Elephante Night Light Shade

[FrankEV]

I was going to do a nautical scene next, but my Grandson and his lady are comming down from NY to visit us in Early December with Ryder, my new Great-Grandson.  I decided to make the last one that I have with a clip for them to use in Ryders room.  Elephants are everywhere in his room, so the subject was a no brainer.  I found this cute free clip-art image that fit the space nicely with minimum adjustments needed.

Went again with the 3 1/4"wx 4"h cut panels, but used Birch Solid Core ply.  However, this time I chose to finish it with Gloss Black Laquer with the Translucent light purple Acrylic defusers.

I have pretty much got all the bugs out of the process of making these shades.  These shades can be cut and assembled in about 5 hours of which a good part is the Titebond glue-up dry time.  The small panel size - which to me feels strange to work on - dictates the scene can not be too intricate, therefore the stacked side panels take less than an hour to cut.  It took me longer to make the pattern this morning than to cut it.  I'll post it in Pattern Exchange.

I plan to oder some more of the kits, but I'll take a break from making more right away, so I won't be bugging you with more Shade posts for a while.

Comments and Critiques always welcome.

[daveww1]

awesome job

[jerry walters]

Frank, I wish I had 10% of your talent.

Jerry

[rjweb]

Nice, RJ