Lorrie's Dragonfly Window is the first in a long series of windows that I know she will be making with us because Lorrie seems to have been bitten by the stained glass bug! She's having a ball doing this and has started off her stained glass career wonderfully. It's hard to believe that this lovely window is the first one that she's ever made!
Barbara's Cardinal Window was a quick and fun project for her and the best part about it is that it was made from the heart. This is a Tribute Window that will soon be bringing wonderful memories to the people who admire it.
Susan D got two of her three Beveled Snowflakes soldered this week and has the third one very close to being completed. In the immortal words of Meatloaf, "Two out of three ain't bad." She's added many small circular accents that not only look great but also prevent these from folding in on themselves.
Betty's clear Beveled Window was original made to hang in a portrait orientation but when it came time to put the hooks on it she decided to go another direction (literally). The entire class agreed that this window looked better in landscape mode and now it hangs in a landscape position.
Judy made her Fleur De Lis Window quickly and seemingly effortlessly. She picks a project, buckles down and always turns out a piece of art! Take a look below and you'll easily see what I mean.
Betty has completed a Snowflake of her own and since she has many more diamond bevels in assorted sizes she promises that we will be seeing more of these from her in the future.
Helen has returned after a bit of an absence and completed two suncatchers during her first class of the new year. Her Butterfly is actually a Flowerpot Ornament while her Cardinal, whose tail was re-inforced with a piece of StrongLine is a Suncatcher.
Lorrie's second project is a Sunflower Window featuring beautiful flowing petals. She's mixing three different glasses for the petals of the flower which will help define and add a vibrancy to the flower itself. Lorrie is making this for a friend and I already know that this finished window will be greatly appreciated.
Melissa's Sewing Machine Window is moving along quickly and I can only assume that it might have something to do with the fact that the pieces in this window are far larger and easier to deal with than the pieces were in the Gingerbread House Window that she finished just last week. I can't wait to see this window gain its thread when it's completed!
Bee came in and set to work on wrapping all of the strips of glass that make up the centerpiece of her Front Door Window. Once that was done she tacked it all together and opened up her pattern as large as the board underneath would allow it to unfold. It's enough to get the background cut and that's exactly what she'll be doing when she comes back in.
MiMi's Tiger is very close to being completely foiled which means that she's going to be tacking this together next week and then adding a border to it. The current plan is to use black for the border and I think that will work just fine.
Annette continues to amaze with the work she's accomplished on her New Orleans scene. She didn't get anything tacked together this week however she DID get many more of her narrow pieces ground. The good news is that Nettie can pick and choose what she wants to do on any given week on this window, She can cut or grind, or wrap pieces in foil depending on what she feels like doing at the time.
June's cutting out glass for her Darth Vader Window and has finished using the first of her two different textured sheets of black glass. She's mixing blacks to give Vader more detail while still remaining true to his all black color scheme.
Linda F has her Carousel Horse ground, wrapped and tacked together so next week she will begin on the background for this. The pattern doesn't currently show what that background will look like because Linda has decided to give this a true Carousel background rather than using a plain clear textured glass. We will see just what that looks like when we return next week.
Sheri knows that Easter is right around the corner and is making three differently colored Easter Bunnies complete with brightly colored eggs. She's already got them all cut out (but I only have a picture of two of them) and is now working on grinding them.
Linda L was back in class this week and worked on grinding the letters for the first of her Name Panels. I've said it before and I'll say it again- letters are a beach but slow and steady wins the race with them. Since Linda recently returned from a Cruise and really wasn't prepared to jump head first into the drudge of letter grinding so she took her time and eased her way along the letters while on the grinder. Personally, I feel that she got a lot accomplished!
This week Lisa got all of her Twirling Girl Suncatcher ground. We've come up with a way to firmly attach her hat and head to her body so that it can hang from the top of the hat and spin in the wind with no fear of the hat (or god forbid the head) detaching! Meanwhile her Peeking Chicken is all ground and ready to either get a background cut or just foil it and use it as is.
Ann has not only finished grinding all of the glass for her Religious 3D Window but has it almost completely foiled as well. This week we also learned that the three interlocking rings that will 'float' above her circular blue background are actually called Borromean Rings. These represent a concept taken from mathematics which, in this representation, signify the divine trinity. You can see that it's already been cut and ground and the next step for this will involve completely covering the clear glass piece in foil.
Steve worked on the fifth panel for his Southern Belle Window and got it completely cut, ground, wrapped and tacked together in just one class. This will certainly be finished when we see it again which will leave him with just one panel left to go. That panel will be his Belle's face.
Lastly we look at the third Beveled Snowflake that Susan D has been working on. It's all soldered and only needs some touching up and cleaning before it is finished. Susan has cut some diamond shapes which act as hinge line deterrents and stabilize this piece completely.
Classes are filling up again and we are almost completely filled to capacity so expect MANY new projects in the weeks and months to come.
May the Force be with you.
Paul
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