Sheri's Coffee Window features a cup and saucer that she assembled from broken pieces of Blue Willow. It certainly wasn't easy to cut or grind into place but the end result gives this window a very unique look. There's a lot of detail in this due to the lettering but Sheri took her time and never lost sight of her goal.
Honey Combs are the rage and Lisa made hers a bit smaller than the ones we've seen done in the past. Then, just for effect, she drew up and tacked a small bumblebee onto the bottom of the honey comb. This is as cute as it could possibly hope to bee.
Here's our second Bee of the week and this one was completed by Susan R. It's a curvy Lawn Ornament that Susan had no problems soldering even though she had to re-balance the bee every time she started soldering a new lead line. That's the fun of a 3D project.
Helen brought in a pair of butterflies to work on and she was able to walk out the door with both of them completed. She plans on working on glass while at home during the week so it will be interesting to see what she walks in the door with next!
Lisa has a friend who had an old lamp that needed some repair work done on it. The metal frame and base were fine but some of the glass was cracked. Lisa slowly pulled the clips open which held the glass in place, cut some replacement pieces of glass and then (after a little wiggling about) managed to get them back into the lamp. Here's the end result-- as good as old!
Our third Bee of the week derives its name from the student- not the work itself! Bee took classes a few years ago and is now back in action here in the shop. She drew her new window up herself and she even got the black Fleur De Lis cut out during that same night. I have no doubt that she'll get the background cut out and then be able to begin grinding each of her pieces when she comes back in next week.
Speaking of red, white and blue, take a look at the Patriotic Pinwheel that Martha began work on this week. It's all cut out and even halfway ground already which means that this won't take long at all for her to finish.
We've been seeing a lot of letter work in our classes lately and Sheri is now working on a stained glass sign that recreates her business card in glass. These letters are script so they are thinner than most other stained glass letters and her window isn't all that big so this may take a little time for her to complete but I know she'll persevere just as Mary Grace is doing with with her window that incorporates letters.
Susan D always has multiple irons in the fire and this week she worked on a Dragonfly repair as well as her 3D Cactus with a Flower. Everything on the cactus looks to be ground and is therefore ready for some foil and some solder. And the Dragonfly looks to be equally as far along.
June's Tranquil Sailboat Window may be only one week into its creation but it's already well under construction. In fact, there's only the sky, the sails and two pieces of land left to cut out after which June will begin the arduous task of grinding everything to fit perfectly.
I'm loving this Sunflower Window and Cindy is now filling in the background with assorted greens to give it a 'tighter feel'. The assorted yet similar mixed colors in this match the perfect flawless design of the window itself. Mark my words, this will be a head turner.
MiMi's Starburst Cross looks completely stunning especially since she has everything ground already. In fact, if you look closely you can see that numerous pieces have already been wrapped in foil as well. When MiMi puts her mind to something there's just no stopping her.
Meanwhile, Melissa's Winged Cross is coming together with a clear background glass (that you can't see in the picture) and a stunning beveled inner border. This design along with bevels are a perfect pairing which will sparkle effortlessly when it is hanging.
Barbara got all of the glass cut out for her Rooster Window, or at least she had until she accidentally dropped the sun. Not to fear though-- we'll get that re-cut after everything else has been ground and tacked together. All I can say is that at least *I* didn't break it! (Keep reading to see what I mean.)
Kerry's Bayou Cabin Window got its trees ground and tacked together this week and then he moved on to cutting out his Irises. He traced all of his pieces out onto the gorgeous sheet of purple glass that he picked for the flowers and then I walked by and knocked the glass onto the concrete floor where it then shattered into broken shards. :-( At least we were able to retrace the pattern pieces onto the larger fragments of glass so his Irises now look fine. The rest of that purple glass has seen better days though.
And now for something completely different. Nope, that's not a photograph that you see in the picture below-- it's actually a piece of glass with a face fired onto it! It's amazing what you can accomplish with a computer and a kiln these days. Shelley doesn't have to add or accentuate any part of the face on her Bree Van de Kamp window because these are picture-perfect features.
Angie's New Orleans Window is ready for a border! Talk about flying through a window. She wanted a transparent or wispy black glass for the border but we just don't have any of that anymore since it is no longer being produced. Angie is going to look around at home to see what she may have there so be sure to come back next week and see what she decides on!
Speaking of borders, Let had a decision to make this week (well, actually two of them). She wasn't entirely happy with her original choice of border colors so we all headed over to the glass rack and began to mix and match. Let knew that she wanted a double border on this but the colors were proving to be problematic. At least until we stumbled on this winning combination! It's looking good if I do say so myself.
Mary Grace is grinding from the bottom to the top on the logo portion of her window. You can easily see how far along she's gotten just by looking at the bottom edge of the window. I've got to hand it to her-- she's taking her time with this massive project and not letting it get her down!
And with just a few scant line's left to solder, Linda L is getting ready to complete the final window in her Nativity Series. This is the back side of the window and once we attach the medium Zinc channel on this it will be ready to be washed and patina'ed. Hallelujah!
And there you have it. We're getting awfully busy in the shop again so expect even more projects to be finished when we return next week. So long and thanks for the fish!
Paul
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