Let's Circular Flower Window is stunning and I love the two strips of borders on each side of the window. They're not only accent pieces because they are functional as well. Do you see the lines that radiate out of the points of the flower petals and leaves? Those beautiful beveled columns stop those lead lines from having to reach all the way to the edge of the circle where they would be very distracting. Instead, they now direct your eyes to a stunning use of bevels!
Martha finished up the work on her Oval Hummingbird and Iris Window and now that it is off the table you can clearly see that the border is definitely NOT too dark at all. It's vibrant and it perfectly frames out the rest of the colors that she's used. I know Martha was a bit 'over it' towards the end of this piece but the end result put a deserved smile on her face.
Paula's Sleeping Cat Suncatcher looks like he's dreaming of mice and fish! The mouth was made with two pieces of wires that were shaped and tacked together by a dot of solder in the center of the mouth. After that was done we attached it to the nose and there you have it. He's cute as can be and is going to make a wonderful gift!
This is the first pair of many Honeycomb Suncatchers that Lara is now assembling. The nice part of these is that although there is a lot of 'tap-tapping' to do on them it's all on flat surfaces which makes the process much easier.
Keri needs to get three more of her signature Pink Princess Philodendron's completed and this is the first of this new set. She's averaging one leaf per night and I have no doubt that next week we'll see her second leaf completed.
I may not be getting something done each week but I did manage to make this Bevel Ornament Inside a Bevel Ornament this week. I made one of these before and sold it at a show before we had even officially opened our booth up to the public. When I found a box of glue chip 3 x3 bevels that we've had sitting around for a good ten years I knew just what to do with some of them. The trickiest part of making this is getting the hook on straight! But it's worth it when you see it in person especially if it's in some sunlight.
Bee is nearing the end with her Dragonfly window. Her background glass has now been ground to the perfect size and when she comes back she'll position the oval dragonfly section onto the glass, trace around it, make her final cuts then BOOM! Everything will fit together quickly and perfectly.
Now that all of her glass has been cut and ground Cindy is foiling each of her pieces. She only has a few pieces of the hind section of the wolf to go and then she'll tack this together and work on her border pieces. Exactness is so important here since she's making this to place into a preexisting opening in a house.
Julie wasn't sure of exactly what she wanted to make when she walked in the door but she did know that it would involve a Heron. After sorting through the patterns that we had in our pattern drawers she found one that immediately caught her eye. It will involve a bit of work but I know that it will look spectacular when it's completed and that Julie is up to the task at hand.
Tracy has her Virgin Mary Panel all cut out, ground, foiled and tacked together! She's decided to put a border around this and the color she has chosen is absolutely perfect. We aren't going to cut out the top three curved sections of this border until the straight pieces are tacked onto the window so we can be sure that the curves line up perfectly with the edges since we can't hide any irregularities with channel.
Kandise finished cutting out all of her Mountain Scene Window and as you can see her colors are deep, rich and vibrant. She's already begun grinding away at this because Kandise doesn't waste any time when it comes to getting things done.
Susan R has all of her Yorkie Dog Suncatcher cut out and is now foiling her pieces. It's a little tough to see here on the table since we have white pieces of glass laying on top of white paper but when this is up in the air and hanging in a window the design will shine through as plain as day.
Lara's work table looks like a full scale sweat shop with her being the only worker! She's assembling all of the assorted sized Hexagons that she cut a few weeks back for a friend who has positioned the hexagons into roughly fifteen different Honeycomb designs. Lara has them all taped together so they won't shift and has averaged two on each tray. As you've already seen she's got two down which leaves her with six trays left to go.
Susan D has not one but two projects under way this week. With all of the glass now cut out for her Woodpecker Panel she then began cutting the leaves for her next project: a Large Spider Plant Suncatcher. I haven't seen one of these made in a long time and they always look great so who knows, we may see more of these in the future.
Linda L has Mickey and Minnie's faces tacked together and is not hard at work on grinding all of the hearts that will form the background of this delightful window. This is really going to look spectacular when it's completed but then again--it ALREADY looks spectacular!
Nettie has her first Macaw all soldered and ready to be 'hooped' when she comes back in. It's a simple process and one that will happen within 5 minutes BUT the bird itself must be colored and waxed before the hoop is attached to it.
Lorrie has finished cutting, grinding and foiling all of the pieces for her Circular Peacock Window. After tacking it together she decided to add a border to it even though she really didn't have to. She ended up picking out a perfect color for the border and then getting the border cut as well as ground and I have to say that it was definitely the best thing to do for this. The entire piece just came alive once the border was added. I highly suspect that this will be completed upon her return.
Paula is also working on upping her stained glass talents by learning about decorative soldering. She's in the process of making a 3D Succulent and learned how to apply little solder dots along the outside edge of the glass. She's got two down leaving her with just two more to go before she can tack the four pieces together. After that there's a small flower that goes on top.
When Mary showed me the Sunflower pattern that she would be working on next I immediately thought that she would be working on it for months. Not just a few months but lots of months. I have to say that I was wrong because she is plowing through this at an impressive rate of speed. It's something that she really wants to do though which makes all the difference in the world. With the top flower tacked together she's now begun cutting out glass for two of the smaller flowers.
It's official! MiMi has foiled the last of the 1059 TINY pieces in her Louis XV Lamp! When she walks back in the door she'll be ready to begin placing these last three hundred and fifty-three pieces onto the mold and and then permanently tack them together. After that it's Solderin' Time!
See you in the funny pages!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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