Paula repaired her pair of Cardinals easily enough while she was at home during the week and brought it back in so I could get a finished picture of it. It's certainly stunning and I as well as other students like the simple but effective way that we added the perfectly round glass eyes for the birds.
Let's Large Moth (or possibly Butterfly) is stunning and she only used 4 colors in it! She's used crepe green for the wings which is a VERY old glass that hasn't been made since the 90's. She balanced those wings with two tiny iridised flowers and a deep solid green border. Great colors all around.
Barbara put the finishing touches on her Tulip Suncatcher and decided that instead of bordering it with glass she would border it with the heavier zinc channel. This is small enough that she doesn't need a border to hang it from and the thicker channel serves double duty as a border of sorts as well as giving Barbara a place to attach the chains which hang this.
Susan D finished off her four Christmas Ornaments and made quick work of them. I'm not sure what she'll be doing next but you'll discover that when we return next week.
Julie is our newest student and she's off to a fantastic start. In the entire cutting lesson that she received this week she didn't break a single piece of glass. That could explain why her Butterfly looks so wonderful!
Paula made her Batman and Superman Logos almost completely at home and she said that she had a lot of fun making the Batman logo. She said that it was easy to do which tells me that she really understands how to finesse the glass as she's grinding it because keeping those pieces perfectly oval is not easy to do. Then again, that Superman emblem is nothing to sneeze at either!
Sheri's Halloween Ghost is the perfect Suncatcher for Halloween and she's crafted it impeccably. I can't find a single fault in this.
Keri has begun working on a Circular Dragonfly that when completed always looks amazing. There won't be any background glass to cut in this as the circle of glass that acts as a border gives this suncatcher its strength and stability. She's moving quickly and efficiently through this project and it may even be finished as soon as next week!
Let began this cute little Bird suncatcher whose eye will be tacked on top of the glass. In the end it will look as though it were meticulously cut into the class with a rather daring thin placement, but it's all going to be an optical illusion.
Shelley's changed the pattern for her Ballerina Girl by enlarging it so that it can reside in a hoop which eliminates the need for background glass. We really wanted to omit any background glass because the only places we could place the cuts to make the pieces possible made it look as though the ballerina was a puppet with strings going upwards from her arms. This is a far, far more elegant solution.
Bee is already cutting glass for her Oval Dragonfly and has the small sectional pieces of the body cut as well as ground. That could very well be the most difficult part of this window so she can now take breath and relax throughout the rest of this project.
Cindy's Golfer Window comes even more alive this week as more and more of the course comes into view. There are just the pieces that make up the green now and knowing Cindy that won't take long at all.
Susan R has another large section of her Multi-colored Leaf cut and ground. She is literally flying through this complex Suncatcher and really impressing me.
Cheryl's got another Wedding Box under way and is opting to go with a simple yet elegant double border. At first she considered just one border but in the end she found that to be just a bit too plain. This is the perfect solution.
Paula also worked on her Iron Man Face and has picked a beautiful amber glass for the brass sections of Ironman's armor. This is really going to stand out wonderfully against the red that will form the rest of his armor.
Martha got all of the glass cut for her Art Deco Woman and decided to go with an iridized white gown rather than a pure black dress. Although the black would have looked striking I have to say that I like Martha's decision to change it to White. The softer color blends in beautifully with all of the textured clears while having just enough sparkle to stand out.
Sheri is now giving up on Halloween and moving straight ahead into Christmas by beginning a pair of Grinch Hands complete with an ornament hanging from a chain between Mr. Grinch's fingers. Always appealing, these sell like hotcakes for Sheri !
Linda L has the inside oval section of her window all tacked together now and will 'rectangle' or square it off by adding four clear textured corner pieces that will then be surrounded by a border. Linda has discovered that she'll need to re-cut two pieces of glass due to their being short but that is a small price to pay when you consider all of the time that she saved while grinding this.
Lorrie officially has all twelve of her Oil Scopes ready to have the mirrors inserted. These have all been touched up, washed and waxed and only require a clear glass view hole on the back of them but we can't solder those into place until the mirrors have been cut, taped together and inserted. This process could very well begin next week.
Lastly, MiMi has emptied another two Egg Carton's worth of glass pieces and as she empties them she ceremoniously crunches up the carton and throws it away with a laugh and a victorious smile.
So thanks everyone, we can wrap it up here!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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