Dec. 25th is Closing In
It was a somewhat quiet week as everyone seemed to be very involved in their projects but the lack of conversation made for a lot being accomplished. Jane came in and had a smaller variation of her original Dove window started and almost completed. (Click here for the original.) She cut, ground, wrapped and tacked everything but the final border while she was home this past week. We picked a border color, cut it out and then she set upon soldering it all together. By the end of the class it was almost completely finished. All that was needed was a bath and some patina which Jane decided to do at home. Here’s her latest Dove window. Excuse the picture because the window is covered in flux…
Ellen’s window is almost completely ground at this point. There are under a dozen large pieces left to go and then she’ll be hitting this up with solder!
Cheryl was busy grinding the Fleur de Lis part of her USL window. Pay attention to the deep curves that make up this section of her window. Curves like that aren’t fun to cut OR grind into place. It’s taking shape now and the rest of it should be fairly easy for her to get through. I can’t wait to see this one lit from behind. I think it’s really going to sparkle nicely.
Joey managed to solder his cross while he was at home this week. We touched it up and then gave it a bath and a copper patina coating before calling it finished. Actually it looks just like the one Cheryl finished last week so now they have a matching pair. There’s a possibility that Joey will begin working on a large swan window next week. We’ll let you know what his plans are here next week. The picture on the left is Joey’s cross. The picture on the right is Cheryl’s that she finished last week. They could be twins! 
Next up we have Gerald’s latest offering. As you know, we have been unable to show you just what he’s been working on lately but that all ends this week as you can watch step by step what he is doing for his next project. It’s an LSU sign with a twist– this one runs taller than longer because it also features a second part of the logo. This will be set in a purple backgound next week.
Finally we have an order that Russ finished working on during the week. You may have seen the basic pattern on here before. There’s a picture of it on our main website (here) and then Julie did it in all clear glasses during the summer (here). Russ modified the design from a square to a retangle and then adjusted the center accordingly. Colors were picked by the customer and we’ll be delivering in on Saturday where it will remain hiden until Christmas day.
And that’s what happened her in Bayou Salé this past week…