Tiffany Style Stained Glass Lampshades

Make beautiful Tiffany-inspired lampshades with 11 designs: poppy, magnolia, floral repeat, woodbine, dragonfly, 6 more. Printed on sturdy template stock. Complete step-by-step instructions. Easy enough for beginners.

Recalling the prairie style but much less rigid, more than a dozen patterns for rectangularpanel-style lamps feature easy-to-replicate continuous designs. Perfect forstained glass hobbyists, the patterns include foil inlays and beautiful but not overlydetailed designs that ensure a successful finished product. The designs are standardsizelamp caps but can be resized for a variety of bases.Dover Original

How to make simple stained glass lamps.

Step-by-step color photos illustrate the entire lamp-making process, from cutting the pattern and selecting glass to assembling tiles and soldering a shade. How-to techniques and construction secrets from one of the country's top Tiffany lamp artists. Features never-before-published secrets for creating an authentic patina and includes large-scale images of 30 finished lamps as well as close-ups of shade details.

Shows crafters at all levels how to create stunning lampshades. Projects include a candle chimney, lantern, panel shade, hanging cylinder lamp, and procedures using the lead-came method and copper-foil. 180 black-and-white figures.

• Step-by-step color photos illustrate the entire lamp-making process, from cutting the pattern and selecting glass to assembling tiles and soldering a shade • How-to techniques and construction secrets from one of the country's top Tiffany lamp artists • Features never-before-published secrets for creating an authentic patina and includes large-scale images of 30 finished lamps as well as close-ups of shade details An authentic reproduction Tiffany lamp can be a handmade heirloom handed down through generations. This unique how-to book describes in detail how to create an authentic reproduction, one of the most exciting and challenging projects the stained-glass artist can tackle.

"First published in the United States of America in 2005 by The Vendome Press"--T.p. verso.