Annette's Fancy Fleur De Lis is a work of art. It's hard to believe that she feels that her work wasn't up to par on this because believe me it is! She's used iridised glass throughout this piece and although you can see it in the purple it's only barely evident in the green (in the picture-- in real life it's VERY obvious). I love this and I think it looks amazing.
Jan got her Santa Claus Panel completed in plenty of time for Christmas this year and he's as cute as a button. She omitted the polka dots in his hat which the original pattern called for and I actually think it makes Santa look so much better because in all honesty, who ever saw Santa wearing a polka-dotted hat???
And Susan R finished up her second Flower Pot Ornament. She's got these down to a science now and actually enjoys making them which is more than half of the battle when it comes to creating stained glass. Another good job indeed.
Betty has her Lighthouse Panel well under way now that she has the border attached to it. She wasn't sure what color it should be but we all agreed that it shouldn't be anything bright since the scene itself as is set at night. That ruled out the yellow that Betty originally planned to use. In the end going back to red was the best looking option. Expect to see this completed when Betty returns.
Kandise has decided to make one of our many Birds in a Wire patterns and settled on one of the larger versions which means that the birds are actually resting atop a post. The larger pieces will make this easier to do because the hardest part with these 'Birds in a Line' patterns is always the eyes-- Those little, teeny, tiny eyes!
With the border now firmly attached to her Louisiana Collage Window, Lara spent her night soldering and almost got the front side completed. There's only the smallest bit left to go in the middle of the window near the tree which means that she'll be soldering the back side when she returns. This is very near completion now.
Lorrie is at about the halfway point in her cutting and grinding of her phenomenal Sugar Elephant Window. Now, I've been calling it a Sugar Elephant Window because the flowers and colors that decorate the two elephants resemble sugar skulls but I got to wondering why they are are actually called 'Sugar Skulls' and looked into it. It turns out that Sugar skulls were originally made by mixing granulated sugar, meringue powder, and water to create a moldable dough which was then pressed into skull-shaped molds and left to dry. Once hardened, various colorful icing, sequins, beads, and foil were used to create intricate designs. Now that I know this, calling Lorrie's Elephants 'Sugar Elephants' is perhaps a bit misleading or even a misnomer, but I do believe that it gets the point across due the the similar style.
And Lorrie's Underwater Fish Window has been worked on (for the most part) at her home since it is VERY large and hard to transport back and forth. That said, now that everything has been cut and ground we may see this back in the shop shortly. I must say that her work is astounding here!
And since we just looked at an underwater scene let's look at the progress that Sheri has made on her Koi Fish Window (which also features fish under water). With each passing class Sheri gets closer and closer to getting all of her pieces ground. You can clearly see the what the window will look like now that there are so many pieces fitted into place. She's taking her time and the way her pieces fit together proves that slow and steady not only wins the race but also gets you a gorgeous window as well!
Zoe's Duck Panel has all of the hard pieces cut and ground with only the sky and the leaves left to go. I removed the Dragonfly in the pattern because I was concerned about the large open area in the window and I think I may ask Zoe if she wants to place another Cat Tail in the upper left. It would only require two more pieces and could possibly provide more balance to the overall scene.
Melissa has made short work on her Bluey Window as she got her border cut, ground, foiled and attached. Not only that-- she's also managed to solder the front side as well. She will get a zinc channel around this when she comes back in and I'm positive that she will be taking this home with her as a finished piece after her next class.
This is our second Fancy Fleur De Window for the week and this one is being made by Martha. She got everything foiled in this last class and will tack and solder this when she returns. I still don't know whether she'll make this a window or a large hanging suncatcher but the answer to that will reveal itself next week.
Shelley's Toots Tribute Window is all cut and ground and ready to be wrapped and foiled. There's a border left to be cut but as our students and long time readers know, that doesn't take long to assemble at all. Sometimes picking the color for the border takes more time than actually cutting, grinding, foiling and tacking takes longer!
Like Sheri's Koi Fish Window, you can judge how far Ann is coming along by looking at the pieces that rest on top of the ground pieces of her background. There aren't many 'layers' to this now which means that the majority of this has been fitted into place. It won't be long now until this Cross Window is completed and Ann begins her next project.
And with all of that said and done I can safely say that it's time to roll the credits!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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