Susan R finished a stunning Cross/Rose Suncatcher that strikes my fancy because it ignores symmetry and embraces skewed angles and incorporates curves where you normally find straight lines. It's a beautiful design and beautiful work all around, but that is to be expected from Susan.
Sheri completed her Geometric Window and again, at the risk of sounding like a broken record, I must say that her soldering skills are at their very finest. And the same goes for her cutting and grinding skills as well because this looks marvelous.
MiMi's repair Window has officially been completed and it's as solid as a rock. I wouldn't lie and I can honestly say that this looks great even though MiMi had some serious misgivings about how it would turn out. She didn't cut the original glass pieces so there was only so much she could do to straighten things out but she absolutely made it fit together better than it originally did by reducing the size of the window by almost a quarter or an inch. That allowed her to grind the larger glass pieces smaller to make it fit the 'new' pattern better. All in all a job VERY well done.
Cindy's newest Birds on a (curved) Wire shows exactly why these bird patterns are so very popular. It's a great way to get rid of small snippets of scrap glass and turn it into something that stained glass loves to be: colorful and beautiful.
Susan D made this miniature Grinch Hand which will hang from a Christmas tree rather than in a window. She's used glass which doesn't require light behind it to show its colors and has gone hog wild with a hand cut, stained glass Christmas Ornament. Stunning and superb are the two works that come to mind when I look at this.
Angie is back! Even though she's been gone for over a year and hasn't been able to do glass at home due to hurricane damage, it didn't slow her down any in class. She traced out her pattern as well as cut and ground all of the glass for her Cross/Heart Panel with time to spare! Impressive!
Susan D designed this stunning Halloween Window completely by herself. She added a border to it this week and got the front side soldered which tells me that this will be hanging up in plenty of time for Halloween.
Cindy also began working on a sewing Machine Window of her own and has the pedal to the metal so to speak. The machine itself has been cut and ground leaving her with only the base, the background and the border left to cut.
Let has this stunning Angel almost completed already. I have a sneaking suspicion that she leaves class and then works on glass while at home all the way up until the following week when she begins the process again.
Linda F has really made some extraordinary headway into her Magnolia Window. Last week it was a pattern with a few pieces of glass cut out but this week she's already grinding this detailed window which looks impressive.
Barbara resumed work grinding away on her Hibiscus Window and as you can see, she's really close to being able to wrap this all in foil. She's hoping to finish it two classes from now and I know for a fact that she will make it now that she's this far along.
Linda L came in hoping that I had a pattern that she picked out last week resized for her (which I did) and then traced it out and began cutting glass. She's already far along on this and will be using solid lead for the bell 'clangers' of her Christmas Bells Window. As you can see, she's working fast on this.
Roxane is also back into the fold after dealing with hurricane damage for over year now. She had a project started (which was here in the shop) when Ida hit so her window was safe but it took most of this class to assess the window situation to see what had to be done next. That said, she's begun to cut glass and next week we'll remind you of just what it was she was working on when we we show you a picture of her project all laid out.
Ann's Mother Mary with Child Panel is very close to being completed now. This week she tacked Mary together and then got the four pieces of her background glass cut. Once that was tacked onto Mary, Ann picked and cut out a thin final border to finish off all of the glass cutting for this piece. All that's left to do is now is to put a nice solder bead on it and hang it up.
Let is working on a Geometric Window of her own and she had this pretty much together when she came in. She got a border cut for it and then put it aside where she will wrap and then tack and solder her window to complete it.
Martha is making her Angel Wings Heart look easy. Everything had been cut, ground and fitted into place when she called it a night. This could very well be completed when she returns which means that she's made a difficult pattern look easy!
Lara's Peony Window got its first border cut and she used a perfect wispy sea foam green cut into a small 3/4 wide strip to surround her flowers. After that's attached she'll follow it up with a slightly thicker clear textured border to finish it all off. This already looks good when it's sitting on the table but we lifted it up and all agreed that it looks spectacular when it has some light behind it.
Shawn has the final third of her Hera Flag Window cut out leaving only the grinding left to go on it. Those feather pieces are small and curvy which means that they are NOT easy to cut out. Shawn persevered and will next allow the grinder take care of the filling in the fine details.
Annette has attached the chains that hang her four Butterflies and they are ready to be washed and colored. Once that's done she'll get these butterflies attached to their Mobile struts so they can balance beautifully from the ceiling bringing smiles to all who see them.
Betty didn't just complete a Christmas Candle this week-- She also ground a second Candle that ready to be wrapped in foil which I'm sure we'll see completed upon her return.
And there you have it. Christmas is in the air and we certainly have a lot of students working on Christmas items. Avoid the rush is what I always say!
Paul
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