A lamp in the making...

A sneak peak at a lamp in the making. This one is actually for my brother. He was shopping near what he calls home, in California, and in his words "walking through a bunch of lame lamp shops", when he decided to call me instead.

On his visit to Michigan, we looked at lamp designs, talked about lamp bases, referred to photos of his new living arrangements, and started pulling out sheets of glass. What we decided on was a revised version of this design which came from the book, Elegant Laps three by Walrus Publications. This was a revision of their Bamford (Two) design.

This will eventually be a 6 sided panel lamp. We are using a black on clear baroque from Spectrum for the main body of the lamp, the top and bottom borders use the same glass in an iridized version, there are solid black accents around the bevels and top border, and a series of beveled glass triangles at the bottom.

He will be using a lamp base found during his lamp search... or maybe go with a different base all together. The nice thing about this lamp is it will go with almost any decor. I'll post photos of the finished shade soon. If you have a lamp base you love, and it needs just the right shade... give us a call. If you like to do stained glass and want to make your own shade, click on the link below for classes.


Pat Deere


Links: Panel Lamp Making Classes