by Linda Banks | 10th June, 2021 | Blog
An unfortunate accident led to another client needing a Tiffany lamp repair. This precious standard lamp was toppled by the lady’s husband, resulting in a lot of damage and a big dent. She was keen to have it repaired because her son had bought it for her and it...
by Linda Banks | 26th April, 2021 | Blog
Some Tiffany-style lampshades are made using large panels of curved stained glass. I have repaired many traditional Tiffany lamps, which are built up from a lot of small pieces of flat glass, but sometimes I am asked to repair a curved panel shade. It depends what the...
by Linda Banks | 4th January, 2021 | Blog
Quite often, the damage sustained to a Tiffany-style lamp is a dent to the overall shape, or a broken off area where the copper foil has pulled apart. This was the case with this Tiffany lamp that I worked on recently. Unlike a lot of the lamps that come to me for...
by Linda Banks | 12th March, 2019 | Blog
When I was researching the market before I set up Orchid Stained Glass, I came across a competition to have glass works of art shown at the lovely Cumbrian Arts and Crafts house, Blackwell. Having visited Blackwell a few years earlier, I was immediately inspired to...