Zoe's Mallard Panel was cut perfectly and then soldered just as wonderfully. She really didn't want to add a glass border to it and because it's a panel and not a full fledged window we were able to just add a large zinc channel which, after drilling holes into the zinc, gave Zoe a place to hang her window from. Since she decided to color the lead in black patina the zinc channel ended up matching the lead throughout the window perfectly!
Lorrie's Stack of books go together perfectly with the flowers that adorn it as well as the fancy cup of coffee that resides on the top of the books. There's a lot of work in this stack of books but Lorrie worked her way through them almost effortlessly. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to get a picture of it once she completed it since that happened over the Easter Holiday, but Lorrie brought it back in this week so I could look it over before she colored it to finish it off. Bravo.
Paula finished up the work on her Flowered Hand Mirror which came together wonderfully for her. Looking at her work on this it's hard to believe that it's been almost eight years since Paula made her last project with us!
Let made this Cardinal Heart in no time at all. She deserves an extra round of applause because she ended up re-cutting the pieces that make up the flower in the lower portion of the suncatcher. Why? Because even though they technically fit into position they didn't fit as nicely as she wanted them to be. A lot of people are fine when something fits, period. But Let wanted perfection and that's what she got.
Ann is working on 3 Chicken faces that will go in the corner of a window to make it appear as though the chicken were looking into the window. All three are delightful and playful designs that are definitely 'cartoony' in appearance. This is the first and there will be at least two more variations of this to come.
I have to admit that I talked my way out of a picture and therefore have only an approximation to show you what Susan R accomplished this week. At the end of class I just kept running my mouth and after she left left I realized that I didn't take a picture. So what you see below is something that looks somewhat close to what she was making that I made in photoshop. I'm pretty sure that the orange pieces aren't the same shape that she actually cut out because I recall the pieces being hexagonal but I can't figure out how they formed a circle! Oh well, we will see an actual picture of her work in our next post. I just wanted to show something to prove that she was indeed here this week!
With her RN Caduceus all tacked together and almost completely soldered, Annette will come back in, add a border to this and then solder the back side to finish it all up just in time for graduation (yes, it's getting to be that time of the year already!) Expect to see this completed in our next post.
Let must have teardrops in her eyes because she certainly comes up with a lot of these beautiful teardrop designs. This week we see that she's not only cut out but also ground a stunning new Sunflower design that she found on the internet. She felt that it wasn't as balanced as it could be so she added a second leaf into the mix and I love that she's making adjustments to patterns!
All of Kandise's Bird's eyes have been ground and placed into the tiny little holes that hold them. The eyes themselves measure only about an eighth inch in diameter and certainly no more than that. Those are some tiny pieces but luckily they don't need to be foiled as the foil around the holes will allow enough lead to surround the eyeballs and secure them into place.
Lara needs to make another Stack of Books and that's what she's doing here. You'll notice that both of or 'book stacks' this week also feature flowers strewn throughout the books. This is more than a design choice- it's to prevent straight lines from running throughout the pattern and allowing the finish piece to fold along hinge points. The flowers are a beautiful way to add stability to the books.
This may look like a sea of pins but they all serve a purpose and that's to keep all of MiMi's tiny pieces from sliding all over the place on her 'cartoon'. We call this type of pattern a cartoon because unlike a pattern the pieces that are drawn in a cartoon are not touching one other which (somewhat) explains why there are gaps surrounding each piece. Because of those spaces you need far more pins to hold everything into position. Luckily MiMi has plenty of pins (and patience)!
Belinda's Tiger Face is now officially halfway cut and ground. She was thinking about taking a bit of a break from these crazily shaped stripes by working on the LSU portion of the window that goes below the tiger face but she didn't have the glass with her or the pattern pieces. It will be a bit of a surprise for me to see exactly what part of this window she will be working on when she comes back in to class.
With only the upper left corner left to cut and grind, Lorrie's Colorful Elephants Window is surely coming to life. This looks fantastic already but once she begins foiling her pieces you'll get to see a more complete picture that includes all of the detailed cutting that she's done.
Now that her birds have been ground and foiled Melissa has tacked them together to prevent them from sliding about on the pattern while she's cutting and grinding all of her flower pieces. She'll be doing them the same way that she did the birds- one section at a time to prevent confusion and elevate the exactness of her details.
May the force be with you!
Paul
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