Are You Hungry Like The Wolf?

Let has an eye for color and composition, both of which are prominently on display in her Flower In A Vase Window.  There's a vibrancy as well as a subtleness in her colors which is perfect for this.  Her background was cut from Crepe Glass which is no longer being made (and hasn't been made since the mid 90's) so careful cutting was of the utmost importance.   And did I mention that she drew this pattern out herself?!

 

 

 

Linda F's Flower and Initial Window is another stunning window.  The design is wonderful and the craftsmanship is superb to say the least.  Very vibrant colors are offset by a large amount of contrast which sets this off in a wonderful way. 

These Winged Crosses are quite the rage and Cheryl's will only help to inspire more people to making these.  There's no right or wrong when it comes to colors for these but so far they have all been made from wispy white (for the wings) and assorted clears for the cross itself.   The halo on top makes it all come together and was only ever added because there's no other practical way to hang this piece!  How fortuitous that it added to the design rather than subtracting from it!

 

 

Kerry's Cabin In The Bayou Window is certainly coming along nicely.  There is actually a lot more detail in the cabin than you see in the picture below.  This is because now that everything has been ground and fitted together Kerry will ad further cuts to make the cabin look as though its made out of logs.   Making it this way will will saving him a lot of time and headaches!

 

 

Let had to wait for a suitable brown glass to come in to cut out the feathers for her Eagle Window.   Well the glass has arrived and her Eagle is now completely cut out and ready to visit the grinder.  Since she works on her windows while at home I can't wait to see what she comes back into class with!

 

 

 

Cindy's Big Dog Window is currently undergoing some soldering.  You can tell by the backwards lettering that this is the back side and if you look closely you'll see that there isn't all that much left to actually solder.   She'll be moving along to a new project next week for sure.

 

 

MiMi has both the front and back side of her Traditional Window soldered and will add a Channel to this and easily finish it when she returns with plenty of time to spare.   The next time you see this it will be hanging with some light behind it.

 

 

 

 

Sheri's Coffee Window has almost completely taken shape and her use of contrast in the coffee cup and the saucer is perfection.   Note how the saucer uses a much tighter pattern of the broken plate that she's using to make the cup and saucer.  By cutting the cup out of lighter sections and the saucer out of darker pieces Sheri has added some (well planned) extra definition to her window.

 

 

Buc-ee honestly looks like his namesake now that he's been wrapped and tacked together.  I'm thinking that Judy will add a border to this and even possibly finish it when she comes back in.  It will be close but we'll see what happens and then share it with you in our next post.

 

 

 

Now that June has all of her pieces ground for her Rooster Suncatcher she was able to move along to foiling all of that colorful glass.   With only a few pieces left to go I'm going to guess that this will be tacked together when she comes back in which means that she'll be able to begin soldering it as well.

 

 

Susan R's latest Reindeer was completely ground this week leaving her with some foiling and then a little bit of soldering left to go on this.  Her herd of reindeer is growing faster than a field of rabbits!

 

 

 

Mary Grace now has the HOUMA section of her Logo Window all cut and ground.   She'll wrap this when she comes back in and then add the left and right background pieces to the the three words (Houma, Health and Wellness) so they will fit the width of logo portion of the window which she still has to cut and grind.

Our second Rooster has only a few pieces of its head left to be wrapped in foil. Once those few remaining pieces are wrapped Barbara can tack this guy together and then work on creating the background scenery of this colorful and beautiful Window.

  

I'll admit that it was kind of a slow week but there were still plenty of things to show you.   In all our years of teaching there has only ever been one week where we didn't have a completed project to share.   From the way things played out this week I'd say that next week we will see numerous projects completed so there will be more than enough to write about in our next post.

Paul

Bayou Salé GlassWorks