Two For Tuesday
We had two classes today with 2 people in each class. A lot of work was accomplished so let’s see what occured.
Ellen finished her wedding invitation box last week and had another invitation to be done this week. She didn’t want an identical box design so we changed it up a bit by placing the two hearts in the center of the design and then addinging a flower and leaves both above an below the hearts. Ellen chose a wispy white glass for the hearts and then used the same wispy purple she had used previously in her grape window for the flowers. She cut out all the hearts, flowers and leaves; ground them, and then wrapped and tacked them together. Next week she’ll cut the background, add the borders and solder it all together. I’ll bet she even gets the bottom of the box started!
Meanwhile, Jane finished her box this week right on schedule. If you recall, she was at the same place Ellen is now when Jane left last week. She got her background cut, tacked it together, added the borders, soldered it all and then got to see how the actual bottom is made. Before we knew it she was finished! Next week she’ll be working on a 24 inch octagon flower window that should look great! Here’s 4 views of the box Jane finished this week. The last picture shows it opened with the top reflecting in the mirrored bottom.
Lane came in and ground the rest of his Irises. His cutting was very exact so he didn’t have too much grinding to worry about. After he finsihed grinding all the petals he wrapped what he could and then took what he didn’t finish wrapping home with him so he could get it all tacked together and start working on the background next week. With the majprity of cutting under his belt we should see this window all cut soon.
Lastly we have Gerald’s big teeth/smile window. As I said before, I didn’t know what to make of this when I first saw the pattern but once he had it cut out I fell in love with it. It’s different, bright, vibrant and makes you smile when you see it. THe background glass and border glass all work perfectly together to make the red lips stand out. Make sure you click on this one to see the full sized shot — it’s infectious. And make note of the diamond he drilled into one of the upper right teeth!
Paul