Bee's window needs no introduction at all. If you can't tell what this represents you'd best find a good eye doctor and get fitted for some glasses! Bee handled the making of this window with every air of professionalism all throughout the creation process. She always knew what to do and when to do it. When a problem reared its head Bee smacked it down and regrouped flawlessly. I do believe this is perfect!
Linda L has used another one of her bevel clusters to make this elegant Fleur De Lis Window. You can't go wrong using all clear textures in a bevel design and then Linda went ahead and used black patina on the lead to make the lines contrast beautifully against all of that sparkling clear glass. In sunlight it's even more spectacular.
Cindy's Large Butterfly is colorful and wonderfully symmetrical as well. She made this quickly and efficiently with the end result being an impressive Butterfly that will put a smile on anyone's face. It's beautiful work for sure!
I do believe that Judy said that she needed to make about five of these Cross Suncatchers. This first one took her just a hair more than two weeks to make but I'm betting that the next one goes quicker. Once you get into the groove of making these they can go pretty quickly. You just need to fall into that groove.
Zoe is making this large Madonna and Baby Jesus Suncatcher as a gift and picked this design after sorting through our numerous patterns. Its always been a popular suncatcher but one that wasn't made last Christmas at all. Perhaps after this is completed it will see a resurgence.
Let is nearly finished with her pair of Humming Birds which form a heart (once you know the heart is there). She got the idea for it in a rough drawing that she found online where the heart was VERY apparent-- however the humming birds looked more like dolphins with wings! I drew my own birds and made the mirrored pair look as heart-like as I could without making the birds look like something out of The Island Of Dr. Moreau. All in all I think it fits the bill and Let's work is bringing it to life in a wonderful way.
Susan D has been busy as a beaver working on her Flowers and Humming Birds Window. The flowers have now all been cut out and now she's grinding them. She'll tack this all together before cutting out her background glass and believe me when I say that she'll get that cut fairly quickly since it will consist of nice, graceful flowing curves.
Cindy is Working on a circular Flower Panel that isn't large enough to be a full fledged Window but is also too large to be a Suncatcher which is why we call it a Panel. Panels are any project (like this one) that rests squarely between two somewhat undefined stained glass sizes. That said, this is going to be one vibrant pair of flowers.
Susan R has everything cut for her LSU Panel and is now working on grinding all of the pieces that she painstakingly cut. The piece in the lower right that is missing was actually at the grinder with Susan who was shaping it when I snapped this picture. She's certainly getting the work done quickly, that's for sure!
Wow, Annette's LSU Tiger Window has really taken shape. She still has some pieces left to wrap in the tiger and then she'll get to work on the actual paws of the Tiger. This is another window that is nearing completion and looking spectacular already. It's a head turner for sure.
Keri's Praying Mantis Window is both colorful and exotic which is a perfect combination for a stained glass window. Add to it the fancy shape of the overall design which is going to frame it all out wonderfully. She's got most of it cut already so I'm sure she'll begin grinding this insect next week.
No, Lara isn't finished with her Oil Kaleidoscopes yet but she's made incredible progress on constructing these. Two of them are already completely soldered and the third is all tacked together just awaiting soldering. These will be finished before you know it. Kudos to Lara for her excellent ability to set a stage with her projects because her placement shows you exactly what these will look like when they are completed.
MiMi is filling in those pattern pieces one egg carton at a time. Her attention to detail on this projects really needs to be seen in closeup to truly appreciate how perfect her fitting is on all of these tiny pieces and that goes a long way towards making a perfect lamp.
Yes, everything has been cut and Lorrie got her Peacock Window all tacked together as well as getting the front side completely soldered as well! If classes could have run a bit longer she probably would have finished this but the prospect of washing it and coloring it means that Lorrie will certainly end up completing this upon her return after which she'll resume working on her second different Peacock window.
With the front side of her HUGE Beveled Window essentially soldered Cheryl will surely flip this over and do the back side upon her return. I have to hand it to her-- her soldering on this proves that she is taking her time because she is achieving a very very nice bead on this.
With each passing week Linda F comes closer and closer to finishing off her sextet of Christmas Ornaments. Although they will be gifted out separately they certainly make a beautiful matched set! Keeping the shape of these ornaments can be tricky but Linda is making the grinding look like child's play.
With all of the cutting for the Fractured Glass background in her Holy Spirit Window Ann is ready to begin grinding her background. She really enjoys making these and the 3D effect of the finished piece certainly sets it apart from other windows of a similar design.
Lastly we look at the GTO pattern that Paula will be making. As with all car patterns there are a lot of thin pieces that make this up but I know that Paula will have no problem bringing this to life. She really seems to enjoy working on highly detailed projects.
Sadly, I appear to have missed getting a picture of Martha's Beach Scene Window. I guess I'll just have to show you two weeks worth of work that Martha will have done on it when we come back again next week with a brand new post.
And that as they say is that!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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