Mirrors, Mirrors Everywhere!
A lot has happened this week so let’s get down to the nitty gritty of it. Gerald came in and washed off his window and then applied the patina to turn the lead lines from silver to black. The black color helps separate the greens in the lower left corner or the window and defines the leaves and flowers. His use of pastel colors really makes this window stand out in a ‘less is more’ kind of way. And remember, this is only the left section of a three window scene. Great job, Gerald!
Denise continued working on her Grape Window while she was in class this week. She has the last bunch of grapes traced out and then got them separated before leaving. Here’s what she got completed.
But the biggest Denise news is that she completed 13 Hand Mirrors over the weekend! I’m blown away at how fast she got these finished. Note the 3 smaller versions that she made in the picture below as they turned out to be very cute.
Of course Christine’s work is nothing to complain about. She worked on 7 different hand mirrors this week and will most likely finish them next week. She thinks this is the last of them but she needs to recount all the ones she has at home just to make sure. Come back next week and see these all finished and lined up in a row.
Another student who’s burning the wick at both ends is Cheryl who’s working on Magic Wands and her LSU Tiger Window. All of the top Tiger section is cut and ground so she’s taken that home to wrap and then tack together. It already looks great:
Her Magic Wands are close to completion as well. This week saw her finish 2 of her 9 Wands and the others are almost ready to start casting their spells so to speak. Expect to see a lot of these real soon.
Fran was back in this week and finished all the borders on her Owl Window. We then got a brass channel to surround it all and she’s taken it home to solder. Expect to see this one completed when we next see Fran.
Janice and Grace continued grinding their Window and this week you can really see what it it’s shaping up to look like. With only a small section in the upper right left to grind you can bet we’ll be taking this together soon. They’ve taken a lot of it home to wrap during the week and even got some wrapped during class tonight (The lower left and large water ripples). Mark my words when I say that this window is going to be stunning when held up in the light. Hey, it’s already stunning without light behind it!
And last but not least we have Mary Lynn’s latest project which will be finished in 2 weeks when we see her next (She’ll be off next week so we be missing her in our Blog post). She chose a Poinsettia done in red, green and yellow which is about 10 inches by 10 inches or so. It’s a great window hanger for Christmas and I think she’s going to like it. I’m pretty sure she enjoyed grinding this without having to worry about being such a slave to the pattern. Because of that she got finished with it very quickly. In fact, all that is left is for her to solder it as she had it completely wrapped before she left for home.
Well, that was it for this week. We saw a lot of finished items and will see even more started and finished in the weeks to come.