These images are taken of a project at the Crum, Virgil, & Beulah Historic Home. This great lighting fixture was originally from Reed College and matches the style and period of the home. From beneath the fixture the home owner could see the hot spot from the bulb and we started brainstorming ways to eliminate this while maintaining the integrity of the fixture. I proposed a blown glass reticello bubble to hang inside and they, along with their designer Sam Hull, loved the idea. I got to work pulling the cane and chopping it to length. Pictured are the bundles of cut cane ready to be used in the making of the reticello bubble. The process of reticello involves rolling up cane and twisting it in one direction. Then we roll up an equal number of canes and twist them in the opposite direction. Next one roll up is stuffed inside the other to create the cross pattern. If done properly, there should be a small bubble trapped where each of the cane troughs mate together as seen in the details images taken in my lighting studio. For this particular project I used a total of 60 canes, 30 for each roll up. These images do not adequately show off the multitude of crisp shadows created by the 10" xenon bulb on the glass of the fixture and on the ceiling, but I am showing them here nonetheless until I have better shots taken.-Matthew Stewart
5 comments:
yWOW! That's incredible. The light play on the ceiling is awesome as is the bubble itself. Nice work!
Wow. I really, REALLY like that pendant lamp. How much do you charge for a thing of such utter beauty?
Hi Anne,
Thanks, I would be glad to discuss the details of this project with you via email. Mine is sharonson74@yahoo.com feel free to email me with "glass" in the subject line
When I first purchased my special purple glass bird for myself and a cobalt blue one for my sister, I had no idea how amazingly talented and skilled you actually are! After viewing the reflections cast upon the ceiling by the bubble you added to that already beautiful lamp, I sit here stunned. Your work is so breathtaking! And now, little old me actually owns a piece of your creation... that is going to be placed in a safer spot than the windowsill!!
Between you & me, I think your work rivals that of D. Chihuly. Really - I hope that someday, I'll get to see your an exhibit of your work in person, too. :)
I'm fascinated by the reticello bubble. How do you do that -- is it blown glass, or are the canes "merely" fired after the two cane bubbles are mated? It looks to me like the reticello bubble would make a great light fixture on its own -- is that the case, or do you need an outer structure?
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