Lorrie put the finishing touches on all twelve of her Oil Kaleidoscopes by inserting the mirrors and then soldering an clear glass eyepiece at the back of the scope. Most of that eyepiece is covered by foil and then with lead which leaves a small triangular opening that lines up perfectly into the mirrors so that you only see the colorful oil wand when you look into the scope.
Let me just say that the twelve of these certainly make an impressive set!
Barbara's Tiffany inspired Bird and Flowers Panel is the sweetest thing! I've always said all patterns have a certain size that they should be made to. Enlarging a small window to a much larger size always looks awkward and putting too many pieces into a small window just looks cluttered. At only 7 inches tall this is the perfect pieces-to-size ratio thus making this as charming as it could possibly be.
Sheri is the first out of the gate with a completed Alligator Santa. Placing Santa hats on just about any animal (especially animals native to Southern Louisiana) are a definite crowd pleaser and this is no exception!
Let threw this quick and easy Bordered Cross together quicker than you can say 'Peace Be With You'! It's simple and to the point which makes this a definite keeper.
Cindy managed to complete four Heart/Cross Suncatchers but I only got pictures of three of them because I ended up taking the picture of the blue heart twice by mistake. Leave it to me to manage to mix up just four suncatchers!
Let also managed to finish work on a Christmas Tree Suncatcher that she made from assorted clear scraps that she had hanging around. We love to see scrap get used especially when the completed piece turns out as nice as this.
And Let didn't stop there. Her latest Teardrop Flower is different from her first one only in terms of the color of the flower. It still features the iridized green ribbon set within the now iconic Let teardrop shape.
Mimi began a 3D Beveled Cross repair last week and finished it this week. Normally we don't cover repairs but since this was a complete disassemble I think it's worth viewing. The original version was done with an odd thin silver plated channel but now it's been copper foiled which has made it probably twice as sturdy (or even more) than it was before. Also, I wanted to post this because it's a great design!
Mary Grace set to work immediately on a new window that she's making for her back Doctor. It's hard to see right now but there's a white spine there in between the two healing hands. I have to say that I'm VERY impressed with the amount of work that MG achieved this week. She's says she's feeling better and it's nice to have her back to her old self again!
Paula has KPop in her blood as she makes Derpy from KPop Demon Hunters. He's a lot of work but Paula has that mouth, tongue and teeth cut out and ground so perfectly that the rest of this should be child's play for her.
Linda L has a series of small 3D Dragonflies that she's working on. She also took home a Mickey and Minnie Mouse pattern that she'll soon begin and let me tell you that it's a M&M Window the likes of which you've never seen before.
Judy continues cutting glass for her large Teepee Suncatcher. I have a very strong premonition that that this will be all cut out when she returns and even partially ground.
Keri resumed work on her large Stitch suncatcher but by the end of the night she just didn't have enough time to apply the paint that finishes this little guy off. He currently looks blind but that will be rectified in our next post.
They may be hard to see right now but Lorrie is also working on a pair of very large Cockatiels(?) that will mount and hang inside of metal hoops at right angles from the hoops thus turning this into a 3D project.
Bee is grinding the background pieces to her Dragonfly Window and making excellent progress. She's pretty much pinned down what glass she'll use for the wings and it's going to be a beautiful white iridised glass with plenty of subtle yet obvious shades of pink, green, yellow and blue shining underneath.
Sheri liked Let's Cross so much that she began one of her own this week. There are only 12 thin strips left to go for her to finish this off.
With the leaves and the background to her Magnolia window almost entirely cut out Tracey will next cut the scant few pieces that had broken while she cut them. After that she'll be grinding away at this marvelous window. When Tracey said that she wanted to make the round magnolia we spent a good half an hour looking for the pattern before I remembered that I had put it on the side so that I could eventually make it for our next show. This is another window whose size and piece count match perfectly.
Susan D toiled away on her next six Dragonfly spoons and left class with each of them being cut, ground and foiled. You only see four here but rest assured there are two others stored safely in plastic baggies just waiting to be soldered.
Susan R finished all of the grinding and all of the foiling on her multi-colored Autumn Leaf. Soldering will begin next week and I can already say that this is going to look spectacular when it's up and off of the work table.
Mary wasn't able to finish grinding her Eye Of The Tiger Window while he was at home but that's nothing to worry or fret about. It's not easy to find time to work on stained glass during the week and that's why our students show up so regularly to our classes. Of course we always manage to have a great time while we work the class away as Mary's laughter throughout the night well proved.
Martha's classy looking Art Deco Lady got her final border attached and Martha is now soldering it. I think the minimal color scheme is wonderful and I can't wait to see this one hanging up.
Cheryl is back to work on her Mr. Bingle Panel and she now has all of it cut save for the background and borders. I'm going to insist that she tack this together before cutting those last few remaining pieces just so that things don't get twisted out of shape.
June's Cat is only missing one piece of glass but rather than filling that in she's begun foiling everything so that she can tack this together and then simply place a color of her choice behind it to fill in that missing piece. It looks to me as though that will be done when she comes back in since she only has a few pieces left to foil.
Lastly, Betty got another Toy soldier almost completely finished but wasn't able to get the hook on it before she had to leave. I can guarantee that we'll see that Soldier and maybe two others completed in our next post.
So there you have it, another week succinctly spelled out in stunning detail by yours truely!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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