A wall column lights fixture made from maple, oak and fused and
slumped glass. Glass has a wide variety of applications in
furniture, ranging from a simple clear panel to decorative
inlay. Fused glass is glass that has been fired in a kiln within
a certain temperature range in order to achieve a specific
effect. Both the Egyptians and Romans created glass objects with
fusing techniques, but the craft did not reach higher level of
prominence until later in the 20th century. A variety of objects
are made with this technique, including beads, tiles, glassware,
and decorative panels. Maple covers many different trees in the
Acer genus. In general it is a light colored wood, creamy white
to yellow in hue with darker soft brown or yellow grain. Bigleaf
maple is a large tree native to the Pacific Northwest, and it
often has highly figured wood, spalting and burls. Ambrosia
Maple, also called sugar maple, is a creamy white maple with
grey streaks and often has worm holes. Figured maple is often
described as quilted,