One After Another
Let’s start with a Spiritual Theme this time around. We have a finished window by Jane and I think the subject needs no introduction. It hardly took her any time to do and the work, as always, is spectacular.
Then we have a fitting companion piece made by Cheryl. It hasn’t been washed yet, but I think you’ll get the idea. We found the pattern for it on the internet. Just look at all the detail in this angel. And the real beauty of it is that her cutting required hardly any grinding at all to get this to fit together.
And our last Spiritual entry this week is a second Angel made by Jane while she was home last week. She’s taken quite a fancy to the one that Cheryl made and has decided to do one of those next.
Next we’ll take a look at the Owl that Fran had made right before Christmas. She had some doubts about the face appearing to be non-symmetrical so this week she knocked out the right side of its face and straightened it out more to her liking. I didn’t see a problem with it before but applaud her for sticking to her guns and taking the time to make it look better to her. When she was finished she ended up with this:
Gerald almost finished the glass cutting on his window this week. With only the sky left to go and a few pieces of the houses we’ll be seeing this soldered soon now. I suspect we’ll have one more week of cutting and then this will almost be ready for hanging in his home. Pretty soon we’ll get to see the set of three windows together…
Grace cut the black out for her window which leaves her with only the wolves left to cut. Rather than continue cutting she decided to take a bit of a break by spending some time grinding what she has already cut. It’s a good way to relieve the boredom of non-stop cutting each week. This is another window that I really like.
Joey was in and started working on a logo inspired window for a company. Taken from a shirt he brought in with him we were able to get a beautiful pattern drawn. It’s too bad I forgot to take a picture of it before he left! Here’s the basic idea of it although the finished pattern is circular in design. Look for a colored picture next week!
I guess we’ll be ending this entry with a look at the patterns that were started this week. The next one up is Mary Lynn’s Address Window that she began working on.  It’s got flowers, humming birds, a butterfly and two ribbon banners that show a name and house numbers.
Saving the biggest for last we have Janice’s Fleur De Lis Window that measures about 4 foot wide! This one ought to be spectacular! She cut the corners out before she left but again, I forgot to take pictures. :-( Be sure to click on the picture below to really appreciate this design (the thumbnail doesn’t really show much).
Lastly, we had a new student this week. Another Jane (Jane#2?) who began working a her first project, a butterfly suncatcher. Since she had to leave early we’ll wait and show you her project when she finishes it during her next class.
And speaking of next class– we have Mardi Gras interfering with out weekly schedule. We’ll try to juggle around the schedule to make up for the holiday cutting into 2 classes.
We’ll see you in the next Blog entry!