Lorrie's Circular Peacock has been completed and it really is spectacular. It features an opened circular area in the background which prevented the need for a lead line coming from the beak. A simple solution to a definite problem. I just wish I could have gotten a better picture of this because what you see here does it no justice at all.
Tracey's Virgin Mary Window was completed this week and what sets hers apart from others is the rounded top. Although it measures a demure 12 inches tall this really looks as though it belongs in a church!
Linda F finished off her mid-sized Butterfly Flower Pot Ornament and this is the first one that she's done that had a body added to it. In the past we just left the seam along the center but when I saw someone online cover their seem with a piece of glass to form a body well I knew we'd never go body-less again! I only wish I'd thought of it myself because it adds so much to the finished butterfly.
Paula finished two Crosses that may look familiar but hide a small difference from what we're accustomed to. These are almost half the size of the normal. I always say that size matters when it comes to the look and feel of stained glass. You can enlarge something beautiful and have it look awkward within its new dimensions but shrinking things down ALWAYS works for the best. These crosses are delicate, beautiful and only about as tall as a dollar bill.
Lara wasted no time soldering almost half of her assorted Honeycomb designs this past week. At this rate she'll have all of these completed in the blink of an eye. Here's a look at just two of the six that she polished off while in class.
Nettie finished her large Macaw Hoop project and I just can't stress enough how large this actually is. The fact that it's rock stable is something else to be amazed about as well. There's not a single weak spot in this entire 3 foot tall project.
Linda has begun cutting the glass for her Flowered Transom Window and she's moving along at a nice rate of speed while maintaining the perfection that she insists on delivering in her stained glass . She's waiting for her background glass to arrive but will be able to continue by cutting out the green for her leaves and her vines.
Betty is officially ready to begin soldering her Swirling Abstract Window which looks mighty impressive to me. You can now see the sections that she's covered with sheet foil. These are the accent pieces that are few enough not to draw attention but enough to make a casual viewer wonder what was done to achieve such a unique effect.
Cindy has all of her Wolf Window tacked together and even added the straight sections of her border. That leaves only four curved border pieces left to go and then she'll begin soldering this beast.
MiMi has the third and final section of her lamp tacked together! After transferring the pieces from the pattern to the actual mold she then set upon adding a thin layer of solder to hold it all together. By the time that was done MiMi called it a night. Next we will see all three sections come together after which MiMi will add a 4" wire ring on the inside top of the lamp near the cap for added support. After that a thin nearly invisible wire will be soldered along the bottom edge for the same reason.
Susan R's Woodpecker Plaque and her Spider Plant Suncatcher were both on the grinder this week and she'll correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that she has them both completely ground. I do believe that I'm seeing some foiling being done in Susan's immediate future.
Bee inserted the center Dragonfly oval into the background pieces that she had previously cut and then added more radial cuts for effect and (mostly) added stability. She's going to be soldering this when she comes back in and then we'll get the zinc channel added to it since this won't be getting a border.
June's border for her Multi-colored Cat Window is now foiled and tacked into place. She's begun soldering but due to the numerous health issues that kept June out of class and the fact that she hasn't soldered anything for a few months were going to have a quick soldering refresher lesson when she comes back in. Luckily soldering is just like riding a bike-- Once you have it you have it (but it may take a reminder). :-)
Susan R is nearing the finish line with her adorable Yorkie Suncatcher. There's little bit of foiling left to go on this and then she'll be soldering. This will be hanging up before you know it!
It's easy to see that Linda L is going to have perfect hearts making up the background of her Mickey and Minnie Window. With the top row completed Linda foiled the pieces and then tacked them into position. This ensures that these pieces will not be twisted out of position while she works on the next row. Lot's of pins do the trick as well but they tend to get in the way so this is a perfect alternative. She's also filled in the section between their noses to help keep the window nice and square.
Barbara has all of her Fleur De Lis Window tacked together after working on her border pieces this week. In fact, she has almost all of the front side of this soldered already! That means that she'll be soldering the back side when she comes back in which also means that we may very well see this completed in our next post.
Nettie has her new Tri-Cross Design ready to be soldered but she still isn't sure if she wants to turn this into a window or just make it as a large Suncatcher. I guess we'll see how she works that out next week.
Lorrie also worked on a new Macaw and it looks like this will be fully assembled when we see it again next week. Oh and yes, this will indeed be mounted in a hoop.
Mary's a cutting fool and she's working through her Sunflower window with determination that you don't want to get in the way of! She's not only cutting but grinding as she goes as well. This is proof that when you are really excited about a project you can practically get almost over-involved in it!
Keri is all set now that she has the last two of her Pink Princess Philodendron leaves cut and ground. One has been foiled and she's taken the other along home with her to foil there. She'll surely finish these up next week and then move on to a new project that won't include 3D leaves.
Jan has picked out a new pattern to begin and as you can see she's going to make Virgin Mary Window. I believe that she said that she wanted to square this off so that it's a window rather than a suncatcher and that's easy enough to do but first we're going to finish Mary and then decide on the window dimensions.
Sheri was in but I didn't get a picture of her window. It's pretty much the same as it was last week save for the fact that she has numerous pieces ground now. Next week she'll be cutting out her background pieces so we'll see a big difference in what it looks like from the time we last saw it.
Also, Judy's working on tracing out the pattern for a Dog window but since it's a surprise I can't post it here!
And that as they say is that!
Paul
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