Saturday, 2 January 2016

Victorian fan light

Continuing with the reproduction Victorian fan light, after a couple of days with the lead knife it's all assembled. This was a tricky design to lead up, if the lines are to flow as intended then long uninterrupted strips of lead came are needed to wrap several pieces at the same time. The sub assemblies are then fitted together and other pieces added. Each time another piece of glass is added, it needs disassembling so the next strip of lead can be cut, shaped and fitted. It would have been much easier just to cut short bits of came and assemble it like a lead light, but is am sure you will agree, the long way yields a stunning result. 
All that is left to do now is to solder, cement and polish

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