So after a long pause to manufacture the Peacock lamp, here I am back on the Wisteria shade, with the first section tacked onto the mold. There are a few pieces that need trimming down and re-coppering, (just waiting to finish my boxes supporting my veneer work to once again free up the workshop).
As this lamp is terribly time consuming and repetitive, I will probably start a much simpler lamp after the second repeat section.
So here is the first section on the light table, I’ve identified 8 to 10 pieces that would be better in cobalt blue from 329 to 307 and 199, otherwise the effect is what I was looking for.
The next step is to check each piece individually to ensure no clashes at the final assembly after coppering and also to ensure the numbers are still readable, could take maybe 25 hours, then onto the first repeat.
Not a lot happened in May and June, my last two weeks as a bona fide worker, with retirement comes a little more time. So here is the work so far on the light box.
I hope to finish this 1/5th this week then I can do the last adjustments before coppering. I think I will slightly increase the blue on the other faces and maybe change a few colours here.
Slowly but surely the first of 6 sectors is underway with roughly the first 125 pieces ready, somewhere around 1/3 of the pieces on this sector.
Marqueterie et Tiffany 