I seem to have been developing a theme ::) ::)
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5558/14775944123_5478a6d6e9.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ovGzpi)Red flowers and fern leaves chandelier (https://flic.kr/p/ovGzpi) by A flame with desire (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14733124566_d18e9fafca.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/orV7D5)Aqua, amethyst and deep purple chandelier (https://flic.kr/p/orV7D5) by A flame with desire (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5569/14756076845_739daa135d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/otWKy2)Ghost white chandelier with hints of colour (https://flic.kr/p/otWKy2) by A flame with desire (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
The shades clip in using the spring clip in the existing shade holder - which works really well, something I was surprised to find when I first did this (apologies for the duplicate red chandelier here, but the photo is just so much better!). The lattice effect at the top is fun to put together but what I think I like most about these is that they use blowing and sculpture and colour, all the things I like doing best :) What I don't like is that each 'shade' has about 24 hanging pieces.. so around 72 in total. Which, when you start off, seems a bit of a mountain!
Oh, and then there are security lights:
(https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3900/14569357420_6d09d2795d.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/ocrLnA)Growing security light (https://flic.kr/p/ocrLnA) by A flame with desire (https://www.flickr.com/people//), on Flickr
Which I would like to do again but with squiggles at both ends.
Astounding!!! I absolutely love the blue one!!
Gorgeous!!!!!!!!!!! I love the ghost white one (and the blue one, and the red one ::)).
Nick
love, love, love - and I utterly LOVE the security light idea - genius!!
Absolutely beautiful!
Absolutely beautiful. These are really special. Love your choice of colours.
I'd love to see these all lit up at night... do you have any pics? It would be great to wire one up with an individual LED inside each flower...
Blimey they are stunning. Bet they look gorgeous all lit up.
Thank you :)
We have the red one up and it does look lovely all lit. I'm really, really enjoying playing with lighting but every now and then I feel that I still have a way to go with understanding the actual lighting part.... LED's inside each flower would be a case in point. I have all sorts of plans for lit blown flowers and for table lamps with a short base, shade and LED - but absolutely can't get my head around the mechanics! It'll come....slowly....!
I love all three but the red one is something special, I think because it reflects colours found in nature. Do you have a friendly local electrician who can give you a lesson in wiring in small LED lights?
Lost for words, they look absolutely stunning. Just seen them on Facebook, LOVE them, my fav is the reds and green.
The red is my favourite too, though the aqua runs it very close. I do have a friendly neighbourhood electrician and you are right, I need to pin him down and get him to explain a few things. Thanks to Glenn, my knowledge of lighting has come on quite a way in the last few months but there are still gaps, possibly because of my butterfly mind! It also seems as if there are a lot of fairly new and interesting LED ideas coming on to the market at the moment, all of them with glass potential :D
Oooh, they are gorgeous!
Ray Skene (Celtic Glass) was a lighting engineer / designer
I know :)
I love them all but the second one is so beautiful ;D
Absolutely amazing! Love the blue one (I am a bit of a blue girl). XXXX
These are beautiful!
They look amazing, and love how each part is individual and can move (plus practically speaking it also means if they are knocked by accident there is less chance of breaking too as the bits can swing out of the way) I think you've really got these nailed down! ;D
You are right there. I can confirm (or rather, my other half confirmed by trying! And then, having been told it wasn't a good idea, forgetting and trying again....) that swinging a stepladder at them isn't destructive ::)
Ooh! I really like those.
Glad they're ladder proof though!
They are glorious! 8)
Hi ,
Please please don't show Teresa , it would cost me a fortune .
they are stunning and very cleaver .
Martin
Tuffnell Glass
Martin, I'd swap for a box of lobsters and crabs any day ;) :D :D
Hi Emma,
How big a box are we taking about , there is 6 big brown crabs waiting to have a hot bath as we speak after last nights trip but the lobsters were all undersized so I threw them back with a bit more food to eat for next time .
How is the Royal Mails small print about sending crabs and lobsters in the post I wonder.
Cheers ,
Martin