It took way too long but I finally got around to making a lampshade for my copper lamp.

When I took a jewelry making class at Pratt last year I knew I wouldn’t be making jewelry.  I wanted to learn how to cut and hammer copper.  The result of my two classes is this lamp.

A new material, new tools and very difficult technique.  I wish there was more time in the day, more days in the week, more weeks in every year.

There are so many classes I would like to take.

Each one of these pieces could be a pin or a necklace.

Soldering is really hard.  There’s a whole class to take to learn to perfect this one task.

I was happy to be able to finish this many parts for my lamp sculpture.

I wired all my pieces to a column and my friends at Landbridge Lighting built the lamp and wired it.

I made a simple drum shape with a fabric from Pindler & Pindler and trimmed it with a picked fringe made from the same fabric.

Kathi