Sheri's Hamsa Window sets it peaceful tone not only with it's subject matter but with it's tranquil color scheme as well. She's forgone a border on this but was only able to because it's small enough to hang directly by the channel itself. Had the window been any larger though, a border would have been necessary.
Let's Flower Window is bright and airy, and the heavily textured clear border that surrounds it works wonderfully. As always, Let has perfect cuts and grinds throughout the entirety of this window.
Who would have thought a purple border on a Cardinal Window would work? Well, when you use purple for the flowers on the branch that the Cardinal is sitting on then you get to use it again and have things match up perfectly. This is all Cindy here in everything from the design, to the colors and onward down to its flawless execution.
Betty strikes yet again with another Sunflower Window framed in a beautiful lime green border which keeps her window bright and airy.
Patrice made this Suncatcher while at home during the week and it only needed a hook on it to hang it from when she brought it into class. Both stunning and perfectly symmetrical, Patrice is proving that she hasn't lost her touch for stained glass in the months that she's been away.
Sheri also came in with this Easter Bunny all set to be soldered. By the time class ended she had put the finishing touches on this piece as well as her Hamsa Hand.
It seems as though everyone is working at home. Linda L finished this pair of Beveled Crosses, one made in pure white and the other in an iridized clear glass. The Bevel in the center not only acts as a beautiful focal point but also prevents the crosses from 'folding' along hinge lines that the bevel prevents.
Helen is making Butterflies and loves the simplicity as well as the beauty of the pattern that we call our 'student Project'. I usually make a few of these when we go to shows because they are ALWAYS very much in demand.
Steve made a Shrimp Suncatcher out of one piece of round blue glass along with a small chip of red. Once you see it it you can't miss it. The majority of this was wire work and Steve handled it effortlessly.
Let loves her Large Heart Shaped Suncatchers and her latest Sunflower Heart falls in line with her sense style. She may not have completed it this week but I can guarantee that it will be finished when she walks back into class.
Jan has begun work on a Transom Window and got eight pieces cut and ground for it. These eight pieces are the only ones that requires a poster board pattern to cut out as the rest of the glass needed to make this will be cut from strips that we will measure out to cut.
Linda L has cut out the iridized textured background for her first name window and it not only cut easily but is grinding easily as well. It's already halfway there and will be tacked together before you know it.
I was thinking this was a Dove Cross but it turns out that Cindy is in the midst of making a Cardinal Cross. It's either that or one of us is severely color blind! At any rate, by the time class was over it was all cut, ground and now ready to be foiled and soldered.
Barbara has her LSU Window all foiled and will add some yellow glass to the top and bottom once this is tacked together. This will prevent the purple border from bumping into the purple letters. As a rule of thumb we only ever want a pointed section of a color bumping into the same color if it is used for a border. The top and bottom yellow strips that will be added will prevent 'border bleed through'.
It may be all black but Darth is really taking shape now. June has been spending her nights at the grinder whipping this into shape and now you can clearly see Darth coming together. It almost looks like a movie poster.
With only two pieces of rose petals left to cut Martha's Birdhouse Window already looks like a million dollars. Those petals have more than a few tricky cuts in them but Martha has handled the cutting with aplomb. I'm hoping that she has the room on this for a double border because I think a window of this stature deserves that little extra zip that a double border lends to a window.
Bee has used Strong-line rather than Re-Strip to help secure her Front Door Window and now has everything cut out save for the final border. That border will actually take a little more time than most borders not only because size is of the utmost importance but also because it isn't made of simple straight cuts. Those ornate corners come with a price but it's only time and that always seems to march along quickly enough.
Well, well, hasn't this moved along quickly! Lorrie is just speeding through her complex Sunflower Window to the point where this only needs to be soldered before it's completed. And I feel the need to remind you that this is only her second window with us. She's taken her third pattern along home with her so she can get started on that once she completes this.
Here's another window that will surely be finished in our next post. Once Ann's circular multi blue background was completed she moved along to finishing off the second layer of her window-- the lead covered Borromean Rings. By the time class had ended she had them washed, colored and waxed. When she comes back they will get mounted on 6 posts that will in turn attach to the round background making this her second 3D window.
Last but not least we look at the pattern that Susan R is about to embark on. These Two Chefs will reside in a frame so the size from left to right is very important. Susan asked if she could get a border around this but my fist thought was that we don't have the space available for that, but then while looking at the picture I realized that we could squeeze the chefs closer together thus freeing up more room for a border on all four sides. So I believe that is what we'll end up doing!
And there you have it, another exciting Post all wrapped up!
Paul
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