Hello 2008
With the holidays falling on class days we’ve had 2 very easy weeks with only a handful of students able to attend. I’m sure things will be back to normal next week though.
Mary Lynn made it in and surprised me by having her window ground wrapped and ready for tacking! There are only about 5 pieces that need to be re-cut to get it to fit together properly and she’ll be adding a border to this next week. She took it home and will be soldering the front side of it there. I can’t wait to see this with the borders on it…
Meanwhile Janice began working on a Ladybug window. The pattern is very light and colorful with some daisies thrown into the background to brighten it up. The name ‘Layla’ will be added to the bottom of the window but Janice will work on the two sections as if they were separate windows and then join them together at the end. She got all the top section cut in one night and has taken it home with her to grind during the week. She worried about cutting glass again since she’s been soldering for the past 5 weeks or so but she cut this out faster than anything else she’s done yet!
Lastly we have a look at the newest window that Julie is making. It’s a very traditional design of a repeated curve which makes a unique pattern when it’s finished. You’ve seen it in countless stained glass windows. It’s usually done in one of two ways: A) All in one color or B) in various textures of clear glass. Julie has opted for the later and got probably half of her window cut out in just this one class. The computer certainly came in handy (as it did with Janice’s window) for picking out the color/texture scheme. Although it will be hard to see what she’s accomplished since you can see through the pieces she’s cut you’ll just have to take my word for it when I say that it’s going to look great when it’s not laying on a table. I forgot to ask if she’ll be finishing the finished lead in black, silver or copper…
That’s it for this week. Look for full classes next week with a lot more pictures!