Progress...

So far it is proving difficult, but certainly not impossible, to create the shapes in CAD. What I have currently found to be useful at this stage for conveying the shapes into CAD is to first draw up the shapes to my satisfaction, then measure key points from an origin so that I may place those points in CAD and construct a series of curved lines accordingly. While it is slow-going, it is making up for my current lack of knowledge about how else to make these shapes. As I design these panels, I continue to change how I feel the base of the lamp should be constructed. Unfortunately, at this stage, I can't see the proposed second lamp being finished in time, though I won't give up hope just yet...