 

 

Martha's latest Beveled Cross and Rose shows how stunning just a few colors surrounded with a beautiful, sharp, clear texture can really shine. Of course the four bevels certainly add to the appeal.

 

 

Susan R has her Cardinal Suncatcher all ground and foiled which means that she'll solder this when she comes back in. Since this is a suncatcher that means that she'll definitely complete this upon her return.  

 

 

 

Bee has begun a three dimensional Flower Pot where all of the leaves will be attached with wire as an overlay. She's got her Flower Pot cut, ground, foiled and soldered which means that she'll be be working on her multitude of leaves when she comes back in.

 

 

 

 

Tracey's hopped on over to a Santa Face which she needs done quickly. That means that her frame is going to wait a bit before it's tacked together and soldered. If you know that you won't be able to complete a project in the near future the best thing to do is to not tack it together. If by chance you have already tacked it and you won't get to it for a few weeks then simply wash off the flux. And whatever you do, NEVER leave flux sitting on foil for more than a few hours as it should be washed off or covered with a thin coating of lead before the flux (which is an acid) has a chance to eat into the copper foil.

 

 

 

As you can see Linda F has two projects in the works.  The first being a Christmas Tree that she made from assorted colors of scrap glass which has all been cut out and the second being a Monogram Panel made with the letters SGD that she's making as a tribute piece.  She's already flying through both of these projects so it won't be long until we see the pair of these hanging up. 

 

 

 

 

Kandise began another Duck Suncatcher and in just one class she got it designed, cut out and ground. When she starts passing these out everyone will know who to turn to when they want a personalized duck suncatcher. BTW, this is Troll Duck!

 

 

 

Susan D has almost the entirety of her Pelican Window ground. This is a commissioned piece and I have no doubt the the person purchasing this will be very happy with it because the work is perfection from the color selection to the fitting.

 

 

 

 

Cindy's small Tissue Box Cover is beginning to take shape as she has two of the five panels that make this almost finished. She's already got them ground and has begun foiling glass.

 

 

 

 

 MiMi's got all of her second Celtic Knot Cross cut and is now fitting her pieces together.   It may look a bit of a jumble here but transporting un-ground pieces which are not fasted down can do that to a project.  Trust me when I say that this will goo together quickly  because MiMi's cutting is wonderful.

 

 

 

Catherine has completed the grinding portion of her Flower Window and has moved on to wrapping all of her pieces in copper foil.   She has one piece that has a chip in it but since the grain of her baroque glass all flows together perfectly she is going to tack her window together leaving a blank spot where the chipped glass is and then carefully position another piece of baroque glass so that the grain matches the rest of its surrounding pieces before cutting it. 

 

 

 

Let's Art Nouveau Window is all tacked together and is now ready for either one or two borders depending upon her mood! Bright and colorful, this is going to turn heads when it finds its home in a window with some light behind it.

 

 

 

 

I had told Elaine that the background for her Emme Window would be cut out in just one night but then she went and outdid herself by getting all of those pieces ground as well! No matter how you cut it, the hard part of making this window is over with! 

 

 

 

Julie got her Curving Geometric Window all ground just as quickly as she managed o cut it out. Then she even managed to get a good portion of it foiled which still surprises me because foiling is actually one of the hardest things to learn. Julie, although somewhat new as a student, just sits down and foils quickly and more importantly, accurately. This may be ready to be tacked together when she returns.

 

 

 

Mary Grace is completely framing away her time in class with us. She's got just under a dozen of these to make so she's cutting Mardi Gras colored borders left, right, top and bottom over and over!

Sheri's making wonderful progress on her Art Nouveau Window and is almost ready to begin grinding all of these pieces for a perfect fit.  She's selecting colors as she cuts which is how I like to work.   Sheri is using a slightly darker color scheme for her window but that just means that you won't be able to truly appreciate the colors until this is up off the table.     

 

 

 

Also on MiMi's plate we see that after much hunting she's turned up both the mold and the pattern for her next lamp. She got the pattern strips attached to the mold and she will be ready to begin cutting glass as soon as she finishes her Peacock Feather Window and her Celtic Knot Cross.

Lara's rounded third base and is ready to slide on into home plate with her second Lily Window. I'm expecting this to be finished upon her return after which she'll begin on an Egret(?) Window that will reside between her two Lilies. Don't look too closely though or you'll see that I forgot to take a picture and and reposted her previous picture again!)

 

Martha brought in this unfinished window and will be adding a double border to it. with one border cut and ground the second one will be added to it after this first border is attached.

 

 

We'll end this post by simply saying that Lorrie is busy working on a surprise.  That said, you know it will be a good one!

And there ya have it!

Paul

Bayou Salé GlassWorks 

My Board's a Little Warped

MiMi's Circular Celtic Cross Window is just the first of a pair of these windows.   She has a lot of irons in the fire however and I'm suspecting that next week we'll see a Peacock Feather Window next rather than her second Celtic Cross.   I know that she already has the second Cross cut out but it's all about priorities and even though she's bouncing from one project to the next MiMi always exudes perfection.  Don't miss checking out the beautiful wooden base that this piece is mounted into which allows it to sit upright on any flat surface. 

Look at this adorable large suncatcher of a Flower Watering Can!  Susan R finished the Water Can itself three weeks ago and then went to work on cutting out all of the leaves that are over-laid onto it.  It took a while to get all of the wire twisted and then  place and tack the leaves into position so that they would all be sturdy but all of that time was well spent!

Now take a moment to check out Lorrie's wonderful Bee and Daisies Window! Made in record time without sacrificing any detail or accuracy, Lorrie has proved yet again that no window is a challenge for her.  You've gotta love the bee's wings which are accented with small wire work.

 

 

Paula's Foxglove Window is all about exacting detail. If there's even a sixteenth of an inch gap Paula will re-cut a piece without batting an eyelash. Colors are equally important to her and getting the correct glass for the leaves and stems for this set her back a week but she didn't want to compromise. The end result proves that if you are insisting of something in particular you should expect to extend some patience for it.

Bee wanted to make a Magnolia Window but just couldn't turn up a pattern that she liked so she went ahead and drew up her own design!  Not only that but she worked on this almost exclusively at home!  When I look at this I see a student who is fast mastering all aspects of making stained glass.

 

 

 

Kandise made this little Ducky Suncatcher and accented it with wire work in the form of a pair of heart shaped glasses. The eyes were made with decorative flat backed glass beads which were glued onto the head using Stone Glue which is like a superglue that also fills voids and dries completely clear without haze. It's also VERY permanent! Kandise knows that after making this Duck she'll be making a few more as upcoming presents for work!

 

 

 

Nettie's newest Nativity Scene is very similar to her last one but its size had almost doubled. The first one was entirely too small and she had to deal with some uncomfortably tiny pieces whereas this version just has small pieces in it. Both turned out lovely but I know she appreciated the larger sized pieces in this especially since her hand has been giving her so much trouble.

 

 

 

We got to see Tracey return again this week and she set to work on foiling all of the glass pieces for her Dragonfly Frame. With just some soldering left to go I have no doubt that this will be a finished project when she returns.

 

 

Catherine spend the night grinding away on her Three Flowers Window and it looks as though she'll begin foiling her pieces when she comes back in because her grinding is 98% completed now.   This window will get a double border but those take no time at all to make thanks to the strip cutter.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that this window is going to be easy to work on from this point on.

 

 

 

Susan R managed to cut out this adorable Cardinal Suncatcher after she finished up the work on her Flower Watering Can and it all happened in less than one class. She'll be grinding this when she comes back in and that isn't speculation-- it's a fact!

  

 

 

Julie finished cutting out all of the glass for her Curving Geometric Window and all I can say is that all of the painstaking work that she did on her last window has come to fruition on this piece. Her cutting is wonderful and because of that her grinding on this is going to go so very quickly. This is going to be a highlighted window before you know it.

 

 

Let's Art Nouveau design is certainly a colorful affair that she now has ground and foiled. All that's left to cut is her background pieces and to make fitting them into position easier she's tacked the rest of the window together to prevent anything from shifting.  That will make grinding ever so much easier.

 

  

Next up we take a look at the progress that Sheri has made on her version of the same Art Nouveau Window that Let is also making. The colors may be different but the design is still the same.  I love seeing two of the same windows being made together with two different color schemes.

 

 

Lastly, to wrap things up here, we see that Betty is going all out with her Silver Spoon Butterflies. They literally fly out of the door for her so she almost always has a half dozen or more in the works as seen in our picture.

 

  

 

Well now, congratulations! You've made it to the end!

 

Paul

Bayou Salé GlassWorks