Jul 19 - How do I make a chandelier?

I was back at the studio today, the one where I study glassworking. I finished painting a three-section stained glass panel featuring a lotus flower motif. The pieces had to be fired in the kiln, which takes a couple hours, so I had some time to kill. I worked on designing my next object. I want to try to construct a chandelier - a modern style chandelier.

Trouble was, I didn't really know how to construct the structure of a chandelier, nor with what material.

So I came home early and now I'm looking up lamp designs on the internet. There's a Dutch designer that creates some cool ones named Tord Boontje. I first saw his works at Habitat, a European furnishing chain that sells really design objects. Curious? Look at http://www.habitat.net/uk/main_uk.htm or http://www.tordboontje.com/ .