It Takes Some Dedication and Devotion

It's been a long haul but a fun road traveled for Lorrie while she worked on her Underwater Scene.  The window is huge measuring a finished size of 38 x 29 which made it unwieldy to transport back and forth every week.  And that's why Lorrie made the majority of this by working at home.  Once it was all assembled she left it at the shop so she could solder it here.  We've also run some strongline through this to give it some added support because when a window looks this great you don't want it coming apart later on in time!

Martha made a second 3D Succulent Planter Piece but this one is a little bigger than the one she made last week. And you can correctly assume from that sentence that she's making one of these a week from start to finish.  And when I say one a week, I actually mean every three hours. And that's pretty darned great!

 

Susan D is hard at work on two different projects this week.   She's begun grinding the Fancy Hanging Flowerpot that she had cut out last week and is getting very far along on that.  She also has another of her 3D Humming Bird Flowerpot decorations well underway with all of the glass cut out as well.

 

 

 

Cindy began her Queen's Crown and this one is filled with complex twists and turns with plenty of spaces to give the design a very delicate air about it. She finished the King's Crown but I didn't get a picture of it but I should have that fixed next week.

 

 

Mary Grace has decided to take a break from Initialed Sports Balls and has set upon making a Fancy Cross this week. It's an elaborate pattern with many pieces coming to sharp points which will require some delicate yet thorough grinding. It may take a while but the end result will look incredible.

  

Judy resumed cutting the few remaining pieces of her Humming Bird Window and then slid on over to the grinder where she got all of the bird  ground.  She won't cut the background until all you see has been ground, foiled and tacked together.   She will cut her background from one piece of glass cut to the size of the inner scene of the window to efficiently utilize the amount of saved glass as compared to the amount of waste glass.

 

 

 

Kandise has decided to proceed with her Bird's On a Branch Window Hanging and is now only three birds away from having it almost entirely cut out. With the end being this near and it looking this good I believe that she's gotten a fresh burst of motivation to complete this so she can appreciate it in its entirety.  Also so that she can move along to something new with far less (and far bigger) pieces. 😊

  

 

 

Melissa continued with her Tiffany Birds Window and it's all coming together beautifully. She's carefully orchestrating not only the colors of glass that she's using but the color density and opaqueness of the glass so that everything matches and balances throughout.

  

 

 

Bee is cutting away on her tiger face and although it's hard to see at this point in time that isn't any fault of Bee's. This ALWAYS looks like a pile of assorted glass pieces before it's ground. That said, when it IS ground and foiled it completely reveals itself. Save for the eyes however because the face still has a 'blankness' about it until the eye's have their center pupils painted on them. That's when the tiger truly comes to life.

  

 

 

Linda L has all three of her Easter Bunnies put together and even soldered leaving only the three sets of the two piece stands left to go. The 3D Butterfly on the bunny's nose would certainly pull free due to its weight if it were only attached to the foil at the tip of its nose so to solve that structural problem we have added a 14 gauge wire along the top edge of the rabbit hidden on the back side. That wire gives the butterfly a VERY secure location to perch on while not being apparent at all. There's always a solution if you just think about the problem.

  

 

Let has two projects in the works with the first being her own version of the Beveled Cross Window. She got her border cut for it and will almost certainly return with it ready for some hooks to hang it by. She also started a wonderful teardrop shaped Flower Design as well. It looks like Let has found that there are more shapes than simple squares and rectangles that you can set your subject within. 

 

 

 

Cheryl is now working on the borders for her Harley-Davidson Window and I have to say that working on this difficult project has definitely helped her to hone her stained glass skills. Believe it or not, this complex window is nearing completion!

 

 

June finished the foiling on her Multi-colored Elephant and then picked a nice but unobtrusive glass for the background that will allow the elephant to stand out and be the sole focus of the window.

  

 

Shelley's nearly completed her Cat Tribute Window to Toots by getting her border and channel attached and then by soldering most of the first side of her window. This will surely be completed upon Shelley's return. 

 

Lastly, Paula is back! It's been more than a few years but the thing I remember most about Paula (aside from her smile and incredible personality) is that her work was always top tier. This week she decided to start a Flower Hand Mirror and next week we will see what colors she's decided to make it in.

 

Shall we call an end to this post here? There's nothing else left to show so alrighty then!

Paul

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