These sconces were inspired by the small leaves on the antique, French, chandelier already in the room. We decided to carry that them to the sconces. They were not intended to be a working light source, rather sculptural accents on either side of the window. The leaves were cut from sheet copper with a band saw. They were further refined using an oscillating drum sander to finalize the shapes. They were then heat up to red hot and left to air cool. The copper then becomes almost like putty and can be hand formed to give them dimension and life. Manipulating the copper was really fun. The stems are hammered brass rods that were heated up and twisted before being soldered to the back of the leaves. The light sources were two LED bulbs mounted horizontally to allow the leaves to be close to the wall. A simple plate, the same color as the wall, held a hanger system fabricated to let the leaves just hang in place. The stems don’t touch the wall. This made it easy to remove them when bulbs needed to be changed. The final finish on the metal was a dark, hand rubbed, bronze patina with wax overcoat. They were 20" long x 8" wide at the leaves.