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.
So, one year after the announcement and 11 months after the mould delivery here it is at last finished:
Top view
Close up
This was long and difficult, it required several tools to be manufactured and the final object is heavier than I had imagined.
As a last comment, 22 inches is a very big shade!
La lampe a été démoulée. Voici la partie supérieure posée sur un pied, il ne me reste que: souder cette partie supérieure à la partie inférieur, de souder en place les morceaux de verre qui transitent entre les deux partie, de souder tous les morceaux de verre depuis l’intérieur de la lampe, de retoucher les soudures à l’extérieur, de colorier les soudures avec une patine (noir), de choisir un pied de lampe et de monter la lampe sur le pied.
Presque fini!
Ça y est, prêt à démouler en deux parties, suivie par l’assemblage, ajout des morceaux dites renforcements qui lient les deux sous-assemblage, suivi par le soudage de l’intérieur.
Encore un peu de boulot
Mold has been waxed and the solder tacking is under way.
Need to be careful here, as the shade is a turban shape,you can make out that I’ve only tacked up to the maximum diameter.
Next up soldering in full this upper part before tacking the lower part, but of course not to the upper part to allow for demolding
3 tiers terminés
Alors après 18 semaines les 1038 ont été coupés et meulées, les deux premières tiers et la moitié de la dernière tiers ont été sertis.
Après 10 semaines les deux anneaux en bronze ont été livrés, bientôt je commencerai l’assemblage.
Le verre a été acheté chez GK Techniques et les anneaux achetés chez Verrosaic .
Voici le travail, après 10 semaines, le 1er tiers, coupé, meulé, et adjusté. J‘ai réussi á sertir les morceaux de verre devant la télé!
Il ne me reste en préparation que les deux autres tiers.
Marqueterie et Tiffany 