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Assemble pieces cut from a color photocopies into a grand mosaic lampshade, creating an authentic stained glass look at a fraction of the cost.

Materials:
white paper lampshade
stained glass or milkglass
pencil
scissors
decoupage glue and brush
Liquid Leading in a tube
carbon tracing paper

Steps:

Make color photocopies of stained glass at a copy center. Some glass will copy better than others—use the best ones on the larger areas.
Cover one side of the lampshade with tracing paper.

Figure A

Using stained glass pattern from a book, center pattern on tracing paper and trace (figure A).

Figure B

Repeat step 3 on all four sides of lampshade (figure B).

Plan the colors for the design and mark the pattern accordingly.

Figure C

Carefully remove tracing paper and transfer tracing paper to stained glass color copy (figure C).

Cut from color copy select pieces of design.

Transfer tracing paper to another color copy, and cut more pieces of the design, and repeat until pattern is complete.

Figure D

When you finish cutting, lay the pattern out on the work surface (figure D).

Figure E

Working in small sections, brush decoupage glue onto outside of shade and on the cutout pieces of "glass" (figure E).

Figure F

Position the color copy cutouts in place starting at the top of the shade (figure F). Brush another layer of decoupage glue over the copies; let dry, complete another section.

Figure G

When the lampshade is complete (figure G) and the first layer of decoupage glue is dry, continue to add layers of glue over entire lampshade; allow glue to dry between coats. Five coats will be sufficient.

Figure H

Squeeze lines of Liquid Leading from tube around each cut color copy and around the top and bottom of shade (figure H). Let dry.

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