Friday, May 27, 2022
We cannot overemphasize the need for you to take the time to carefully select the right glass for your shade
We cannot overemphasize the need for you to take the
time to carefully select the right glass for your shade. The
selection of the most appropriate glass texture, color,
density, and color “flow” becomes the pallet the lamp
artist uses to best represent a personal expression of an
actual flower or other figurative image. While the repro-
duction lamp mold kit provides a Tiffany peony flower
pattern, the artist needs to have the peon
oring and appearance in mind so the flower can be accu-
rately and evocatively represented, The best way to do
this is to learn about and study the real thing.
The peony is a perennial flowering plant or shrub
with several hybrid versions and colors, the principal
colors being white, yellow, and varying shades of red. It
is a traditional floral symbol of China and the state
flower of Indiana. Louis Comfort Tiffany represented the
peony in a number of his art-glass shades; it is perhaps
his most widely depicted flower.
‘An examination of real peonies shows that the
flower-petal color goes from its deepest at the base of
the flower to a lighter shade towards the edge of the
petal. Peony buds are typically a consistent deep color
throughout.
Choosing Individual Pieces
Selecting the right sheets of art glass for a shade is just
the first step, however. A light table is needed to help the
lamp artist carefully select specific areas of the sheet that
will best represent the flower’s color variations, shadings
(where leaves or flower petals overlap), and grain direc-
tions. We glue the cut-out pattern pieces to the glass with
rubber cement, using the light table to let us see the best
position for paper pieces.
It might be tempting at this point to squeeze as many
pattern pieces as you can onto a glass sheet so as to use as
much of the glass as possible. Avoid this temptation. Your
guiding principle should be to find the area of glass that
best represents what you have in mind for a particular
piece. Look closely at the subtle color variations, the grain
of the glass, the darkness or brightness and select the por-
tion that will work best, even if it means using a relatively
small portion
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We cannot overemphasize the need for you to take the time to carefully select the right glass for your shade
We cannot overemphasize the need for you to take the time to carefully select the right glass for your shade. The selection of the most ap...
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We cannot overemphasize the need for you to take the time to carefully select the right glass for your shade. The selection of the most ap...
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