As the aim is to make this relatively cheap, the base will be made of 2 chip boards, glued together to give the desired thickness.
And in order to add value to the lantern by the wood, I’ve chosen a lighter wood for the veneer, ash, with the example on the left moistened to represent the final colour.
This is very much an exercise for me, so I went for a simple form based on an already existing pattern
For the remainder of the lantern I used glass which I already had in my collection, a deep purple coloured glass.
It is clear to me that the wooden casing is going to be the make or break for this project. Which I will finish at Le Gallaudec Marquetrie.
Depuis le temps, l’oiseau avance en douceur, après la découpe au scalpel, la découpe par scie à chantourner et l’assemblage ont commencé.
Ready for placement on the mold and soldering.
A new question for me, can I reduce the amount of glass work time and produce something without a mold?
I had seen a lantern whilst in Ireland and thought now there’s an idea.
This could also be an opportunity to combine glass and wood skills.
I need to think about this.
But what will my choice of glass and the choices within that glass give, how will the different colours marry? I used available glass in my stock for flower stems and borders.
I fitted up the first cut and found section on a light table, remembering that this only approaches the impression given on a finished lamp.
Can’t wait to see the finished lamp, I’m pretty sure the flowers work.
To avoid an appearance of flatness I wanted to choose for both the flowers and the background enough nuance to represent adequately first the tulips, for which I went for a Bullseye 3334-30F Cranberry Pink sheet (770€/m2).
For the background I went for 2 colours, both from GK Techniques, the VECH 069 and VECH 826 shown here.
And here is the VECH 069 at a more reasonable 70€/ sheet
After a long discussion with Fiona, she said a lamp similar to this one would be her choice.
However at 16 inches, this was the Tulip design that I could find available, so next choice, choose the glass.
Voici la boîte terminé, cirée avec une pâte à 70% cire d’abeille et 30% essence de térébenthine pour aider la cire à pénétrer en profondeur. Après l’application de la cire j’ai chauffé localement avec un décapeur thermique juste assez pour faire pénétrer la cire avant de laisser sécher l’ensemble à l’air libre avant de faire briller la boîte à l’aide d’un chiffon en coton.
Et voici « l’œuvre « terminée
Pour usiné l’emplacement des clés j‘ai acheté une mèche de diamètre 1,5mm d’une société qui se spécialise dans le modélisme et pour la finition j’ai utilisé un cire noir dans les coins noirs.
Marqueterie et Tiffany 