This lamp utilized several techniques. The glass is another elegant piece of fused and slumped glass from Mesolini Glass Studio. The shade is created from double thick, translucent glass. After slumping, it was sandblasted on the inside to better diffuse the light. The cluster ball, near the base, is brass. The light tubes and socket covers are copper with the socket covers being custom, handmade pieces. They are a subtle, yet important, change from the off-the-shelf covers found on most lamps. The elbows that send the upright tubes to the bulbs are copper plumbing connectors. The connecting piece between the cluster ball and the base is a copper piece from a long ago salvaged light. I save these pieces for just this sort of occasion. The base is a turned piece of aluminum that was picked up at an estate sale. The copper and brass parts are all oxidized and hand rubbed to a dark bronze tone and then waxed. The aluminum base was painted with several different colors of spray paint, sometimes two cans at once, and then rubbed and blended between each of several coats. When it finally matched the tone of the metal above, a lacquer clear coat was applied for added protection. The lamp is 18" tall x 12" in diameter. It can take three 40w bulbs. There is an inline, hi-lo dimmer on the cord.