A Busy Night
We had 5 different projects going on tonight, including Murlin who was starting his first big project. Now, where to start…
Cheryl has all of the RV completed and is is now working on the background. She was originally going to use an etched piece of clear glass for the windows of the RV but then Russ turned up a colored piece of glass that turned out to be perfect. She had to re-adjust her sky a bit so it would fit on the piece of glass she picked. All we did was slide the sun to the center of the window. She’ll be cutting at home so we’ll probably see a lot of progress next week. I know Cheryl is a little leery about how this is going to look, but when it’s soldered it’s going to look great.
Danielle has finished with all the feathers in her Parrot window. The yellow ones were a bit stressing, especially when they popped out of place twice (or was it three times?) on her. But perseverance prevailed and she’s on the home stretch now. It looks great.
Joey finished up his mouse and has it all cut, ground and wrapped. There’s only 17 pieces to go and then we can say that his glass cutting is finished on this project. He has only 8 border pieces and 9 background pieces left to cut . Look for big progress next week!
Gerald worked on the shrimp part of his window from a pattern that he drew himself. Then we attached the copper legs and copper platform base to the window which starts giving the window its 3D effect. Next week we’ll see some framework completed. The shrimp in the picture below is merely resting on the platform and is not attached to the window yet. It will get wire legs to finish it off and then be attached to the copper framework. The shed will also be raised from the surface of the window. I can’t wait to see this next week.
Then, lastly, we have our newest student, Murlin. He brought along his roommate, Joe, to help pick the color scheme of his Fleur De Lis window pattern. In the end he picked a royal blue for the actual Fleur De Lis and the square accent pieces. These will sit in a white background and then be framed in a light sky-blue glass. The second (and last) border will be a return to the royal blue that was used in the accents and the Fluer De Lis. Murlin was able to cut, grind and wrap all of the Fluer De Lis and accents pieces, then he cut four of the background pieces. He’s moving along wonderfully. Here’s 2 views of his window.
It was almost standing room only tonight, but we all managed to get a lot done and have fun along the way.
Paul