This sconce was designed to announce the entrance to a very artful home. I had already done a pair of matching leaf sconces for the media room. There were some leaves in the antique French chandelier hanging in the middle of the room. There were art pieces in every space in the house. This sconce is all aluminum except for the leaves on the front. They are fabricated from copper sheet, cut and shaped with a band saw and oscillating drum sander. The leaves are heated to make them more pliable and then hand formed.

I didn’t want any obvious fasteners. I researched several industrial epoxies and found one that was good up to 500 degrees down to -55. It was also waterproof. The sconce was installed on a cedar wall next to the front door. There was a large overhang so it was never going to experience any direct weather.

There were many other black details on the exterior of the house. The front door was glass, top to bottom, with a black frame and black dividers. The other exterior lights were black metal with semi-transparent white acrylic panels. This fixture was a lot of work. Sometimes the simpler looks are the hardest to fabricate. The really trick part of this light was the front panel. It was cut out behind the leaves so some light could spill out around them. One of the hardest issues to solve was how to take the panel off to change the bulbs? I didn’t want any screws or nuts in the corners. The solution was to make the panel hook over the lower frame at, the bottom, with double, rare earth, magnets securing it at the top. It works great. This is something I can use again.

Everything then received multiple coats of spray paint. The frame was painted satin black. The plate was painted mat black. The leaves were then painted satin black to created a separation from the mat black face plate. The fixture measures 19" tall x 6" wide. It is 4" deep. This was a very rewarding project.