We’re All Starting New Projects
First off, Ann couldn’t make it in this week due to health reasons. We all hope she’s on her feet soon and want her to know she was missed. Wednesday just wasn’t the same without her.
Billie worked on a Cardinal suncatcher that she will finish next week. Actually she’ll have two finished next week. She really went all out to make sure her cutting was perfect and she succeeded in a big way. She needed to only skim her pieces on the grinder rather than grind the pieces down to get them to fit together. Her cutting this week couldn’t have been better.
Kim was able to solder the back side of her Rooster Window and then finish it off. We added hooks, hung it and then took some pictures. Alas, it was a dreary day and the pictures we took of it outside came out blurry so I have to post one that we took indoors with a florescent light behind it. Still, you can’t help but love this fun and colorful window, it’s character comes through even without natural light behind it.
Julie’s window is finished and ready to hang at home. Julie tackled the biggest project and managed to handle it without any problems. I think she was a bit surprised at how well it turned out after it was washed and colored. When your window is sitting there covered in chemicals it’s hard to imagine that it will ever clean up and look so wonderful. But hers certainly did!
Lastly, we had a new student join us this week. Ellen started her classes today and made her requisite butterfly which, as usual, I managed to forget to take a picture of. Her butterfly was a peach/champagne color with a tan body. In fact it was made out of the same glass that Julie used in the center of her window. Posted below is a picture of a butterfly that I made a few weeks ago out of clear glass. Ellen’s is just a different color.
NEW PROJECTS:
Everyone has had such a great time that they have decided to stay on for more classes and tackle more projects. Here’s what we have planned so far.
Billie will finish her cardinals and then move on to a hand mirror. From there she may start a lamp.
Julie is starting a window very similar to one I have hanging in the shop. Hers will be made entirely in clear glasses with different textures. After that she has a mission style lamp in mind.
Kim is going to make a Hot Air Balloon window the same size as her Rooster window that will be hung in the same room. Although the windows will be different they’ll match in style. She also has a great idea to personalize it. More details on that as it works itself out over the next 5 weeks…
Ann is playing it by ear. She’ll finish her Angel suncatcher soon and from there I think she has numerous projects in mind but she hasn’t set anything down in stone yet. I know she’ll keep busy though.
Ellen will begin her first window next week. She’s decided on a lighthouse so all we need are some measurements and she’ll start cutting next week.
New Classes Starting!
We have 2 new students starting next Tuesday evening for our night classes. Expect to see seperate posts showing what goes on here on Tuedays starting next week…
Paul