Tuesday Kept Us Busy
Jane came in fully expecting to get the back side of her bamboo window finished and she accomplished her mission. It’s a fairly large window so Jane’s progress was slow but steady. By the end of the class she had finished the second side and decided to call it a day. We’ll have this window washed, colored and ready to hang next week.
Jane will be working on a box next week and then she’ll move on to a 24 inch octagon flower window with Daffodils as the main accent. Look for a finished picture of this window next week along with the start of her box and the pattern design for her next window.
Ellen resumed working on her wedding invitation box and finished the lid. She had taken the pattern home to cut and ground the flowers of the side panel. When she came in we tacked them together and cut the background for it. After grinding it and insuring that everything was perfectly square she tacked it together and cut 5 strips of wispy white to use as the thin border that holds the side flower panel in place along side of the wedding invitation. There’s a strip between the invitation and the flowers, and then a strip along each edge. After it was cut ground and tacked we cut a length of brass hinge that will allow the lip to raise and lower onto the mirrored box bottom when it’s finished. Ellen soldered it all together, washed it carefully (We don’t want water to get at the invitation) and then waxed it. Since the lettering on the invitation is silver she’s decided to leave the lead it’s natural silver color. The soldering is flawless on this and next week we’ll see this attached to the box bottom and finished.
Lane arrived right on schedule and set to work cutting out his purple Irises. We laid out the green leaves ontop the pattern and then placed the unground flower petals onto the pattern to get an idea of what this window is going to look like. As you can see, there’s not much grinding to do as Lane’s cutting is spot-on. After he finished cutting these pieces he began to grind them so he could take some home to wrap rather than waste time in class wrapping them all next week. He should have the flowers and leaves all tacked together next week and then he’ll begin cutting his clear waterglass backgound.
Murlin walked in with his window and announced that it fit perfectly into the spot he made it for. With that settled he sat down and soldered both the front and back sides of his window. About 2 hours later he was finished. He washed the window and decided to color the lead black (which always looks good against white or clear glass). After applying the black patina he washed it off again and then waxxed it which left him with a window ready to hang! As you can see, it turned out wonderfully. Murlin did a wonderful job on his first window and plans on making something again in the future.
