Yes, I know that this is VERY late but we should be back to normal as soon as the new update is posted on Monday.
We'll start things off with Betty's Circular Luna Moth. The moth itself is made from three different colors (one brown and two different greens) while the outer moon-like circular section was made of an iridized pale yellow. She then accented the moth with 4 glass nuggets to create a beautiful window dressing.
Cindy's colorful Snake is what she believes to be an acquired taste but if that's the case then I have acquired plenty of taste because I love this. Cindy enjoys working with small pieces and so in that respect this pattern was right up her alley.
Lorrie had her two new Cat Face Mirrors soldered and practically ready for hanging before she even walked in the door. The only thing this pur-fect pair of cats needed were some round hooks affixed to the back of their heads and then a bath and some wax. In the end they looked like this.
Martha's Alligator Head says, "Don't mess with me". The color that she picked for him is literally spot-on but that border is what ties it all up nicely. All in all it's another job well done.
Kandise has finished her smaller version of the Treble Clef Heart Suncatcher in record time. She even managed to get fairly far along into her next project which we'll see a little later on.
Nettie managed to get all of the front side of her large Teardrop Nativity Scene soldered as well as most of the back side. Time was running short though she she simply covered all of the foil that she had fluxed so she could do a better job on the back side when she comes in again next week.
Bee came in and tacked together the scenery center section of her Magnolia Window and then she learned the simple way to cut the border for a window whose subject extends beyond the squared off section of the picture. It only took a few minutes and then Bee walked out the door with her window in tow so that she can hopefully have it completed next week. (Spoiler alert- she gets it done!)
Catherine has the center flower of her window ground and worked on cutting out the glass for the flowers that bookend the center flower. Once everything had been cut she began grinding all of her pieces. Her attention to detail already shines through in this before it's even completed!
Cheryl finished all of the grinding on her window and has begun foiling each of the pieces to her Mardi Gras Pelican. With only the crown itself left to go I believe this window will be completed very quickly after she returns from her trip.
Cindy not only completed her colorful snake but also has another Heart/Cross in the works. She had believed that she was finished with these but when you make things in bulk you almost always end up with a few extra or a few short.
Elaine's Emme Window has all of the hard parts cut out leaving her with just a few large background pieces left to go and then a border. This is certainly taking shape and Elaine is working at a nice steady pace which insures that mistakes are few to none.
Here we see the second project that Kandise worked on this week. This cute little duck is going to feature glasses (the kind that rest on your nose so that your eyes can see things clearer) that will be made from wire and then overlaid onto duck. Just wait until you see it completed!
Keri's Skeleton Hand sure makes a Halloween statement! I have to admit that this one really speaks to me. Her use of iridized white glass rather than a solid plain white is the icing on the cake for what is sure to be a distinctive Halloween decoration.
Lara has so much work done on her second Lily Window that I'm sure it will be completed when we see her again. She's already got one of the two Stamens assembled with enough wire left over to make a second.
Lorrie's Bee and Flowers Window is so very close to being completed. Before the border was cut out using the strip cutter Lorrie asked if she could use 2x2 bevels in the four corners. Had she inquired after the border was cut into strips the answer would have been a firm no, but knowing ahead of time that the corners would be beveled allowed us to cut the strips 2" wide so that everything lined up.
Mary Grace has another eight (or so) Picture Frames to make and as you can see she'll well under way on the first one here.
Sheri's got her own version of the Art Nouveau Window in the works and she's already well along into cutting her glass. She's picking colors as she goes along which is how I always work. I feel you get a better sense of how all of the colors weigh in doing things this way.
Susan D has all of her next window cut out and is now working on grinding her Pelican and Fish. It already looks as though it fits together which means that her cutting has been spot on and the actual grinding process will go quickly for her. This is a commissioned piece which means that Susan won't be taking any short cuts and that she'll be paying even more attention to detail that normal because it's her work on this project that will speak the most to the person that she's making it for-- And Susan takes a lot of pride in her work.
With all of that said and done we'll be sure to catch you on the flip side before you know it.
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