Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

November 3, 2015

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

Italian lighting manufactuer Pallucco, have shared a video showing how their hand-blown glass ‘Egg’ lamp, designed by Enrico Franzolini, is made.

 

The extremely hot molten glass is attached to the blow pipe

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

Next, the glass is sculpted into the desired shape

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

The glass is then placed into a wire cage, and air is blown through the blow pipe to inflate the glass until it bulges through the cage.

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

You can see just how much the glass has been blown through the cage

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

Here you can see additional molten glass being added

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

Almost there, just some finishing touches before the lamp is broken away from the blow pipe

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

Finally, here is the finished Egg Lamp in a table top version

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

And here’s the pendant version

Watch how this bulging glass lamp is made

 

To see the entire process, watch the video below