A Record Number Of Completed Projects!
There’s been a lot of work going on at home this past week which means that we have a lot of completed projects to show you as well as what was done in class.
Let’s start with the Amanda/Christine project. Amanda started her window last year but ended up dropping out of classes due to scheduling conflicts. When Christine resumed her classes in the afternoons she decided to finish Amanda’s window (which had only been cut out of glass and wasn’t completely ground yet). And now it’s finished! You may recall this design from early on in our Blog.
Christine also made another Airplane Kaleidoscope (known as an Aeroscope) while she was at home and it turned out just as great as the fish window did.
Then, just for good measure, she designed and made this snowman suncatcher as well. It seems to me like Christine has been VERY busy this past week. And let’s not forget all the work she’s done on her deer window that I forgot to get a picture of…
Jane P finished her Eagle windows while she was home but we don’t have any completed pictures to show you. We DO have a look at the latest Angel that Jane started making on class this week and since Denise and Christine both asked for the pattern I think we’ll be seeing a few more of these in the near future.
And speaking of Jane, the newest member of our afternoon stained glass family (Jane S) has completed her first project and we all know what that is– a Butterfly! Jane S did something a little different with hers and soldered a wire onto the bottom of the suncatcher so she could use it in a flowerpot rather than hang it in a window. It’s a new variation on an old theme, that’s for sure. Look for Jane S to start a Flower & Bird window next week.
And I believe we mentioned Denise already but we didn’t mention what she’s been doing. She started her Iris window in class last week and before the weekend was over she had completed it at home on her own. And it looks great to me! Denise is yet another student who refuses to sit at home waiting for her next stained glass class to get her fingers all ground up. lol
Grace came in with the front side of her Indian/Wolf window soldered and we added 2 borders to it which really set it off nicely. We added a final brass channel to it once all the border pieces were ground, wrapped and tacked onto the window and I suspect this will be finished next week. I think it’s going to be stunning when it is back-lit (it already does now)!
Julie sent us a picture of the window she made last week installed above her door so I just had to include the final picture of it. It really gives the door a nice traditional charm, doesn’t it?
Fran attached her border and then the channel to finish off her window’s edge and then began soldering the front of her fish window. We won’t be seeing Fran for the next two weeks as her daughter was in a car accident and Fran is going to spend some time with her to help out during this rough time. But that doesn’t mean Fran will be away from her glass work. She plans on finishing the back side of her fish, getting started on a number of Fleur De Lis windows and also start working on four 3D Stars while she’s away. We all wish Fran’s daughter our very best!
Now, I purposefully left a little space between Denise’s 2 projects so she could show people the Blog entry about her Iris if she wants to without seeing her other project which is a surprise for her husband. She’ll be working on this one in class but not at home so she can spring it on him and catch him unprepared. She’s working on a window showing 2 ducks, a male and a female, taking off about to fly. Here’s what she did this week. I think this is going to look very good because she’s doing her best to match actual duck colors for some added realism.
I purposefully saved the biggest for last this week. Janice not only has her fancy corners tacked together but her large Fleur De Lis as well so she began working on cutting the 4 large pieces of glass that join them all together. This window is huge but Janice is showing it no mercy as she whips it into shape. 
I suspect she’ll have the corners in place next week as well as an inner beveled border and then it will almost be done. I can’t wait to see this one hanging up!
Look for us again next week!