Side 2

1 of 4 panels

Well it's a start. Here's the first of 4 panels for the lamp shade.

I forgot how long it takes to do this. I spent about 7 hours to get just this one panel done. Whew-3 more to go.

It has been over 8 years since I've done lead or copper foil. I've basically been doing fused pieces since 1992? There was a lot of relearning to do.

Note: 60/40

Well with all the time put into the "I Love Paris" song challenge, it's fate (I guess) that I didn't have time to finish the project. So another challenge has gone by for me.

What's on my mind right now is to make something to enter into the LA County Fair competition. Last year (or maybe it was the year before, I made the cartoon and bought the glass for a lamp shade. It's still sitting in the garage, glass still in sheets and the cartoon uncut. Maybe some day I'll make it.

What I'm doing, or intend to do, is a 4-paneled lamp shade (my own design) all cut from clear glass with texture being the only difference between each features-moutain, ground, sky and clouds. Should be easy right? Only 4 different glass textures? I had the different glass laid out and I'm not too sure about this now. I can see where the mountains need to be the most textured since it's the main feature and needs to draw the most attention. I'll start to cut tomorrow and see what starts to come to life. I even think I'll do the base in clear glass, but on a wood base-black.

Highlights or notes to remember:
-Patina in black
-Wood base painted black
-Glass base with copper pipe for conduit (patina black?)
-Copper foil with black backing (If I still intent to patina black)
-Do I want to have a secondary light in the base?
-Since this is all clear glass, the light bulb will show so this may have to be decorative.
-Since this is all clear glsss, the light bulb with be bright so a lower watt might be more desirable.

Here are the 4 original cartoons (AKA patterns).





The humble beginnings...