Here are some selected photos of the table lamps I have been working on and mentioned in the blog. They are heavy massive lamps forged from 3/8 X 1 1/2 inch flat iron, the assembly rivets are forged in a die I made to reproduce decorative rivets from Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone National Park ,Wyoming. The rivets are forged from antique wrought iron recycled from the old railroad watering tank on the old Milwaukee Railroad which ran through Lavina in the late 1800's. The lampshades are masterfully crafted from cow rawhide in Idaho, and really add to the finished product. I really like the way these turned out, partly because the construction technique also mirrors a technique used in the forging of some light fixtures from the Inn.
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