Two for Tuesday
It was a quiet but productive night since only 2 of our classmates arrived tonight. Amanda has been having problems with her hand and is getting that check out so neither she nor her sister Christine made it in tonight. We hope Amanda is doing better and we look forward to them next week.
Jane cut her 2 colored border (two different blues), ground it and got it all squared up and attached to her window. Then she tackled her big fear: Soldering. And it turns out she was all worked up over nothing because her soldering is wonderful. She soldered the first side in about 45 minutes (which isn’t bad at all) but by then it was 9:00 and time for her to pack it up. She’ll definately finish it off next week.
When I first walked in the studio and saw that Jane had arrived I couldn’t help but notice that she had a new project with her. And I’m not talking about a picture in a book or an idea she had in her head. I’m talking about a new fancy butterfly pattern with some intricate cuts on the lower wings. She had seen the pattern and decided to cut, grind and wrap it at her home during the week and didn’t finish it only because she had no soldering iron there with her. I’m so impressed at what she did without anyone around to steer her or reassure her that she was proceeding correctly. She’s doing WONDEFUL work! Here’s her two projects.
Craig looked thru some books and found a window he liked in a Beveldine book. Beveldine is a company that manufactures approximately 25 different bevel pieces that can be scattered throughout windows or arranged in patterns. They offer a book that is filled with different design ideas and Craig found one in there that he really liked. But he wanted color in his window not all clear glass. Easy enough– instead of using bevels we can cut colored glass in the shapes of the bevels and make the design that way. So he measuered the window he wants to put this in and then I altered the pattern during the week so it would fit in his window.
Tonight he cut out all the colored glass. Craig’s cutting was amazing and he managed to cut all 57 colored pieces as well as get them all ground so he could take them home to wrap before next Tuesday. Next he’ll trace the drawing out onto a sheet of clear glue chip and trace around the pieces he’s already cut. This method saves glass and makes fitting the window together much easier. I think he’s going to be pleasantly surprised at how quickly things go using this method.
And that’s what happened with us tonight. We’ll be back tomorrow with more information on how things went for our Wednesday afternoon class.
Paul