So how does the actual lamp compare with the sectors placed on the light box? Rushing to try to finish for Xmas, and not quite making it, I de-molded easily after 30 mins at 95C and mounted it carefully on an existing lamp stand.
The light table doesn’t show the colours as bright as they are. So just remains to mount a spider, solder the inside of the lamp, solder a braided ring at the top of the lamp, finish solder the outside surface, treat the outside with a patina and generally clean and tidy the lamp.
Rings and filigrees delivered by Verrosaique ready to assemble and solder, glass from GK Techniques cut to size, ground and the edges copper taped.
So I need to finish cutting Alix’s wings and set up my workshop to accurately place the mold in a different horizontal position for each piece of glass and I’ll be ready to wax the mold.
Celia’s idea of a lamp was more like this, nuances but also colour variants and a degraded colour scheme from top to bottom.
This should be easier right? Well I’m waiting for the filigrees to see if the wing colours are not too bright. Yes, more worries, well I guess I would just change the wing colours if they don’t work.
A quick reminder of Alix’s lamp suggestion, mostly monochrome and all is nuanced.
Nuance is so difficult to do, especially without a light table, I had faith, well some so tried it over a lamp, not very accurate but…,
Clearly there will be some nuance, so my worry drops a little, the remaining question is of course will my choice of nuance work, well I hope to know for Christmas!
At Christmas first of all I gifted my parents the Daffodil lamp from 2022.
Then was asked by daughter number 2 if I could make her a lamp, number1 then threw in a request, I guess fame starts somewhere.
Told them to check out the Sotheby’s web site for ideas (they have sold a lot of originals. Well blow me down with a feather if they didn’t choose the same model, almost (different colour schemes), therefore only one mould to buy
Dragonfly in blue purple for number 2, all is in the colour nuance here, I’ll do this one second.
Dragonfly in more easily distinguished colour variations. So I’ll take on this one first.
But which size lamp to go for? Well I got Celia (number 1), to check out last years 22 inch lamp and we wisely went for a smaller lamp. Better for a smaller room.
For the mould, as for last year I ordered from Verrosaique, and I’m expecting a delivery towards the beginning of June. I’ll need to get in touch with them again to order the jewels and the rings.
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This was the lamp size chose, 14 inches, so I will look at how I can work the colours from the larger lamps into this smaller version. Will need to check with Alix (number 2) if this size is ok for her.
Voici de nouveau le modèle, d’abord je marque dessus le dégradé que j’avais imaginé.
Et par la suite je coupe et assemble 12 pans
En voici un 1er, on voit maintenant la forme que j’avais tracé.
Avec les 12 morceau, la question, comment les assembler?
Voici ci-contre la réponse, on les places les un á côté des autres et comme vous pouvez voir et les scotchent á une distance précise qui permet de soulever l’ensemble sans que ça bloque.
Pour l’histoire ça fait 66 morceau de verre á découper, á meuler, puis á appliquer les bandes de cuivre et á souder! Nous verrons ça demain.
Voici comment ça marcheEt pour finir l’article assemblée
Marqueterie et Tiffany 