Susan D's Tree Of Life Glob Window was completed this week and let me tell you that this is one heavy window! The globs themselves are heavy enough but then she's also got over a pound of lead in this 10 inch round colorful project. The end result is so very alive with rich colors that light up gorgeously when it's hanging up, don't you think?
MiMi's Birds on a Branch were completed and they turned out to be absolutely stunning. You see plenty of Birds On a Wire but you NEVER get to see this curved take on an old familiar theme. MiMi did this one proud for sure.
Let finished the first of the two bird windows that she's been working on. Her Heron looks great, alas we had to replace two pieces that had cracked due to heat. Luckily they were both small and fortunately they touched each other making the repair process go even faster (about 15 minutes in total).
Judy completed the soldering on her Scottish Thistle and then cut add added the thin wires that bring this window to life. I love the diagonal weaving pattern that the wire makes in the center of the flower. Pay attention because this is another example of how a circular windows perimeter should look- perfect smooth and connecting without any sharp points or flat ends.
Cindy made her first 3D Crystal Hanging consisting of a round Glass Crystal that she surrounded with six 2" squares of baroque glass. The crystal isn't entirely surrounded by glass however-- there's as many openings as there are square pieces of glass which give this its complex yet beautiful look.
Mary Grace completed her large Sunflower Teardrop and the finished piece is a winner. Teardrops are the rage and Mary Grace is helping to push their popularity by showing off this new beautiful pattern.
Lorrie began this large Sunburst Window for her daughter Megan who came along with her this week to pick out the glass that would be used. Lorrie then put Megan to work and had her trace the pattern pieces onto glass while Lorrie cut them all out. And that's how this window got so far along in just one three hour class!
Lara is working on a Sunburst Window as well but hers is multi colored. She's also managed to make great inroads to her project. In just one night she got the entire sunburst cut out and has balanced the colors beautifully. As you know though, colors are one of Lara's 'things' so I doubt that anyone is surprised!
Steve made incredible progress on his Madonna and Child Panel. Last week it was just a pattern waiting to be traced onto glass. This week he got it completely cut out. I guess next week will be the grinder for him.
Lisa is working on a pair of Seagulls which will reside on a piece of wood as her Duck did last week. The birds may be the same (well, mirror images of each other) but the legs will also help to give each of them their own 'personality'. Lisa managed to cut everything and even get a large portion of the grinding done as well.
Zoe got her Bee tacked together and then learned how to get a circular border to fit together in the best and easiest way possible. After getting that cathedral red border attached she then selected 4 different shades of amber glass which she will cut the honeycomb background out of.
Mary Grace also found the time to began Breast Cancer Ribbon which she cut and ground before her class was over. Wrapping these pieces and then soldering this ribbon shouldn't take long at all.
Susan R foiled all of the pieces that make up her BBQ Gnome and decided not to tack it together until next week so that it wouldn't sit for seven days with flux on it. There's little doubt that this will be completed next week and waiting until then to tack this together will make the soldering process go easier.
Melissa finished wrapping the top section of her Curved Tulip Window and then got the straight parts of the border cut, ground and attached. She's drawn pattern pieces for the top curved border and will surely get the border attached as well as the missing leaf cut when we see this again.
Cheryl got most of the glass cut out for the background of the word HARLEY-DAVIDSON and then called it a night. There were a few pieces that broke as she was cutting but that's par for the course when dealing with this many thin pieces. She'll begin to grind this next and once it's tacked together she'll fill in those pesky missing pieces.
Bee began cutting glass for her Cantina window and has more cut than you see here. The glass for the checkerboard table has been cut and placed into a container so that they wouldn't slide off of her work board while she transports it back and forth between home and our classroom.
Ann spent the morning grinding away at the pieces of her Geometric Torus Suncatcher. She's beyond the halfway point so she'll most likely be wrapping this the next time we see her.
Betty has her flock of Humming Birds all ground and has begun foiling all of her pieces. As each bird was completely foiled she would tack it together and then wash the flux off of it. She's aiming to get all of them tacked after which she'll solder them one at a time and then wash and color them in groups of two. This will ensure that the copper patina goes on evenly and shines up perfectly. The longer you wait to patina a soldered piece the harder it is to get the patina to take hold and shine up
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And them's the breaks!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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