What with the holidays on such it’s been a while since I’ve updated on this project. So, here without upper and lower rings and without cleaning, here is the lamp tacked together on the mould.
Just need to fit the rings, demould, solder the inside, finish solder the outside, clean, apply a patina to the solder and, of course to mount the lamp.
Can’t wait to see the finished lamp, I’m pretty sure the flowers work.
The lantern assembled onto the base, and made of veneer coated chipboard is at last finished.
Not really sure that the glass design is really exciting, but the aim was to try out the manufacture and discover the difficulties before deciding if it was worth working on a design.
Major lesson ( not a surprise) to get perfectly adjusted base and lamp it is necessary to manufacture a tool.
The lantern backlit with a portable workshop lamp
Just to get an idea
With a white glue interface I firstly coated the top and bottom of the chipboard with a beech veneer and put in under a press. I then removed the excess using a wood chisel before once again applying a white glue and ironing on the beech veneer edges and trimming with a scalpel.
So here I have just fitted up the glass work with the base. Next steps will be to finish the base, to finish solder the glass work edges, to insert the electrical elements and to fix the glass to the base.
It’s starting to come together, remaining question is should I cut out the small cracked area and insert a small glass frame.
After many weeks waiting my copper plated crown for the Wisteria lamp has finally been delivered.
The crown will eventually have a verdigris patinated finish and the branches will be made of a tin coated braid ready for soldering.
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.
Marqueterie et Tiffany 