Everyone Finished Something
We had three students today and each of them finished what they were working on. Ellen added the final border to her Iris Window. She choose the same glass that she used in her background, a choice I have always liked. A window looks good with a border around it, but adding another smaller border of the background glass makes a window look so much more attractive. Ellen then put a brass channel around it and covered the brass with lead to make the whole thing match perfectly when finished. Then came the soldering which she handled beautifully. After a couple of baths in the sink we hung it up and took some pictures. This is one beautiful window, don’t you agree?
              
Kim finished the colorful Hummingbird Suncatcher that she began last week. When she walked into the studio she brought a fancy butterfly that she had cut out at home Tuesday night. When she finished soldering her hummingbird she set about grinding what she cut the night before. This is her humming bird and her ground butterfly which is back home waiting to be wrapped so she can solder it next week. This butterfly puts her first one to shame!
Ann added the channel to her street number sign and then set about soldering. In about 20 minutes she was finished and the next thing I knew we needed to take a picture so she could move on to her next project: The Cross. Her cross is approximately 15″ high and made of clear iridescent glass in the center with a clear french crackle glass for the border. Wait until you see this one hanging up in the sunlight next week.
         
We lost out on having Julie, Billie and Joann this week, but Joann was able to drop off what she accomplished at home. She’s working again so she’ll be in when she can to finish up her window.
Julie’s husband had some eBay matters to deal with which tied Julie up as well. More details about this interesting turn of events involving eBay and the State of Louisiana will be revealed later.
Billie will be showing up when she can. Her mother is having some health problems which require Billies attention and although we missed her this week we understand completely. Here’s to a speedy recovery for Billie’s Mother — We all wish her well.
Paul