Here you can see the colour of the patina in the lamp shade when it is not lit. I chose a mix of 60% black and 40% copper patina to give it a brown, somewhat brassy effect. It matches the lamp base perfectly.
Here is a top down look at the shade. Notice how the colour swirls of the background fit perfectly? To do this, I had to put my pattern onto the glass beside one another. It was tough to cut sometimes as I had to do the cuts in a certain sequence. Also I had to be very careful not to ruin any of the pieces while cutting.
This is my favourite vignette of the lamp shade. The red poppies against the blue background is very dramatic.
The textured glass is from a piece of Oceana glass that I picked up years ago. It's no longer made. :(
For the centres of the flowers, I used some choice pieces from the background glass. Oceana, I think it is either 607 or 702?
Oops, I have to be more thorough with my cleaning and buffing! :)
Here is a picture of it on a lamp base:
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