A Perfectly Paced Day
Kim had made a butterfly while she was home this week. She finished soldering it in class today and then worked on a cross window that her daughter Jessie had designed. We’ll be seeing the cross design next week along with a humming bird. And I know Kim has plans for at least one more of these intricate butterflies as well as a beveled window that I’ll be drawing up for her. It certainly sounds as though Kim will be busy both in class and out of class with all the projects she has lined up!
Ann finished her cross that she had started last week. Since the French Crackle glass was much thicker than we expected, we had to wait for a roll of 1/4 black backed foil to come in so it would cover the much thicker glass. She set right to work, wrapped her pieces and then sat down for a soldering session. Ann’s wrapping and soldering has come a long way from the first project she made. Here’s 2 different views of her cross. Great job Ann!
Ellen liked the hand mirror that Billie made a few weeks ago and decided to do one for herself in a different color scheme. She went right to work on it and has it all set to solder. When she finishes this project next week she’ll start working on a matching Fan Lamp. Ellen is using patterns in the glass to give her work a more realistic effect and it’s working wonderfully. I can’t wait to see the finished set!
Last but not least we have Julie who’s working on her first lamp. It’s a Frank Lloyd Wright design that consists of 8 sides with 39 pieces in each side. That makes a grand total of 312 pieces in this lamp altogether! A woman on a mission, Julie came in and traced her pattern out twice: once on wood so we could make a ‘jig’ to build each panel on and a second time on paper to use as a pattern. She then set her mind on cutting. She has about 90% of it cut so she’ll be working at a grinder next week making sure that everything fits into the ‘jig’ that we constructed to make sure all her angles are perfect and that her right sides line up with her left sides. Below and to the left is a picture of the pattern that shows what the lamp will look like when it’s finished. To the right we have the pieces she’s cut (piled 8 high). There are many more pieces cut than are pictured here but we couldn’t stack the smaller pieces that high.
And that about did it for our Wednesday afternoon class this week. We have another class starting next Tuesday morning (the 23rd) so look for 2 of our standard butterflies and a report on who’s new here in the shop! We still have openings available for Tuesday mornings so sign up quick before it’s filled and join the fun!
Paul