I'm Chia Wald and this is my blog. Here is where I share my thoughts and my art. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it isn't. That's life... and that's me. 
When you last saw the lamps they looked like this. We had added black, then green, then more black. The green had almost faded from view. We were a bit disappointed when it first seemed to fade away but the look grew on us and we were happy with it being nothing more than a subtle undertone.
Today I took them outside to spray on the clear coating and look what happened.
As soon as the clear spray hit it, the green sprang back to life. It was instantly clear that one lamp had more green on it than the other, and it was pretty easy to see how it had been smeared on. Hmmm… It took a little getting use to the look but every time we walked away for a while, we came back to see that we were liking them a bit more as time went by.
Oh, and they won’t have to cower under the shadow of my old shades.
I was at the store today and they just happened to have two perfect shades on the shelf.
Quite a difference, wouldn’t you say?
The Boy is happy.
Tonight he began working on a matching mirror for the entryway.
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5 responses so far ↓
1 Shannon // Oct 1, 2009 at 11:19 am
Very stylish. I like them.
2 Wendy // Oct 2, 2009 at 10:37 am
Don’t you just love happy accidents? They came out great and I think they have exactly the right amount of green. I always wanted to try for this type of look by mixing mica powder into a glaze. Nice job.
3 Suzanne // Oct 2, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Very cool and masculine looking lamps there. You two did an awesome job on them.
4 chia // Oct 5, 2009 at 10:53 pm
Thanks everyone. We had fun making these and are kind of proud about how well they turned out.
5 One Big Mess // Oct 30, 2009 at 4:29 pm
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