Judy's Vegetable Window has been completed and we already have another student mentioning that they'd like to make it as well. With carroty Carrots, mushroomy Mushrooms, and hearty, beety Beets. This window represents a taste sensation that also looks good. (Just don't try to eat it!)
Angie's Halloween Pumpkin Window is stunning. That black pumpkin really makes this a celebration of Halloween rather than being mistaken for a Thanksgiving decoration.
Ann's designed a Heart with Angel Wings which she's applied a stake to so that she can use it as a Lawn Ornament. She's started work on another of these but rather than tacking the heart on top of the wings she will be cutting it all as one piece to help make it more sturdy. But truth be told, the addition of two small clear pieces of glass behind this heart have made this a very sturdy affair!
Susan R says that the eyes have it! Her Flower Pot decoration is made of two parts and together they form the cutest pair of eyes you will ever see decorating a plant. Rather than cutting the iris of the eyes into smaller pieces Susan used the kiln to fuse the pupils into the irises. This made for a seamless transition from the blue to the black (literally).
Linda L finished up the work on her last two Candy Corn Panels as well as her cute Elephant Suncatcher. I love the spraying water on the elephant which is something that I've never seen before.
Lisa's latest Spider Web Corner Decoration is another eye catcher. Made of assorted clear textures these decorations will hopefully never be swept away with a broom!
Annette got two more Teardrop Crosses finished and is also working on her New Orleans Window at home. She still pans on making more of these teardrops and now she has a more precise pattern to work from.
This is the Deer Head Window that Bee is working on. She plans to flesh out the background with trees and a sky but first she's going to grind and tack together the deer head and the border. She wanted the head to be a bit off center to avoid a perfect look and hopes to aim for a more angled effect. I think she's got it!
It would appear that Melissa's Kingdom Hearts Window is going to go quickly for her. She's already got the subject matter of the window cut out which means that she'll be cutting background glass when she returns. Her attention to detail is her biggest strength and that is plainly evident here while we examine her un-ground work.
Mary Grace has her Logo Window almost completely assembled now. In fact, you can clearly see what this is going to look like since every piece of glass has now been cut and ground. This is a large window measuring 23" x 26" which is one of the reasons it's taken a while to get this far along. That said, Mary Grace will begin soldering when she returns and that means that we can officially say that the end is near.
Linda L has decided to begin a 3D Succulent. It's not all that big and it's got twelve pieces to a side giving her a total of 36 pieces for a piece no more than five inches tall. That's a lot of work! I'm thinking that she'll fly through it though...
June's begun cutting the red glass for her Razorback Window and even this early into its creation it is instantly recognizable. And also, her cutting is very good which really helps this come alive already.
MiMi's got all of her glass cut out and ground for her Polaroid Camera and that includes the image of her daughter's cat which has been fired onto a piece of white glass. Currently we can only do this in sepia tones but the end result is still incredibly awesome and not achievable for most people who make stained glass. Also, MiMi's attention to detail is astoundingly impressive.
Shelly got all of her Peacock Suncatcher ground and I think that we may be able to get the crest onto this suncatcher as well. We'll see what happens there when Shelley gets this tacked together and fully soldered. Right now she's got a good portion of it wrapped so she's well on her way to completing this.
After getting another Beveled Geometric Cross all ground wrapped and tacked together Let is ready to put this pattern away (for a while at least). She's got her front side soldered and will certainly begin a new window when she comes back in.
Barbara is still 'show focused' and this week she worked on two small panels, one circular Iris and the other a square cluster of Tulips. We've managed to teach her NOT to use very expensive glass for small pieces since it will invariably raise the price of the finished piece. Everyone looks for a good bargain at shows which means keeping your art affordable and (even more importantly) price appropriate for the size of the finished piece. It's never fun to have to keep explaining that your 8x8 panel is $100 because of the glass that was used in it. Most people are looking at the scenery rather than the glass itself.
Linda F so very nearly completed her own version of the Halloween Pumpkin Window that it was a shame to let it walk out the door uncolored and washed. But when you are on a deadline you sometimes have to drop things that are somewhat less important. But fear not because Linda said that she will bring this back to have a proper picture taken of the end result.
Sheri had sold her Coffee Window a few weeks back but it sadly didn't survive the trip out of the state to its new home. So back it came but now it's as good as new. Repair work is a necessary part of every stained glass artist's talent pool and Sheri has proved that she can deal with any kind of blow to her art. It always fascinates me how people don't realize that a stained glass window is fragile.
Betty replaced a few pieces in her Octagon Irises and Dragonfly Window to tighten things up. The end result made an improvement on an area that shifted during the tacking process. I'd say it's a safe bet that this window will be completed when Betty returns next week.
And there ya have it!
Paul
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