One of Mesolini Glass Studio’s clients came to them with an ideas to make a chandelier utilizing some of their gorgeous fused and slumped art glass. They envisioned a variety of pieces hanging below a fixture to be lit by the light from above passing through them. Mesolini came to me for help with a design that would accomplish their goal.

When building the clients new house, it was necessary to take down a black locust tree in the front yard. The tree was cut into boards and used in the making of the front door and dining room table. I was able to find one board, in the left-over pile, that I thought could be used for the dining room chandelier. It had an interesting void that I thought could add a little character to the fixture body. I came up with the idea to make the shape a little like a canoe so it wasn’t just a box hanging over the table. It is fabricated around a steel frame with a perforated metal center panel from which the glass hangs. Since I only had one piece of wood I decided to resaw the 1'' board into two 3/8'' side panels. By doing this I was able to retain the void and use it on both sides of the body. The glass is wrapped with hammered steel wire and suspended from a straight piece of hammered wire that attaches to the perforated metal via a fishing swivel. This way they could turn the glass any way then wanted. The fixture was about 6' long by 10'' at it’s widest point.