Stained glass fish scale lamp.
Making glass lamp shades. The sides of the lamps were often bright colors with mid century modern designs such as kidney shaped lines. Mason jar lid zinc if possible. How to avoid common lampshade problems. The edges of the lamps were laced to the frame with lanyard in complementary colors creating a faux mica look that was both a little bit rustic and a little bit space age.
How to paint glass lamp shades creating a faux stained glass lamp choose a paneled glass lamp shade. Wire frames lamp shade paper or fabric and decorative items. Glass shades are arranged by categories and size with hundreds of styles in stock including hurricane glass lily shades student shades diffusers and other glass lampshade replacements. Clean the glass panels with water and rubbing alcohol.
Make sure to leave half an inch of fabric to hang over the top and bottom of the frame. Spray paint the frame if desired. Shabby chic rosette lampshade. Making lamp shades at home lets you customize the shades to fit your personal taste and décor.
Put the shade on a lamp stand and enjoy your new creation. Set the shade over top of the glass opening with the wide end down to test fit. Faux plant i bought mine at michaels for 50 off. Designing lamp shades requires three basic supplies.
Attach the fabric strips to the lampshade. I ran mine through the dishwasher but you could hand wash them as well. Customized image transfer lampshade. 7 32 or 1 4 foil work best for a lampshade.
Our full selection of replacement glass lampshades can be seen here. Lacey victorian doily lampshade. You re going to want to start with a clean glass shade. Take apart the lamp shade.
Krylon sea glass paint. The neustadt s conservator susan tomlin demonstrates the labor intensive process of creating a tiffany style leaded glass lampshade. Press one side of the strip of fabric on the hot glue. Curl the paper to line up the two straight edges.
Trace your panels onto a sheet of paper then create your design. You need enough foil to give a solid connecting seam between each panel. Apply hot glue on one vertical wire of the lampshade frame. Use 7 32 for thinner glass and 1 4 for thicker glass.
Enjoy your new lampshade. I did 3 coats of paint on mine. Lamp shades that reflect a particular era or have a contemporary design are crafted from the same basic supplies.