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<p>[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 4595287, member: 8363"]I know this should go in the Finds thread, but I am so excited I couldn't help sharing it here. About a year ago, I found this mostly completed, handmade, stained glass type lamp shade made of real amber and various stones. (I tested it with a black light - see picture.) Some of the polished stones have an opalescence.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is crudely made, and was completely missing the middle piece - vented vase cap - that attaches the shade to the lamp base. The opening for the middle piece was also too large and irregular. It was like the artist ran out of stones or time - I'm not sure which. It had been in someone's closet for years. I saw it and rescued it after a $100 left my pocket.</p><p><br /></p><p>I took it to a local lighting store. They looked at it and after their jaw dropped at the difficulty of making it a useful lamp, they agreed to figure out a way to make it happen. A year later and VoilĂ !</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]408312[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408313[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408314[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408318[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="KikoBlueEyes, post: 4595287, member: 8363"]I know this should go in the Finds thread, but I am so excited I couldn't help sharing it here. About a year ago, I found this mostly completed, handmade, stained glass type lamp shade made of real amber and various stones. (I tested it with a black light - see picture.) Some of the polished stones have an opalescence. It is crudely made, and was completely missing the middle piece - vented vase cap - that attaches the shade to the lamp base. The opening for the middle piece was also too large and irregular. It was like the artist ran out of stones or time - I'm not sure which. It had been in someone's closet for years. I saw it and rescued it after a $100 left my pocket. I took it to a local lighting store. They looked at it and after their jaw dropped at the difficulty of making it a useful lamp, they agreed to figure out a way to make it happen. A year later and VoilĂ ! [ATTACH=full]408312[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408313[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408314[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408315[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408316[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408317[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]408318[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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