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I made a pair of arts & crafts sconces for my house modeled after a design by Greene & Greene used in the Blacker House. Mine are pretty close to the originals as best I can tell from the photos I've seen. Probably slightly smaller. The support bar that attaches to the wall is slightly narrower too.

They are straight grained mahogany, finished with linseed oil and wax only. They have darkened up nicely since the pictures were taken. G&G used a more opaque iridized glass in the original, this was my first attempt at stained glass, and was a fairly complex woodworking project for me when I started it. I learned a lot.

There is a complete build up on my personal blog, including two false starts where the scale of the parts was just wrong. Live and learn, eh?

I'm finishing off a recreation of the "Inglenook Sconce" from the Gamble house right now (two more stained glass panels to go), and I think I've gotten pretty close to the original details on that.

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Great job and great looking! Definitely a favorite. Thanks for sharing.
 

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Nice sconce and beautiful job. Welcome to Green and Greene fan community. I like care of G&G style. Some time ago I made Robinsone House ceiling lamps http://lumberjocks.com/projects/80088. But I want to make G&G style sconces too. Thanks for sharing .
 

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Love that G&G style. I bet you'll find no others like these.
 

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Hi Edward - I saw your G&G lights before, very nice job on those by the way!
 

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Joe you have it right on the mark
They look great
Nice fine work and a great finish

Jamie
 

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Very very nice looking sconces. You did an excellent job, they look great.
 

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Very nice design - the glass work is impressive!
 

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Very nice lights- good job copying the originals. Kind of a light fan myself.
 

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Joe, these are awesome! Great job
 

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Nice fixtures. I'm especially interested in the stained glass. It looks great! Where did you learn to do that?
 

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The glass is pretty easy to do, my 13 year old son and I took a one day class at a local shop. There are a few "tricks" or rules for scoring and breaking glass. A glass grinder is a pretty essential tool if your are doing something other than simple geometric shaped (about $100-$140).

In short, you score and cut out the pieces according to your pattern. Then you mark them where they aren't quite right and grind them. The parts get cleaned to remove any grinding residue and warmed up on a hotplate to make sure they are dry and to help the adhesive on the foil set up. The copper foil comes in different widths, I think I used 3/16" for this. You stick it to the edge of the glass and fold it over both sides while the glass is warm, and rub it smooth. Then you just fit all the foil-edged parts together, solder it, apply a patina and it's a wrap.

There are a few more details, but anyone that can do the woodwork could absolutely do the glass too. Big, intricate pieces are harder of course, but something like this is very approachable IMO.







 

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Wonderful sconces! Like the great style, your beautiful stained glass has very nice light effects. Great job!
 
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