Another Late Posting
Here it is Friday morning and I’m just remembering to do the Blog. With my desktop being as cluttered at it is right now it’s no wonder that I didn’t see the folder with the pictures I’d taken during classes his week.
Cheryl had soldered the front side of her window while she was home and then brought it back to pick out a border for it. She would have soldered the back side during the week but we’d prefer not to solder the second side of a project until the border is on. The reasoning behind this is actually very simple: when you solder your window you put a bead on the exposed copper foil which extends upward anywhere from 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch. If the back is soldered then the actual glass isn’t resting on the table- the lead is. When you place the border pieces onto the work table next to the soldered project the border glass will be 1/16 to 1/8 lower then the rest of the project. Rather than fight with aligning the glass on the project we prefer to solder the back after the window is completely tacked together.
So after a few minutes of comtemplation Cheryl decided on a black border. She wanted something dark and the black set it off perfectly, almost like an actual aquarium. After the border was cut and tacked on we cut some Zinc Channel for the project to help give it a little more strength. Here’s the almost completed window:
Joey traced out one of his three patterns and after picking out some colors he began cutting glass. There wasn’t a lot to show so I didn’t get any pictures but I believe that Joey did manage to get the flowers cut out this week. We’ll see some real headway into this next week but for now I’ll show you a roughly colored pattern that shows approximately what this will be looking like in the weeks to come. With three windows in this one project it might take a little time before it’s complete but Cheryl has decided to pitch in to help get them finished quicker.
Gerald showed up the following evening and did the background and two borders for his window. He’d originally planned on just using a single clear border but Russ had the idea of using a thin strip of orange to it. After placing the orange glass next to the window we all agreed that a double border would look best.  As you can see it’s quite striking…
Lastly for the sake of having something else to look at here in the Blog this week, I made a few 3D hearts for Valentines day which are selling at the Sans Souci Fine Crafts Gallery in Lafayette. We have a number of items for sale there and highly recommend stopping in if you are in the area.
We ended up missing Ellen and Jane again this week but it looks like things will be returning back to order next Tuesday. We hope to see everyone then!