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Glass fused to copper
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nlImages, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A lamp of stacked lilac enamel discs on copper rods, glowing warm from insidePhoto: W. W. HermesdorfMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- A round lamp of lilac enamel rings on a dark wooden plinth against a gray wallPhoto: W. W. HermesdorfMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram of four steps: copper, glass powder, firing at 750 to 850 degrees, enamelImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against W. W. Hermesdorf, press kit 2079
- Slide 4
- A small glowing enamel lamp on a tall dark plinth in an empty gray roomPhoto: W. W. HermesdorfMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- A single small lamp lit on a tall plinth, far away in a pale gray studioPhoto: W. W. HermesdorfMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Model of an oscillating steam engine with rotating crankshaft and expansive actionFrame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record