We’ve Cleared Off a Table!
Gerald finished his window tonight, much as we expected. He spent about an hour and a half on each side and then it was time to clean the beast. His window measures 16″ x 41″ and took up most of a workspace (not that we’re complaining).
A window this size is easily washed outdoor with the hose, but that’s not very practical when it’s 9:30 at night and the bugs are out in full force so we washed it indoors. Luckily, it fit into the sink when we stood it on edge making this process easier that I had thought it might be. After cleaning off all the flux we dried the window off and applied the patina. To apply patina you simply wash it down with a chemical that you apply with some felt. It took a good 20 minutes to make sure everything was covered and then it was off to the sink again for it’s final bath. We cleaned it up, dried it off for the last time and then applied a little wax to the lead lines. Gerald made a beautiful window (worth about $350) during the span of a simple 5 week lesson.
Jane started her new project tonight. She had brought in a reversed glass painting of a parot that she had done a while back to see if we could make a pattern out of it. That was easy. She then traced out her pattern, cut it all up and began working on the actual bird part of the window. She has all but the green sections of the bird cut (we’re waiting on a specific piece of green to be delivered) and she will most likely be finished with her cutting next week.
Although I forgot to take pictures of what she finished, I did get a shot of her pattern and the original painting that she did. Look for pictures showing her stained glass work on this piece next week. Below we have her painting on the left and her pattern on the right. We changed the flowers so she wouldn’t have to work with such tiny pieces, but the overall design is still the same.
That’s it for Tuesday, we have more classes coming up tomorrow so check back to see what else is happening.
Paul