Tuesday’s Combo Class
We lost Michele as a student last week after she finished her window and two of our other prospective students have opted out before even starting. That leaves only Jesse arriving in the Tuesday morning class. To simplify things, Jessie came in on Tuesday night with the rest of the gang so she could have a little social interaction while she’s working on her window. 
She finished cutting the rest of the glass for her Ballerina window and then began to grind her pieces. She used the more yellow sections of the pink glass she used for the ballerina’s tutu to give a color variance to the torso section of the ballerina’s costume. Picking different shades in the sheet of glass you are using is a large part of the stained glass process. Many people just through the pattern pieces on the glass haphazardly not realizing how important shading is to the final piece. You can see Jessie’s excellant use of shading in the picture of her window.
Craig began work on the bayou scene he’d picked out the week before. His window is easily as large as his first window was, but this one is made in four sections to fit the frame he is installing it in. He’s working on the right side of the window first, concentrating on the bottom right panel. When he came in he had to trace out and then and cut up almost all his pattern (a time consuming task). He then manged to trace out the egret pieces onto his white glass and get them all cut. Great job, Craig! Here’s what he’s finished so far.
Lastly we have Jane who managed to slip away on me (again) before I was able to take a picture of her progress. She has all of her bird, flowers, branch, and leaves cut out and ground. I have to give her credit for handling her flower petals as well as she did. They are tiny complex pieces that have to interlock perfectly and she managed to do that quickly and effeciently. She took it home to wrap so she could tack it together next week. I expect that this window will be ready to solder during her next class. Since I don’t have a picture of her progress the best I can do is post this picture of her pattern again.
And that’s what happened Tuesday, June 20th!