Bee's Cantina Window has been officially completed and it is going to make Ed's Wife VERY happy. This was made as a tribute to Ed and highlights not only the Ed's Cantina but Ed's life as well. Bee designed this from start to finish making little changes here and there as she moved along on it but never in a way that would make things easier. She always added detail, not subtracted it and that's why this is so stunning.
Lara wanted to know if she had enough time to comfortably get a Kaleidoscope made before Christmas. I showed her all of the options available and she decided to make an Oil Wand Kaleidoscope. Luckily we had a kit in the shop and since there are no complex wheels to cut out Lara was able to complete this beautiful Oil Kaleidoscope as well as the stand that it rests on all in one class! I only wish I took a video of the actual view through the scope to share with you because these are amazing when you see them in action. The pink picture is a still shot of some of the view.
Angie put the finishing touches on her Pelican Window and I believe this is the first time that we've ever seen this Pelican design made into an actual window. That said, I cant believe that this will be the last time that happens because it translated across perfectly. Of course Angie had a lot to do with that because if the work was off in any way the window wouldn't look nearly as great as it does here.
Cindy's Holly Heart looks every but as wonderful as I suspected it would. When you pack this many pieces into this small an area you can't help but to love the end result. Cindy never shies away from small piece projects and this one took her attention to detail to new heights as the Holly and the berries were exceedingly difficult to work with. But again, all of the little details are what make this look so magical.
Jeannette made this delicious Candy Cane with a Bow from start to finish in just one class. She did come in with the design but that was all. To walk out the door with a completed project made of 14 large pieces inside of 3 hours is an impressive feat. She made it look easy as well as look great all at once.
Let wrapped up work on her Dove/Cross Suncatcher and it meets the high standards that Let's projects always exude.
Cindy also put the finishing touches on this Duck Suncatcher that Fran (a previous student) began and then abandoned. It's always nice to see something get completed especially when it was was pushed to the side for as long as this was (10 years).
Steve finished his black and gold circular Fleur De Lis with PLENTY of time to spare in the class. This is very much like his first one with different colors but an equal amount of charm.
Zoe came in and got straight to work on cutting out the last three pieces of her Sunset and Seagull Window. She then moved on over to a grinder and by the end of class she had her window all ground and fitting together nicely. Zoe took her window home with her and when she returns she's hoping that it will all be foiled and ready to be tacked together so it can get 'borderized'.
Sheri is back and she's easing back into stained glass by making a Korok Hoop design. A Korok is not a Pokémon but it IS part of the Nintendo world. Players of The Zelda series of video games will instantly recognize these strange friendly creatures.
MiMi spent her night working on a pair of Autumn Colored Anger Wings. She's got them all cut and ground which means that these will be flying along home in a completed state next week!
Barbara's got all of the flowers in her Double Magnolia Window cut out already. The background hasn't been cut because she hadn't traced out the pattern pieces for them so what she'll do is grind the flowers, foil them and then tack it all together so she can trace this onto whatever sheet of background glass she chooses.
Linda F now has almost all of her Beach Themed Teardrop Suncatcher ground. She's skipped a piece in the shell because the color and the grain of that particular piece doesn't quite match the rest of the shell even though it was all cut from the same sheet of glass. Rather than leaving it be, Linda has done the right thing and decided to replace the offending piece of glass!
Betty now has all of the sky cut out and ground for her Heron Window and she really wants everything to be perfect on this because this is one of the few things that she plans to keep for herself. I think the color between the sky and the water are perfect and Betty agrees. Everything has been foiled save for the sky so this will have a border attached to it when you see it again.
Susan D got her new pair of Geometric Suncatchers all foiled and tacked together and even began soldering the green and orange suncatcher. In my mind there's no doubt that this pair of precision cut suncatchers will be finished when she returns.
Steve has a third circular Fleur De Lis cut out as well as ground and he has a forth one started as well! He's on a Fleur De Lis roll for sure!
Lorrie's got another Wedding Box under construction and the top is already just about completed. It's all cut and ground and all of the pieces that form it have even been tacked together. When she comes back she'll get this soldered and then work on the actual box itself (which shouldn't take long at all).
June's Goat Window is very close to being completely ground and now that things are fitting together beautifully I think that I will recommend changing out 3 pieces of glass. If June agrees I will point them out next week when the change has been made.
Melissa has the second of her Beveled Cross Suncatchers all tacked together and she's just begun to solder it. She wanted to put the brass channel around the edges of this herself because it involved four inside angles that are the exact opposite of a standard window and there for makes it tricky to get channel onto. Of course, Melissa mastered that challenge and this will be completed before you know it.
Annette has most of her Sacred Heart Window wrapped in copper foil and she's cut out the pieces that make up the sword. The hilt will be done in lead covered glass with decorative wires laid on top the lead to give it more detail. The sword hilt is a very small section of the window but it's about all of the little details that together add up to a magnificent piece of art.
Judy picked a dark hued tan glass for the border of her deer window which pulls color from the antlers of the deer without going 'overboard' by matching it perfectly. She also got the border tacked onto her window as well so she'll be soldering this upon her return.
Martha's got another Franklin Street Light Window under construction and the light itself is now all cut out and ground. As she did for her last Window, Martha will tack this together and then lay it on top of the sheet of glass that she'll use for its background so that the grain of the glass will match perfectly throughout the entire window.
Lastly, I have to say that Susan R is making excellent progress on her Peacock Hoop with the small feather details coming together piece by piece. I've said it before and I'll say it again, Susan will be able to be very proud of this piece when it's finished because her attention to detail on this couldn't be surpassed. Alas, I can't show you her progress on it because I do not have a picture of it! Sometimes things just slip away on me. It's tough getting old!
So this pretty much brings us up to date. Expect another post on Monday when we resume our normal schedule here!
Paul
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