18 March 2024 16:00
Should you buy a lamp from Art Deco Trade, remember that you are holding an artisanal product! The glass models often go with a move, as the lamps are timeless and remain valuable. Once you fall in love with Art Nouveau or Art Deco objects, you will never want to get rid of them....
Fascinated by glass. Yes we are at Art Deco Trade. Producing beautiful Tiffany lamps from straight sheets of glass, but glass blowing using the blowpipe is also an enchanting process and has our full attention. Many will have seen a performance at a glassworks. The artists deserve respect, not only for artistry, but also for mastering the technique. A glassblower takes about eight years before he can call himself a master glassblower, until then he gains experience as an assistant to the master glassblower.
The process of glassblowing at a glance:
Three furnaces are used for glassblowing
The first, the melting furnace (1), contains the molten glass which is heated day and night at 1120°. The second furnace is the reheating furnace (2) which is used to reheat the glass during the production process. The third furnace is the cooling furnace (3). In this furnace, the blown objects are cooled slowly over several hours or days (depending on the size and thickness of the objects). This controlled cooling causes pieces to "relax". If this is not done, the objects will crack.
The tools
The glassblower's main tools are: Blowpipes, punties, jacks, tweezers, marver, wooden moulding blocks and boards and various scissors. Blowpipe: A long hollow metal tube. The glass is picked at the end and air is blown into the glass along the other end. Punty: A closed metal rod. It is used for transferring objects, applying glass and making press-papers or sculptures. Jacks: Tweezer-shaped instrument with long legs used to constrict and shape glass. Glassblowing bench: This is the workbench on which the glassblower forms the object. On two parallel rails, the blowpipe or punty is rolled back and forth.
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