Martha's Beveled Sea Turtle is set within a beautiful turquoise and teal background glass, surrounded by a beveled border, and then bordered again by the same turquoise and teal glass. To insure a uniformed 'flow' she changed the grain of the final border so that it all runs across from left to right on both the top and bottom of the window as well as the left and right sides. Although this goes against the general rule of border grain, it makes the beveled border appear to be inset with in the background. Stunning!
Let has completed another Heart Suncatcher but this one features a sunset scene with bright but soft colors to accentuate the calmness of the setting. A great design replete with lovely execution ensures that this is beautiful all around. Her work is, as always, top notch.
Kerry got his Arrow Window completed on time and that wild border glass works perfectly with the red and white feathers that make up the arrows feathers. He worried it might be too much but I say not at all! This is a window that would make any Boy Scout (or American Indian) proud to own.
Mary Grace finished her Mary and Baby Jesus Suncatcher which she will place in a wooden stand so that it can be displayed on a table rather than in a window. I've photographed it with no light behind it so you can clearly see what it will look without any back lighting. I know that her colors and texture choices were perfect since it all has a pleasant amount of contrast and color sans back lighting.
We have a new student this week and her name is Lorrie. Her Orange Butterfly was made almost effortlessly and I believe that we are gong to see wonderful work from her in the weeks to come. In fact, she never broke a single piece of glass on her first night- even throughout her glass cutting lesson!
Our final completed project of the week was made by Betty and it's of our popular Celtic Knot Cross. She used an iridized purple glass for the cross which gives it a nice pastel feel. Her use of perfectly clear, untextured glass inside of the cross makes it appear as though the centers are empty but provides support for the very thin areas of the cross which are easily broken if left unsupported.
Betty also worked on two other projects while she was in. The first being a four piece frame for an etched rectangle bevel that she's had for a while now and the second being a Tulip Pattern that I can't quite come up with a name for. We'll be seeing another one of the tulip windows being made so I'd best come up with a name for it soon!
Linda L's clock is all cut out and ready to be assembled! This should go fairly quickly now so perhaps we'll even see it completed in our next post. She also worked on a Valentines Day Window which consists of three red hearts set within a beautiful iridized clear glass. Believe it or not it's almost completed already! This woman works quickly and efficiently.
Kerry has a Mardi Gras Mask Window already well under way with this just being his first week of his working on it. He's got all of his amber/yellow glass cut out and he's also got his pattern pieces ready to be traced onto his green and purple glass. Mardi Gras comes early this year but I have NO doubt that this window will be completed long before Mardi Gras gets here.
Jan got all of the glass cut for her Pelican Window and then she moved on over to the grinder where she then cut herself not once but twice. There may have been blood everywhere but Jan was always smiling and never slowed down at all!
Lisa is so very near to having everything cut and ground for her Texas Collage Window. She only has a few pieces left to go before this is ready to be wrapped and tacked together. There's light at the end of this Texas tunnel and Lisa can clearly see it!
Cheryl's Address Window got about 80 percent of its background glass both cut and ground. The only reason all of the background isn't cut was because she it all came from one sheet of glass that wasn't long enough to span the entire height of the window. That means that she'll tack what she has and then work on cutting out the remaining pieces later from another section of the glass.
Susan R's latest Squirrel Rain Gauge Lawn Ornament is near completion as it is all ground and almost completely wrapped in foil as well. That means that this will certainly be tacked together upon her return. Once it's soldered Susan will attach the gauge near the back of the squirrel rather than the front so that he isn't hidden behind the rain gauge.
Cindy is moving along piece by piece on her large Birds On A Wire hanging piece. The green wing on the bird on the right is making her question her glass color color choice so it will be interesting to see if she ends up changing it. Most of this is cut from scrap so replacing it certainly wouldn't mean that any glass was wasted. We'll see what happens when she comes back in.
Next up we see that Steve is ready to tack together his second of six panels for his Southern Belle Window. I've loved this idea from the minute he explained what he was going to do but I also knew that it would be something that couldn't truly be appreciated until four or five of the panels had been completed. This is the tree and the left side of the Belle's hat which will be soldered when Steve returns.
Martha is working on assorted Feather Suncatchers and has two of them cut out. These will be put aside next week because Martha has a Window that she wants completed within the next three weeks or so. She works well both in the shop and at home so I have no doubt that she'll finish it on time. Exactly what it is will be revealed in our next post.
Pink Floyd has one or two (or even three) very iconic album covers and Shelly is immortalizing one of them in stained glass. Her Dark Side of the Moon Window has the hardest to cut, thin rainbow pieces cut out already. The majority of this window will be black glass which will make the rainbow emerging from the beveled triangular prism stand out prominently.
MiMi's newest Window is of an LSU Tiger complete with LSU initials. When she left class this week she had cut out her pattern pieces and the glass for the ground. She had about a square foot of yellow/amber glass for the body of the tiger but didn't start cutting it because she wanted to be sure that she had more of it at home. Judging by the picture that she sent me a few hours ago she did because she already has this window completely cut out already! More on that next week.
After completing her new Heart Suncatcher Let traced out her newest window which is a bird whose name I'm guessing at here. It's perhaps an Ospray? Well, now that I've just looked it up I'm sure that's what it is. I learn something new every day- and then promptly forget it. Nonetheless, I suspect this will be an incredible window.
And there you have it- everything that's what happened during our first classes of the new year.
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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