More Stained Glass Panels from Shelia Murphy

Shelia Murphy is keeping busy with her stained glass studio she has created after graduating from Avalon Stained Glass School and Creativity Center in Munfordville, KY.  Here she is with 2 of her latest creations.

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Meet Wanda Long of Hardyville, KY

Wanda Long of Hardyville, KY won the $200.00 Grand Prize Drawing provided by Avalon Stained Glass School and Creativity Center at Deck the Halls Christmas Store.  Her name was drawn by Gene Bowen on December 24^th, 2010. Wanda is delighted and says she has never won anything in her whole life. Wanda and her sister Jeanne came over to Avalon Stained Glass School and Creativity Center on December 28^th, 2010 to pick up the prize and received a personal tour of the school, gallery and creativity center.

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Flux problem Q and A

Q. Carl,

I ran into an issue last night while soldering a copper foil project. Thought you might be able to give me some quick in-site.

I am making a copper foil panel and completed the soldering on the first side Wednesday night. Thursday night when I went to solder the second side of the panel the copper foil had a blueish/green mold looking substance on it. When I wiped it off it almost appeared as blue wet ink. It was very difficult to remove and very difficult to solder in those areas. I tried cleaning it off with lacquer thinner and didn’t have a lot of luck. I used lead-free flux on the first side and did not clean it off when I finished soldering the first side. That is the only thing I can imagine that could have caused it. What would have caused this mold looking substance to appear? Have you experienced this in the future? Should I have cleaned the flex off of the entire panel before quitting Wednesday night?

Dave

A. Dave,

Wonderful!

A classic problem and guess who experienced the same thing.

Years ago I went on a trip to Maine for 2 weeks after fluxing both sides of a panel and only soldering one side.

I solved the difficult problem by wire brushing every foil run on the un-soldered side with a soft, brass bristled small brush. (What a job!)

What occurs on a fluxed piece is a buildup of oxides on the foil, over a period of time and it gets worse the longer it sits.

The solution..

Solder fast. (Ha)  Really, what I do now is sectionize my panel and only flux and solder one section at a time when I cannot do both sides in one day.  This way you may only have one quarter of your panel exposed to flux and air over night.

Next you may wipe the back of the flux exposed panel with a very, very light coating of a good flux remover using a soft piece of terry cloth.

I use a cleaner called Classic Neutra Clean and a  flux called “Ruby Fluid” which are both available from my Elite Delphi Dealer store on my website.

I have had pretty good success with both of these, but still try not to delay soldering too much after fluxing.

I loved seeing your studio and I am envious.

Keep in touch.

Carl

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Catherine Jewell Avalon's Student of the Year

Catherine Jewell of Bonnieville, KY has been selected as Avalon Stained Glass School & Creativity Center’s 2010 Student of the Year.  Catherine has successfully completed several of the 22 workshops offered at Avalon Stained Glass School & Creativity Center and is the winner of $450.00 in prizes.

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Tom Poole Student of the Month of December

Tom Poole of Bowling Green, KY has just completed a 40 hour stained glass workshop at Avalon Stained Glass School & Creativity Center.  Poole, who is a practicing attorney and an artist, has also been named student of the month for December.  Poole found time in his busy schedule to complete the stained glass workshop by attending 3 hour classes 2 nights a week.  He completed a beautiful panel and was delighted with the results.

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Avalon student's new stained glass workshop

An up date from one of our students.  Should you need anything made or repaired in the Alabama area, then Dave can be contacted below at his information.  His pictures are below.

Carl & Arlene,
I have finally finished the stained glass workshop that I started building
after attending three of your workshops back in April 2010. I am so glad to
finally get started making some glass panels in my new shop. I just started
my first piece of an Alabama emblem since moving my equipment. Hope all is
going well with both of you.

Happy Holidays,

David Trentelman
Sulligent, AL.
Phone: 205-712-5753
Email: dtrentelman@centurytel.net

We offer 24 flying stained glass mobile workshops

We offer 24 flying stained glass mobile workshops creating anything from Ice Skating Penguins to Christmas scenes and more.


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Three Ice Skating Penguins

"Three Ice Skating Penguins" is a lovely stained glass mobile created by award winning International artist, Carl Correll of Avalon Stained Glass School & Creativity Center in Munfordville, KY.

This stained glass work of art is approximately 15 high x 15 wide cross and it took approximately 32 hours to create. It will enhance and grace any area you hang it in and garner lots of conversation.

This piece is signed and dated by the artist and comes with an artist signed Certificate of Authenticity and an artist bio. This will make a stunning statement for your home. Buy now!

Gallery price $169.00 with Free shipping on our Etsy gallery.

Invest in this original piece of stained glass art by letting us make one for. Please allow 7 business days from date of receipt of your funds for us to make your special ice skating penguin hanging mobile.

Gallery representation: All images on this web site are original works of art created by Carl Correll. Images may appear different on your computer screen than actual artwork.