Throwing a little shade

Older project moved over from the other site.

I installed a light on the wall going down the stairs to my basement shop. I just tapped in to an existing line and installed a ceramic lightbulb fixture. The light was shining in my eyes because it didn't have a shade.

I got some cardboard and quickly fashioned a temporary shade and that solved the problem for the time being. I left it there for a few months trying to think of how to make something that would look a little better.

I know the dark wood is walnut, but I'm not sure what the other wood is. I first thought it was oak, but I'm not sure. The glass is blue, but when light shines through it it becomes just about clear. It is hand made glass so there are bubbles and the surface has imperfections as you can see when held up to the light.

I cut the oak panels at a 15º angle and glued on the strip of walnut. Then I cut the combined pieces to a ~22º angle and the miter to ~40º. I just purchased my first miter gauge (INCRA 1000SE) and had to see if I liked it better than the one that came with my tablesaw. No contest. Making splayed panels was something I've never done before and I had to find a table/chart to help with the math.

The shade is mounted to the wall on a French cleat.

I thought the blue glass would hide the ugly ceramic lightbulb fixture, but the glass became clear and it didn't hide anything. I had some red oak scraps that looked pretty close to the wood in the shade, but not exact. I made something to cover the fixture and used it for the other half of the French cleat.

The glass is removable for cleaning or if it gets broken and needs to be replaced. The bulb is LED so it doesn't produce any heat so I opted for no holes in the top.