No Rotten Bananas
When you’re making a bowl of fruit in stained glass the last thing you want to see in it is a rotten banana. Sheila is moving at an incredible pace through her first project and it’s all cut out save for the background glass. She’s begun grinding it and has the bowl section finished. Next up is the fruit itself and the best part is that you won’t find a rotten piece in the entire bowl.
Judith has certainly picked up speed in the past few weeks.  I remember when she was having trouble making her breaks and now she’s cutting glass like a pro! After finishing with all her pieces she ground all of her glass and then took it home with her to wrap. Next week we’ll tack this together and then cut out the remaining 10 pieces that make up her background. Once they’re wrapped and tacked together Judith will move onto her border.
Janice is working on her second large Fleur De Lis window but rather than having 3 identical windows hanging side by side this will be slightly different from the first that she made. We’re still a bit unsure what the Fleur De Lis will look like but that didn’t stop Janice from getting all four of her corners cut out. She even remembered the shortcuts to make doing them easier. She’s moving quickly here and I expect we’ll see the center Fleur De Lis section of her window next Tuesday. I didn’t get a picture of the glass she cut out but this is the modified corner section that she cut 4 out Tuesday night.
And speaking of Fleur De Lis we have a picture of what Lea accomplished this week. With her center all tacked together and surrounded by bevels, Lea got the 4 large sections of her window cut, ground and wrapped. Next week she’ll attack another row of bevels and then finish it all off with the final border. This picture doesn’t show the pattern in the clear Flemmish glass she used (because it’s laying on a table) but you’ll see it perfectly when it is held up and back lit in anoethr 2 weeks or so. This window is really going to sparkle!
Barbara was hard at work cutting the remainder of her clear background pieces. By the end of the night she had completed grinding them and started wrapping her pieces in copper foil. She’s taken her glass home with her to wrap and I know for a fact the she’s finished with her wrapping because she brought it back the next day hoping to find a more vibrant color for the cloth that hangs from the cross. She left with 2 other pieces of glass and plans on re-cutting the pieces and dropping them in place to determine what she thinks she’ll like best.
I like the fact that she’s willing do do a little extra work to make the window look better. Many times I’ll cut something and then discard it because it really isn’t the correct color for the piece. And although the picture below looks great I have to agree with Barbara and say that the purple doesn’t stand out as the center piece when the yello and cleay background is lighted from behind. It will be interesting to see what color this changes to next week. Regardless, Barbara’s work is excellent!
Grace is working on a large Caduceus Widow. Now you may be asking yourself what a Caduceus is but stick around for a minute and you’ll see it first hand. I’m sure you’ve seen it hundreds of time especially if you are involved in a medical type profession. Maybe you know it by another name: The Staff Of Asclepius. Truth be told, I just Googled the phrase “Medical Symbol†and got a picture and the two names that I just told you about. Grace is moving right along with her window and I suspect she’ll be grinding it already next week! All she needs to cut is the staff, the background and the red EKG like line that runs the length of the window.
Welcome back Cheryl! We have Cheryl back for a few classes while she works on 2 Beveled Windows (which she practically finished this week) and a large Sun/Moon/Wind window. Although it looks as though the beveled windows are completed, they aren’t. 
The bevels still need to be cut into the clear background glass that they are sitting on top of in the picture below. These are going to look great. Cheryl was worried that she might have forgotten a thing or two in her short absence from class but the only thing she had any problems with was recalling that we run a family kind of establishment here. lol Actually we’re very happy to have her back! The place was getting a little quiet without Cheryl or Mary Lynn.Â
Lastly we have a picture of an address window that Tommy made last week. As you may (or may not) know, Tommy has been working steadily on his glass at home. When he got a chance to make this window for a friend he jumped on the opportunity and made this 28 x 14 inch window. Tommy does wonderful work as you can see from the nicely defined numbers in his window.
Although we didn’t have any finished pieces in the actual class room this week we’re sure to see some soon. Maybe even as soon as next week. So come back then and see what’s up.