The Aftermath of Mardi Gras

Annette's Central Catholic Window was completed after she soldered both sides in just one class. I mentioned last week that Nettie worries too much about her soldering and this window proved it as all I did to fix things up was to re-flow a few joints and then touch up four run-throughs.  Her ability to correctly get a bead with her lead is better than what I see on lamps for sale in Lowe's or Home Depot.  This window is beautiful and Nettie did it all herself.

Next we look at Julie's stunning starburst Suncatcher and since she made it out of scrap pieces I'm suspecting that a lot of our students just learned of a new pattern that looks stunning using a random color scheme.  And the pieces are small enough that it allows you to use even the tiniest pieces of glass that you may have lying around.  Alas, the true beauty of it is in the completed project which Julie can be very proud of.

 

 

Let finished the Simple Cross that she began last week by bordering it with a heavily textured clear glass. The end result is inspirational as well as awe inspiring.

 

 

 

Kandise has begun a Sunset Window which will feature a curving path that traces out into the distance. It's hard to see it now but once this gets a little more color the path will become readily apparent.

 

 

Betty has the majority of her Abstract Flowing Window cut out along with having a good deal of it being ground already.  Her colors swirl around a circular bevel and the kicker here will be the leaded sections that are colored in black on the pattern.  That will surely happen when she returns and she relives her past by foiling pieces of glass entirely in copper foil.

 

 

  

Annette, or Nettie as we are going to be calling her here in the Blog from here on out, also cut and began tacking together a large Macaw that she'll be hanging inside of a hoop. The only problem is finding a hoop the correct size since the local Hobby Lobby appears to be out of them (thanks Lorrie!) Nettie will be traveling and checking out different locations throughout the week so we may very well see this completed when she comes back in. 

 

  

 

 

Let also has her Circular Flower Window all cut and ground which means that when she walks back in the door this will be ready for its zinc channel.  How do I know this? Well, because we're talking about Let who will ride a soldering iron until the bitter end!!

 

 

Betty also continued working on her Mardi Gras Mask Panel which is now ready to be tacked together. She has her border strips cut but we never break the strips down into their respective pieces until the center is tacked together so we can achieve perfect fits. This is what gives us such wonderfully aligned corners.

 

Yes, I agree that this was an extremely short post but attendance was down due to all of the Mardi Gras activity throughout the week.   I 'm sure that it's safe to assume  that we'll see many more projects next week as well as the weeks to come so be sure to come on back.

In the mean time, have fun storming the castle!

Paul

Bayou Salé GlassWorks