Chandeliers are sure like “A thing of beauty is a joy forever” that everyone likes to adore. If one admires a thing this beautiful, don’t we also need to admire the process that goes behind it? Having been discussed the history and how the chandeliers came into play. Let us discuss the chandelier manufacturer of a few very well-known Chandeliers. For instance, a glass chandelier that is Glass Chandelier and following it how do the Crystal Chandeliers that are the result of good reduction of glass chandeliers are manufactured.
Glass Chandelier Manufacturing
Unique in its genre, are the glass chandeliers. They are like traditional candlestick chandeliers, only the candlesticks are decorated with glass flowers and pendants. They have managed to still hold a very prominent position in the production industry. It takes a long time and many different steps to realize one of these chandeliers. Indeed each element has to be created individually. Elements that can be molded in many different shapes. A master glass craftsman shows his skill by creating handmade single items but identical in size and proportion. Bowls are obtained by more easy technique, namely by pinching and moulding the hot glass.
Once all decorative elements the leaves the bowls and the branches are completed and made profit by the master glass craftsman, the shaft is finally made. And towards finalising the main bowl that we see dangling on the chandelier proudly is prepared which will be in contact with the ceiling and the flowers. Each element is decorated with gold leaf.
It is then subjected to a special furnace, Villere so that it can be slowly brought down to the room temperature simultaneously preventing any damage through cracking. And this is how the beauty we boast about to people is brought to life.
Crystal Chandeliers Manufacturing
The chandelier is just like our show’s topper. It can stretch up to more than three feet high and wide. And is very capable of possessing 24 elegant arms. To make the crystal they melt silica sand in a furnace along with lead, potash and several other ingredients. These materials combine to make the crystal heavier and more sparkling than those of glass. To make each chandelier arm, Crystal blower gathers some molten crystal on the end of his blowpipe then shapes the arm with a series of blocks and moulds. Next, the crystal is pulled and twisted into the arms rope-like design. Next, they put it in a chandelier arm mould and cold air is blown to solidify the crystal.
Next, a pair of craftsmen make the bowl-shaped bottom of the chandelier using traditional techniques. Simultaneously are crystal blower makes the hurricane shapes hero’s a starting shape at the end of his blowpipe then with pliers hi narrows and scratches one and two form the end of the neck. All these beautiful birds are joined together by the skilled craftsmen and the piece that soothes our eyes is finally ready.
