Lorrie's first pair of Address Windows have been completed and as usual she's done a stellar job on them. Even her soldering required no touching up at all on my end. I do believe she's got this stained glass thing down pat already!
Annette came in with this stunning Trumpeting Angel all finished save for hooks. She also decided to make the trumpet in lead-encased glass which may not photograph well but certainly adds an incredible amount of tasteful 'bling' to the this heavenly lady. Iridescent wings then seal the deal.
Three more Kitty Cats have been completed and you know that if there are more than one of a particular item being made then it's probably Betty who has made them. And in this case you'd be correct!
Kandise has begun cutting two corner pieces for her large kitchen window. They will reside in the upper left and upper right of the window above her kitchen sink. What you see below may very well be all of the color that she uses as I'm pretty sure that the rest of the cutting will involve assorted clear textures.
Let's Fishbowl Window has come together beautifully and it isn't even finished yet! The only thing left to cut is a border and Let is still undecided as to what that might be but when she comes back in we will run the gambit with all sorts of colors and textures to settle on the one that does this complete justice. Anything less would be a shame.
Linda F's spooky Halloween Window is missing only five pieces here but the idea of the design comes through loud and clear. I really have to commend her on the owl that she cut, ground, and foiled because it consists of 14 pieces packed within a space less than 2 inches tall by an inch wide. All that work has paid off though as he, the pumpkin and the bat each look stunning.
Steve's latest Virgin Mary and child Panel was inspired by a painting that he found online. He traced it out and made a few changes so that it could be cut out in glass and ended up with what you see below. Yes, it's crude at this point but it's all cut and only needs to be ground for you to see the details that make this a classic window.
Two-for Betty has certainly stepped up her game of late. This week we all called her eight-for Betty because she walked in the door with eight Grinch Hands all cut out just waiting to be ground. She said that she doesn't want the ornaments on these to be attached permanently so we are just going to have a hanging chain attached to the fingers and then she can use a standard Christmas Ornament hanger to thread through the last link of chain which will then attach to the ornament. No a problem it all.
Here's another Grinch project that's well underway by Judy. This one may not have any hands in it but Mr Grinch's face is easily recognizable. Right now his nose and mouth look like just a green glob of glass but once this is foiled and leaded all of the details will become readily apparent. His scowling eyes are pretty recognizable though!
Next up we have two similar but different Cat Window that both Cindy and Martha are making for the same person. This one features a calico cat looking out of a window with yellow curtains with just a hint or orange accent color running through them.
The second Cat Window features a black cat and since the cat was so much easier to cut and grind than the one that Cindy made, Martha decided to add a plant to hers as well as changing the overall profile of the cat. The curtains though are still that stunning yellow with orange highlights.
Bee's Dandelion Window is rapidly coming together and she's beginning to think about what color green she wants for the dandelion leaves. Once that's been cut there will only be the cross within the sun left to go.
MiMi has all of one of her twelve colors cut out for her Louis XV Lamp and is about to decide on which color to cut out next when she comes back in. The egg carton trick is working wonderfully and it's looking like MiMi is going to have quite the collection of cartons filled with quite the collection of little pieces!
June's Goat Window has had its front side soldered which means that she'll be finishing this up when she returns. The next time you see this guy he's going to be all set for his closeup!
Barbara is now foiling all of her pieces that make up her Magnolia Window and got the top flower completed this week. Once everything has been foiled and tacked together she'll tackle the few background pieces and then begin thinking about what color she's going to want for a border.
Ann has all of her Nativity Scene Window ground but she's discovered that perhaps it was a good thing that the piece of earth at the bottom of the scene broke. Why? Because she had cut it out of the same glass that she used to make Joseph's staff and the common glass between the two different items just looks off. She's found a much darker brown for the ground and will cut that when she comes back in and then get to work on foiling all of these pieces.
Lorrie's newest pair of Street Address Windows are well under way and only need a border and a little more solder to finish both of them off. She needs seven of these completed before Christmas but I never had any doubt that she would cut her timeline close at all. Lorrie is really enjoying making stained glass and works long but fun hours while at home on her projects.
Susan D started another small Crow this week and got even more of her eagle suncatcher ground. Then, since she was feeling 'playful' she also changed the pin near the eye to yellow and even added a black pupil to it! It's hard to see in the picture below but trust me-- it's there!
I am really loving this Fox that Lisa is working on. The orange part of the tail that literally points into the white tip is the kind of cut the shows up in patterns here and there and bothers students when I tell them that the actual pointed ends of the glass have to be blunted. Yes, you can cut them out on a glass saw but you run the risk if the sharp indented point breaking when the heat from a soldering iron touches it. Look at this closely and you'll see that the blunt points do NOT detract at all.
And just like that Susan R has begun foiling all of the pieces for her Peacock Hoop. She's working from the top down so currently the head and the body are 'under construction'. I've thought about it a bit and I believe that I've come up with a great way to make sure that the peacock's head dress stays secure without messy wire supports marring the back side. We'll get into that when the time come though.
Mary Grace began soldering her Mardi Gras Mask Panel after she got her black border cut, ground, wrapped and attached. With most of the front side finished I'm thinking that she'll wrap this up upon her return.
Cindy's sister dropped by for a visit and loved Cindy's Holly Heart Suncatcher so much that she took it along home with her. So here we see that Cindy is starting a second one since she really believes it will sell at the shop where she usually plies her wares.
Shelley was looking through one of the pattern drawers and happened on this design of three women walking away from the 'camera' (otherwise known as a posterior shot). She 's decided that this will be a family portrait of sorts and has altered the hair on two of the women to more punctiliously match the family members that they will each represent.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is that.
Paul
