Let made a Tulip Window that's visually striking even though it uses only three small 1"x1" pieces of color. Her use of clear textures is what really makes this stand out as she worked with the levels of contrast between each clear texture to give her window both depth and definition. Excellent!
With her Logo Window officially completed Mary Grace can now breath a sigh of relief. Text is a difficult thing to do (in stained glass) and MG will certainly attest to that fact now that she's completed 3 lines of text that each stand only three inches tall. I worried about her mental wellness as she was doing that last character filled line but she came through with flying colors. That said, I'll bet she's thrilled that her daughter-in-law's business isn't located in Ponchatoula!
Let also graced us with this beautiful flowing Ladyslipper Window this week. The pink flower and green leaves are perfectly framed by a pastel green border with hints of pink running throughout it. With Let it's all about matching colors and contrasting textures.
This Squirrel is not only a lawn ornament but a functional lawn ornament as well since it doubles as a rain gauge! Looking at the gauge near the tail you can tell that Susan R made this to stand about 14 inches tall so it won't easily be tripped on in the yard (although I'm sure she'll place it some place where that couldn't possibly happen no matter what the size). This is as cute as it can possibly be and Susan is contemplating making another of these using gray glass to change up the color a bit.
And here we see another outdoor hanging that is functional as well. Roxane's Street Address Window came out looking so good that she's already working on a second one (only with different numbers.) And no, it won't hang in front of the same house-- that would be confusing!
These Snowman faces are fast becoming the rage in our Tuesday morning class with this being the second one we've seen done in as many weeks. Betty used a vibrant Christmas Green glass for the scarf and the hat band rather than red and it works wonderfully.
Kerry got a lot of work done on his Large Butterfly this week by completing all of the grinding on it which in turn means that this is ready to be foiled. Kerry won't be making this into a window so we had to make sure that the weren't any hinge points between the body and the wings. Not only is the body an irregular shape (which helps reduce the chances of folding or hinging) but it's also segmented which means that we can run two or more pieces of rebar through it from the left to the right which will ensure that this remains solid.
MiMi's not only completed the grinding on her Unicorn Crown-- she's also begun foiling it as well. She's moving quickly on this and when it's completed (which won't be long now) she'll get back to working on a new, bigger, better Hexagon (hexa-long) Window!
Cindy's newest Cross Suncatcher is made with one of my favorite color combinations-- a clear texture and royal blue. She got it all cut out this week and once this is ground you'll more easily see just why I love this color combination so much. Actually, I think you can see why already!
After getting all of her Cardinal cut, ground, and wrapped, Judy tacked it all together and then worked on cutting up the assorted strips that will make up the intricate border of this window. That border consists of three different colors which form unique patterns as it winds around the window. There are only seven pieces of red left to cut so she's making great time on getting this all together.
Martha couldn't get the beach out of her head when she saw Melissa's beach themed suncatchers so now she's making the same set for herself. And like Melissa, Martha's are shaping up to be one spectacular collection of suncatchers!
Bee's Deer Head Window is fast approaching the point where it will need a border around it. She drew up the background forest scene behind the head this week and even managed to get it all cut out as well. She's layering colors throughout her background which adds more complexity, but more importantly adds more style to the overall design.
Steve spent the day drawing up his next window which will reside in an antique window frame consisting of six panes. Careful placement of the female subject matter was called for since he certainly didn't want the woman to be split through her face. I think his end result in her placement is perfection! The pencil drawing is hard to see but if you click on it you'll be able to see a larger, clearer rendition of his pattern.
Melissa has her Kingdom Hearts Window all ground and wrapped which means that she'll be adding a border to this when she comes back in. After that the soldering will go quickly and she'll move on to possibly making a kaleidoscope.
Here we see that Let is busy making a Frosty The Snowman of her own, this one in pink. These cool guys are sprouting up all over class!
Shelley's Cat Window is nearing completion and its eyes will be dropped into place upon her return. First she will cut, grind, wrap, and tack the three pieces that make each eye and then we'll trace around the eyeballs on the glass of the cats face so that they are positioned exactly as she wants them. This is an easy way to handle the tricky positioning of facial elements.
Barbara has five Christmas Ornaments and a Cardinal under way with two of them being ground this week. Gearing up for a show is never easy and Barbara is certainly putting in a lot of overtime making all of these suncatchers.
Cheryl's LSU Tower has all of its glass cut out and she's now ready to wrap that last purple border with copper foil. She won't be here next week but this will most likely get some actual soldering done on it when Cheryl does return.
Betty G is still working on her Mardi Gras Jester Window and just needs to decide what color the face should be. Myself, I believe that white is the more traditional color but we'll se what Betty decides when we return in our next post.
And here's Angie's rendition of Frosty the Snowman. She's going with a traditional red scarf and hat band for her Christmas Window. Through these Frosty the Snowman Windows you can easily tell who the Tuesday morning clan is!
Lastly, we can see that Sheri is close to having all of her text surrounded by glass. Once that's finished the rest of the background pieces will consist of nothing but nice simple straight cuts. It looks like the end is near!
And there you have it!
Paul
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