Lamp Designing Using No. 0 Series Pattern Grid |
| Supply List Matching lamp designing grid pattern kit (available for all forms), stiff cardboard pattern paper (file folder material), scissors, eraser, sticky tape, masking tape, 3M magic type tape (5/8" to 1" wide), and tracing material (drafting film works great). Procedure To make drawing and erasing easier, cover the MagicStrips™ with 3M magic transparent tape before they are cut apart. Used MagicStrips can be removed and covered with tape. Cut out and install the tape covered MagicStrips™. Hold them on the form with sticky tape. FullForm™ Select the number of repeats and lamp depth for your lamp design. Use the small numbers near the bottom of the form that are next to the vertical lines indicate where each repeat starts and stops. SectionalForm™ cover one form. Follow the same basic procedure that is used in making a foiled stained glass window. Example: Draw flowers, cut them out and arrange them on the lamp, fill in leaves and background parts to cover one repeat. Draw the design and trace the glass cutting pattern. The difference is in making each pattern piece one at a time. Trace and cut out each separately. This is necessary to compensate for the curve of the form. Use a stiff cardboard type material that will lay flat above the rounded form, the same as flat glass parts. The edges of each pattern piece are made to fit together above the curved form. Adjustments are made by trimming and fitting for an even space between patterns. Leave about 10 thousands of an inch (.010) between patterns (about a common pin width). Note: most of the Tiffany lamps and other antique lamps were usually designed with either 3, 4 or 6 design repeats. Consider a non-repeated design if using a FullForm™. FullForms™ you can sketch one complete repeat of your design. It is not necessary to draw your design all the way around the form; although you can if desired. Note: Complete a design repeat and just slide each glass design repeat around the form until the first one meets up with the last glass repeat. This procedure will allow you to draw other designs on the remainder of the form. Carefully trace off each bridging piece (a pattern piece that extends from one repeat to the other) and match them up accurately on the other side of the repeat. Use the blue grid lines as a guide for proper alignment. SectionalForms™ arrange the design repeats for you. Trace off the other pattern pieces and finish your lamp per instructions. |