The copper foil tape I needed to finish the stained glass shades for my Arts & Crafts sconces came, and I took today off work to play in the shop (and clear my head of work nonsense).
I’m pretty close to having the sconces done, but I was so eager to see if it was all going to fit together and work out that I took one stained glass shade through to completion so I could test assemble a sconce. I’ll give away the ending, it all fits OK. There are a couple of details I may want to tweak in the design, but nothing major.

Copper foil tape. For what it’s worth, after using this brand I don’t like it. It’s thinner than the stuff I have been using and it tore really easily when wrapping the glass. Too bad I bought three rolls…

This is the back after soldering the front. I was able to solder the back on these without re-melting the fronts and having to re-work the beads to make them attractive
Soldering the four panes and the copper piece to fit the lamp socket was a learning experience. My first one came out s0-so, I think the next will be better. Soldering an unsupported seam with gaps is a little tricky. I used blue tape to roughly position the parts in place, then tack-soldered one joint at a time, tweaking it to get the best alignment I could. Once all four parts were tack soldered I fit in the copper adapter and soldered it in place, then I soldered the seams.
Once it was all soldered it was the usual drill of washing the flux off, applying a black patina (a chemical that turns the solder black) then washing again, and finally using a special polish/wax to finish it off.
Sweet looking. Any pics coming with it in place and lit?
Thanks Ralph.
I finished the other shade last night, I’ll assemble and wire the sconces today but then I’m probably stuck for a little while.
To install them I need to cut into the drywall in the room and put in two new junction boxes and run wiring… The switch is on the opposite wall from where I want these sconces. I don’t want to get caught up in that work, so I’m hiring a guy to do the drywall, wiring and painting in the room. But I think it’s going to take a couple of weeks to get him up here to do the job.
Right now it’s Saturday morning, I have 30 minutes of assembly work left on these, another 30 minutes to clean up the shop and organize things, and no wood for a new project in sight. Poor planning on my part.