Design, Text, and Fabrication by Michael C. Thomas

Tips to make laying out and assembling panel lamps easier by flipping the main body panels. Making a panel-lamp “sandwich” between two boards allows all of the panels in the lamp to be flipped over for easier soldering. This project was constructed using the copper foil technique.

This article was originally published on page 14 in the Summer 2011 issue of Glass Patterns Quarterly.
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