Lots Of Progress
Fran finished her rooster this week and it looks great all lit up. She’s purchased a grinder now so she’ll be able to get some work done at home as well as here in class. She’s got two more projects lined up so we know she’ll be keeping busy. Look here next week week to see her beveled 3D star.
Christine finished her first hand mirror and began working on a second one. It looks like she’ll be making 1 a week for a while now that she has a system hammered out. While she’s waiting to the mirror edge sealant to dry on mirror that she worked on the week before she cuts and grinds another. By the time that’s finished the first one is ready to be finished. Look for a similar mirror next week with a different color scheme.
Gerald came in a bit late and surprised us all when he walked in the door. He finished wrapping his Irises and then cut and ground the trunk to the tree in the extreme left corner of his window. When he was finished with that he laid out all his glass (14 sheets) and figured out where he’d be using each color. Next week he’ll be cutting out his Iris leaves.
Ellen is working on 2 windows with humming birds in them. The windows are the same design but they are mirror images of each other. She’s got the center ovals cut for for each one and, as always, is moving along very quickly. I wish you could see how precise her cutting is– she’s really got this down now!
Grace started cutting the top eye section of her LSU window after she tacked the bottom letters together. I figured that it would take her longer to cut this section out but I can tell she’s getting more comfortable in her cutting because of how quickly she’s moving alone. She’ll be grinding away at her pieces next week for sure!
Mary Lynn came in with all her pieces wrapped and then tacked them together so she could cut some corner pieces and then square off her window. She picked colors that match what she’s already using and got it almost all together. She’s got 10 border pieces to wrap and then she’ll be soldering this window.
Janice squared off her window just like Mary Lynn did but she doubled the width that Mary Lynn went with. She has some wrapping to do at home this week before she starts soldering this window next week. I don’t think it will be finished next week but it will certainly be finished the following week.
Jimmie and Tiffany came in with all their pieces wrapped and ready to be tacked together. They still had a few pieces left to grind but handled that with ease. After they finished wrapping the remainder of their window they finished tacking the center together and called it a night. And now that it is tacked together I can lift it up and show you a picture of the full window this week. They’ll add a final border to the next week and then start soldering!
Lastly we have Jane who got started on 3 separate projects this week. Why is she so ambitious? We’ll she’s not going to be able to make it in during the next 3 weeks and she wants to be sure she has enough to keep her busy while she’s at home. She’ll be making the same Magnolia Window that Christine finished a few weeks ago, a Humming Bird/Morning Glory window and a Large cross. Below is the pattern for the cross that she’ll be doing. We’ll be missing her over the next three weeks but we know she’ll be home cutting and grinding away in her work shop!
Come back next week and see even more finished projects. We’ll also get to see what’s happening with Joey and Cheryl who are away this week at Niagara Falls…
