Prairie Lamps (Cliffside Studio) Paperback – February 15, 1995

One of the reasons I purchased this book (aside from the obvious) is because the author's review said that instructions were included for making stained glass lamp bases, since prairie lamp bases were hard to find (at the time the book was published).The pattern book that was delivered to me had pictures of stained glass lamp bases on the cover, but there were no instructions inside on how to accomplish this. So... in my opinion, it was false advertising (Maybe this is a subsequent printing of the book and the patterns were omitted. Still it was disappointing.)The patterns themselves were fairly run-of-the-mill. It would have been just as well to have one full-sized pattern with lots of smaller examples.

The cover actually says "Pictures" which shows color....WELL., there are NO pictures. You use only the cover or have no other suggestion of color in the shade.There are NO pull-outs, you have to break the spine of the book to try for a full size pattern which is "included" but NOT..I mailed the publisher author and received NO response..Do not buy this rip off....

good

Have not use it but it is exactly what I was looking for.

nice patterns

This book contains wonderful square lamp designs and has fully detailed instructions. I made my first lamp shade as a gift for my hubby and he loves it! I plan to make one for my desk as well and the complementary panels are in this author's panel books.

This book by Alex Spatz is the fifth book of his I have purchased, and it is as excellent if not better than the others. All of his books on stained glass are so easy to follow and the designs are wonderfully crafted. The book "Prairie Lamps" was very helpful and the suggestions were very inciteful. Excellent book!!!

Useful, from a design perspective. Narrative states colour examples of shades on rear cover. It's BLANK. Not what I expected. Either error on printing, or needs re-issuing.