Annette's Rustic Stained Glass Cross looks amazing and you could easily believe that it came straight out of an ancient church. Annette made this entirely at home and only brought it in so I could get a picture of it which I'm glad she did.
It's been a while but Cindy has made another Bicycle Wheel Spinner. These look deceptively simple but each piece of glass has to be patterned from the specific location it will reside in as no two pieces are the same width or length. There's also the issue of prepping all of the spokes with sandpaper so they will accept solder. But as you can see, Cindy did a wonderful job.
Annette's latest Mobile is balanced to perfection and swings freely back and forth without ever tangling due to careful Butterfly placement. These are almost a nightmare to get balanced but this second one DID go a little faster than the one she made before Christmas Last Year.
Sheri has another Humming Bird Suncatcher under her belt and she's gotten both the eye and the hook attachment down to a science now.
Ann's new Modern Cross has a very distinct and never before seen color scheme. This started off with her using a green and tan colored glass that had just a hint of orange running throughout it so Ann decided to add a vibrant orange into the mix to come up with what you see below!
Martha's '59 Belair Car is all cut, ground, wrapped and tacked! This is going to be road worthy when we next see it again because there isn't that much left to go on this.
Steve's got a stained glass Succulent all cut out and each petal has already been foiled and leaded. We only need to tack all of those petals together into 4 separate 'rings' to form the 3D flower. Steve was also playing with a glass saw this past week and managed to do a great job cutting out the gecko that you see on the right.
Sheri has a Coffee Window well under construction and it looks like she'll be grinding her pieces when she comes back in. There are a lot of wisps of steam in this which in turn make 'wisps' of background glass so I suspect that it may take more than a week for her to finish grinding this. Nothing good comes quickly though!
Melissa's Address Window is back under construction and this week she changed the color of four of the pieces of glass, completed grinding those pieces, and then foiled everything. After that she didn't call it a night but instead tacked her window together and picked out the glass that she'll be using for her border. Look out, Melissa is on fire!
Judy came in with a simple but effective idea and by the time class was finished she was ready to tack her new Geometric Window together. She won't have a border on this which means that we should see this completed and hanging up with light behind it when she comes back in.
Steve isn't the only person working on a 3D Succulent-- his wife, Lisa is as well. They are both at the same stage in the creation of their 3D Flowers but instead of also working with an intricate Gecko, Lisa is also working on a honeycomb suncatcher upon which she will affix a bee to. I guess a family that Succulents together stays together...
And Susan's Grinch Hands are all coming together. Now that they've each been ground Susan has begun foiling each of these tiny pieces. She has more patience than I, that's for sure.
Linda L is ready to get the border attached to the second panel of her Nativity Scene Windows. Here we see some wise men possibly bringing frankincense and myrrh. Where's the gold? Maybe in panel number three...
Barbara's clear Beveled Window is all tacked together and she's taken it along home with her to complete the soldering there. When this is completed she'll color the lead black which is a perfect contrast against the clear textured glasses that she's used throughout this piece.
With the front side of her Seashell Window pretty much soldered, Jeannette looks to be ready to wrap this up upon her return. Everyone in class loves this design and there are people already saying that they want to use the pattern next.
Let is also just about finished with her latest window as well. That background glass really sets her Magnolia off nicely and I think we will be ordering more of this glass soon.
I'm also thinking that we're going to be seeing a LOT of finished windows next week because Cindy's Broncin' Buck (or Bucking Bronco) Window is nearly completed as well. I can't wait to see this one lit up!
With the last row of her Traditional Window wrapped and tacked into place MiMi will be adding six fill in pieces and then move along to the beveled border. MiMi stays within the lines and always shows a degree of perfection that's hard to match.
Angie's Seafood Window is so very close to being completed. I really hope that we can get it done next week but I'm just not sure at this point. She's done such a great job on this that I don't want her to rush and hurry through it at this incredibly important point of its creation.
As you can plainly see, Susan R's next Reindeer is well under way. I still want to know how these guys (and gal's) fly since Reindeer don't have wings. File that under 'Things That Make You Go Mmmmmmmm.'
We have another Winged Cross under construction and this one is being made by Annette. It has already been ground so Annette's plan is to wrap this at home and possibly even get it soldered before she comes back in. I've gotta say that she did a great job on this because it's certainly NOT a beginner's pattern.
Speaking of Crosses, Linda F has taken the classic five beveled cross and added a background and a border to change it from a suncatcher into a window. Made of all clear textured glasses this is certainly stunning but it comes with a price. You can't easily cut the background points on the ends of each 'limb' of the cross. The best you can do is cut it closely and then grind down the last half inch or so with the small grinding wheel. However, the end result is stunning.
And Betty is making her own Five Bevel Cross, but after seeing how long it took for Linda to grind out her background for a perfect fit Betty has decided to allow her Cross to remain a Suncatcher. And there's NOTHING wrong with that because that's exactly how this pattern started its life.
Lastly we look at Ann's next Modern Cross which she completely cut out after soldering the Modern Cross that she completed (and that we saw) at the beginning of this post. She certainly moves quickly on these.
So then, e won't be back until after Easter so everyone have a safe holiday and enjoy spending time with your families!
Paul
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