Need mosaic on glass advice, please!

15 years ago

Hello everyone. I am not new to the art of stained glass or mosaics and I have done many mosaics on glass before, but I don't know if this afternoon's moment of inspiration can safely be done. I have a very ugly, builder's standard pendant light in my kitchen's eating area. It's almost as horrifically unattractive as the bug-filled tray light in the kitchen proper. I just finished (well, almost) a 3-year-long project and I have several pounds of glass pebbles left over. In a flash of inspiration I thought 'hey! Let's mosaic that ugly light fixture!' The glass is 1/4 inch thick and frosted on the outside. The shape is an overturned, shallow bowl about 6 inches deep with a diameter of about 20 inches. Do you think the glass is thick enough to take the additional weight of the glass pebbles and grout? I wouldn't be too broken up (yes, cheesy pun intended) if it were to crack up and smash into pieces, but I would probably never go barefoot in my house again if that were to happen. So let me have your two cents, okay? Thanks!

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Calamity_J
15 years ago
Here is one I did of my foyer light fixture, it's about 12" across...still up there...been about 6mos...

Here is a link that might be useful: {{!gwi}}
sabrinacarr
Original Author
15 years ago
Wow! That looks really beautiful! I just bet the light looks gorgeous shining through! I guess I should have mentioned that, as the light is a pendant style fixture, the bowl is inverted. I'm concerned that the hole at the top (actual bottom of bowl) will be a point of stress and possible fracture due to pressure on the opening from all the added weight. Any thoughts?
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Calamity_J
15 years ago
I think it'll be okay, this one was quite thick glass and the metal dohickey that holds it there(pole) is screwed into the base and so it ain't goin' no where! Can you take a pic and show us the light fixture? I just saw one at work that MAM OH MAN would I GOG that puppy!!! It's like 2ft wide and supper nice...but would never go in my house...it needs a big vaulted ceiling.
meadel
15 years ago
{{!gwi}}

Here is one I did a while ago on one of those cheap clip on plastic domes.
I thought it might be to heavy but it's holding up so far!
( I thinks it's pretty ugly but it's better than the bare bulb or that ugly lined cover )
sabrinacarr
Original Author
15 years ago
Meadel..very lovely. I adore dragonflies in stained glass!

Well, I think I'm going to go for it! I would post a picture of the light shade, but I don't have the cable to download my photos right now. I will take before, during, and after photos, though, and let you all know how it turns out.

Thanks for the input!
klinger
15 years ago
Here's a fixture I did with shells and beach glass collected from Bucerias.My fixture is actually a plastic frosted one, looks so pretty with the light shining through,
{{!gwi}}