A Very Busy Night
We had 4 students in tonight and the amount of work accomplished was nothing short of amazing.
Jessie came in and got to work grinding the last of her ballerina window. Within 45 minutes she was finished and then spent the rest of the night wrapping her pieces. The border color she chose is nothing short of perfect against the pink and yellow tutu that the Ballerina is wearing. This is a color combination that I will keep in mind when making various projects.
Jane finished the last few pieces of her Parrot and then tacked it together. From there she traced it out on top of a piece of orange glass cut the the size of her background. Doing it this way wastes a little glass but it makes the background more aesthetically pleasing because the flow of the glass runs perfectly throughout the background. Jane plans on finishing this window off by adding a thin border of red (the color may change by next week) and then a wider border of the background glass again.
Danielle was as quiet as a mouse over at the grinder. I had told her and her mother, Cheryl, that they would spend the entire class grinding their projects and I was correct. What I didn’t expect was for them both to finish grinding their projects in one night! I guess they’ve got that part mastered because halfway into the grinding process of their windows they were fitting pieces together like a pro. Danielle’s Tree Frog looks great. She’ll wrap it and possibly tack it together during her next class (Wednesday Night).
Cheryl’s Humming Bird went together equally as well. Usually when someone grinds an octagon window I have to constantly remind them that the glass must stay within the octagon outline on the pattern, but Cheryl always stayed within the lines. What shocked me most was the fact that she really seemed to enjoy doing grinding which I feel is the worst part of the stained glass process. But then again I love to wrap glass while most people find that to be tedious and boring. It will be interesting to see what she thinks of the next step. 
Cheryl and Danielle will be joining us during our next class tomorrow night (which is actually tonight as I write this) so stick around and see what they get accomplished!