Mary put a lot of time and effort into this colorful Sunflower Window and did it ever pay off. She's thrilled with it, other students are thrilled with it and I'm thrilled with Mary's work ethic. She really came shining through on this!
Martha's Butterfly Window is another example of a student who comes in and gets the work done no matter how hard she might think it will be. She's even gone the extra mile by re-cutting pieces just because she didn't like the way they looked. From start to finish Martha has made this look easy.
Susan R was feeling Patriotic and was hoping to get this USA Lawn Ornament completed for the big 4th of July anniversary that's about to unfold around us here in America and lo and behold, she did did it! The big question is, what was the piece that was colored incorrectly when we last saw this? It was the cross bar of the letter 'A' which had been cut out of white glass because it initially looked like it should be the white stripe running all the way across. Alas, it needed to be blue and now it is. Once you saw it you couldn't unsee it but luckily it was a very simple fix since it hadn't been soldered into place. Now it's perfect!
Cindy has completed her Teardrop Iris Suncatcher and is ready to move along to a new project. She's made this teardrop as symmetrical as possible which means that it hangs perfectly (as you can see). If it wasn't symmetrical it would hang cock-eyed.
And here's another teardrop with a different flower inside of it. Let made this Daisy Teardrop quickly and efficiently while also keeping things balanced. Teardrops look wonderful but only when they hang straight as Let's does here.
If you've glanced down at the next picture before reading this then you may well know that a Butterfly Suncatcher means that we have a new student. Elaine is that new student and she appears to have a flair for this because she didn't break any glass at all during her cutting lesson or while cutting the five pieces of glass that make this butterfly. I think we're going to see big things from her because this butterfly is beautiful!
This is the last of Nettie's 3D Butterflies (for a while at least). Made with iridized glass this one really sparkles when the light hits it. I like the way Nettie used all different patterns for her 5 small 3D Butterflies rather than making the same one over and over.
Nettie resumed work on her three panel Nativity Scene by finishing the soldering on the front of the center panel. Once that was completed she flipped it over and then worked on the back side. When all three are soldered they will be joined together by a unique double sided slotted bar that will allow all of them to be joined together as one large window.
Mary dove right on into her next project and I have to admit that this is a pattern that always turns heads (as well as empties pocketbooks) when we bring it to shows! This window never hangs around the shop for too long and I believe that it's largely due to the large number of greens that you use throughout the fish. Mary used the same multiple color technique in her Sunflower Window as well so she's getting really good at choosing colors altogether.
Check out Bee's Fleur Del Lis. The border perfectly matches the glass that she used in the actual Fleur De Lis itself and the only other color in the window is a second earth tone that sets the feel for this minimal yet stunning design.
Linda L's Bluebirds in a Hoop are so stinking cute! She's someone else who is going the extra mile by cutting the feet into individual 'toes' rather than just making a single blob of orange glass for a foot. Although you can't see it here (yet) it really does make a big difference. The rays from the sun and the vines for the leaves will be formed from wire which is really going to make this stand out even more.
Let is working on an Art Nouveau Window and has gone with a pastel/soft color scheme that sets it off wonderfully. She'll be squaring (or 'rectangling') this off and I'm very interested to see what color she decides to use for the final border.
Well then, it would appear that June's Seahorse has really come to life this week! The last time we saw this it was mostly pattern under a few pieces of glass that she had cut and ground. This week it looks like a full fledged Seahorse cut from glass! I think this is going to look wonderful and if she doesn't have a background glass in mind I think I may know the perfect glass for the job!
Sheri's getting very triangular with her new window. What you see below is roughly two thirds of the whole pattern because it actually continues on past the right side of the picture. Since it doesn't fit on a board she's folded the pattern over and will make this in two different sections that will eventually be joined after the next smaller section has been cut, ground and foiled. Most times this is the best way to handle the creation of a large window especially of you are transporting it back and forth between the shop and your house.
Keri spent her night grinding away on her Flower Window and it's fitting together perfectly. I love the colors in this and her use of iridised glass for the background because it picks up all of the colors of the flowers themselves.
Linda F is back and she's foiling away on her Transom Window. What you see below is the left side of the window which I chose to show you in close up so that you could marvel at her perfect foiling. Linda aims for perfection and I'm thrilled when she asks me if something miniscule needs to be re-done or not. THAT is attention to detail.
Julie came in and kicked some serious glass tonight! She had considered skipping the flowers at the top of this window when she first began working on this but over time she decided that if she was in it for a dime then she was in it for a dollar. The flower petal pieces are small and look confusingly similar but Julie was extremely well organized while cutting out the glass which then made everything come together much quicker than she ever would have imagined.
MiMi's soldering is getting closer and closer to the edge of her lamp with each passing week. I wonder if she'll know how to act when she moves along to a simple window when this is completed. We'll find out soon enough, that's for sure!
Lastly we look at a mystery project that one of our students is making. I figure that I should show at least a little something of all of these 'hidden' projects that some of our students are working on or no one will believe they exist!
And there ya have it. Have a Happy 4th everyone!
Paul
Bayou Salé GlassWorks
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