A Very Busy Night
Ellen wasn’t with us in person this week but through the magic of email she’s managed to make it into the blog anyway! She did this address number project at home and came up with a way to mount it into the ground all on her own. Like always, her work is flawless and the sign looks great. Click the second photo to see what it looks like in a yard.
Janice wrapped the remaining pieces of her project, attached a border and took her Ladybug window home to solder. I remember when it would have taken her 8 weeks to get this window completed and she’ll have it done in less than half that time now. She’ll be picking a new pattern next week when we see this window hanging up completed. The border color was up in the air until we all saw the orange glass next to the window. THere was no doubt that Orange was what it needed.
Meanwhile, Mary Lynn finished up the fancy border on her Spiritual window. I steered her wrong by cutting 4 pieces the wrong size last week so we had to remove and then replace them at one point. Luckily the entire removal process took under one minute to do and allowed us to use squares to make sure her window corners were perfect 90 degree angles so I guess it actually worked out for the best. Mary Lynn will be soldering the back side at home so we should see this finished very soon now.
Gerald got all the pieces wrapped that he had completed last week. Then he moved on to cutting the trees and some of the background. There are only about 30 pieces left to go before he adds the final border (on the top and bottom) of this window so we’ll be seeing the finished in the near future. I personally can’t wait to see the the 3 windows next to each other so we can see the full effect.
Grace worked on cutting the trees, sky and large wolf head in her Indian scene window. I like the way she made this a darker piece rather than something bright with a sun in the sky– it really gives it a preternatural feel. And it’s fitting together wonderfully so she shouldn’t have to grind very long to get this all together.
When Jane saw the Spiritual scene that Mary Lynn was working on she decided that she wanted to do something similar. She didn’t want to do the same window but rather something in a similar theme. Since Mary Lynn had given me a few pictures to draw a pattern from for her window I just took another picture from the pile and came up with this pattern that Jane began working on. She had come in on Monday to pick up the pattern so she could trace it out and cut out all the paper pattern pieces while she was at home. When she came in she had her glass pretty much picked out and she began cutting away. By the time she left she had the hardest parts completed. It’s hard to tell in the photo but the face and neck are cut out as well as all the hair. I can only imagine how far along this will be when she comes back in next Tuesday.
It would appear that we have an infectious spiritual feeling around the shop because our next project has a heavenly aspect to it as well. Cheryl had cut out this angel 2 weeks ago but missed class last week due to the fact that she was too busy laughing and having a good time on yet another Cruise. 
Alas, this week she was sick and therefore she couldn’t make it in. However, since her husband Joey also does stained glass she just sent him in her place and he got all of the angel ground. And let’s not forget that their daughter Danielle also does stained glass. This is a family with glass in their veins! Here’s the angel as it stands today. It looks great, doesn’t it? Look for it to be tacked together next week.
I think that covers everyone that was here this week. Julie’s away on vacation and should be back next week along with Christine and Mark. So we’ll have more to show you then!
See you in a week!