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stained glass lamp shadeThis is a leaded lampshade. Leaded glass lampshades are much less common than copper foiled ones because a leaded shade is constructed flat, then bent into its final shape (pure lead being a very soft, bendable metal). This requires wrestling with the mathematics, and also involves the skill of bending and joining the sections in a fluid manner such that the "seam" is indistinguishable from the rest of the shade. It was fortunate that when I started working in glass as a child, the uncle who got me started in stained glass had been taught the skills involved in producing leaded shades, and passed those along to me. The major advantage of leading a shade is the uniformity of line that is achieved with the pre-formed lead, as opposed to copper foil, which can never be as uniform even when the cutting of the glass is very precise. Also, many copper foil shades nowadays are store-bought kits, although that does not imply that they are simple to do. There are no kits for making leaded shades (that I have ever heard of).

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