lamps for amber's wedding

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amber needs table decorations for her wedding reception. we can't have candles or open flame, so i'm playing around with different ideas for lighting.

i started with five of these, different treatments and different heights. here's the only one that survived the first round. i got some cracking and shivering at the seam, but it remained intact.

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