Before I gift the two dragonfly lamps, here they are for the last time together and with the Elaborate Peony in the background.
2 Years of Lamp work
Étiquette : Verre Tiffany
Alix’s Lamp finished
Here it is, Alix’s lampshade finished before cutting the upper attachment to size. Darker colours as requested. And yes those wings, long and straight on the curved surface are not easy.
The shade had been damaged ( falling to the floor) after completion but before the filigrees stage, necessitating the removal and replacement ow almost all of the wings.
Alix’s Lamp ‘Filigree Time’
Filigree Time, Check it out against Celia’s lamp at the same stage.
https://marquetryandtiffany.art.blog/2024/09/09/celias-lamp-filigree-time/
Celia’s lamp – Tooled up
Well everything is ready, just need to wax up.
But wait what is that tool for keeping the mould horizontal at different heights?
Yes! It’s a round broomstick sticking through the hole in a drawer. But how do I adjust the height?
Well you’ve hung brushes, brooms etc in a shed maybe? Well it’s the same one way grip on the inside of the drawer.
Celia’s Lamp – Ready to go
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.
The dragonfly lamps part 2
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.
The Dragonfly lamps part1
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!
Elaborate Peony finished
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!
Elaborate Peony 30ième semaine
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!
Elaborate Peony 26ième semaine
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
Marqueterie et Tiffany 