Limited Edition Dragonfly Vase #13

CENTURY STUDIOS LIMITED EDITION DRAGONFLY VASE #13 PRE-ORDER PRICE $200.00

Century Studios is pleased to announce the next in our exclusive series of limited edition dragonfly pots, created annually by Ephraim Faience Pottery. This vase is the 13th in our ongoing series, and is approximately 6.5” tall and 4” wide. The vase features two polychrome dragonflies (one flying up, the other flying down with red bodies and multicolored wings) in relief, and is glazed in Autumn Reflections. This is a signed, numbered, limited edition vase that bears the Ephraim Faience Pottery hallmark as well as the Century Studios logo signifying that it is an exclusive piece for our studio.

Century Studios is offering this rare piece of Ephraim Pottery to our clients on a pre-order basis. No more than 50 pieces will be made! The exact number of pieces to be created in this pattern will be determined by how many vases are ordered in advance. We are limiting quantities to one per client.

To pre-order this piece for your collection, contact us by FRIDAY MARCH 11, 2011. All pre-ordered pieces must be prepaid in full. Once your payment has been received, a confirming receipt will be sent in the mail. Production time for this issue will be approximately 8 - 9 weeks and should arrive at Century Studios by late May 2011. We will then either ship the piece to you or contact you for pickup.

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Hooch Bottles

Artist Nick McArdell or Turner & Scratch Pottery has completed a new batch of Hooch Bottles. These fantastic bottles are hand thrown and decorated, and each is emblazoned with a Skull & Crossbone design. Glazed inside and out, they are water/liquor tight and each comes with a cork. Each bottle is generously sized and will hold almost a complete bottle of your favorite, or most feared liquor. Priced at $110.00 each, they make an unique Valentine's Day Gift.

Below, are pictured all the bottles currently available in our showroom!

18" Apple Blossom, part 2

Work continues on the 18" Apple Blossom. After soldering the outside of the shade and attaching the cast crown at the top, the Fiberglas form was heated, the wax (which held the pieces in place before soldering) was melted, and the shade was removed from the form...Or more accurately, the form is removed from the shade, as can be seen in the short video clip below.


The video makes the process look much faster than it actually is! Heating a form of this type takes about 20 - 30 minutes. Once off the form, Irwin spent the past week soldering the interior of the shade and adding the reinforcing wires. In the photo below, Irwin can be seen attaching the copper wire to the irregular bottom edge of the shade. Much time is spent completely soldering the lower wire to provide support and a nice, finished lower edge.

18" Apple Blossom

Work is progressing on the 18" Apple Blossom shade. The past week was spent completing the foiling, transferring the pieces and soldering the shade together. This coming week, much time will be spent by Irwin with his head inside the shade reinforcing and completing the soldering!

Lots Going On

Last week at Century Studios was very busy...and productive! We worked on several projects during the week, completing some and making progress on others.

Two of our larger projects included a window panel for a door made almost entirely out of lustre glass (see photo to the left), and continued progress on an 18" Apple Blossom Shade. We will be showing the finished results of both projects in future posts. The photo to the right shows Irwin waxing the form for the lamp shade. The foiled pieces of glass will be transferred onto the form and held in place by the wax for soldering.

16" Fish Shade

One of the final lamps we completed in 2010 was a 16" Fish Shade on the Bell Pepper Base. Commissioned by a client in North Carolina, this shade has lots of color in both the swimming Koi and in the background glass. As can be seen from the two photos of this lamp, each fish in the shade has a different color accent. This will give the shade a different look depending on which side faces forward.

The Bell Pepper base was created in our studio. This unusual Tiffany Studios' base design can be used with 14" or 16" shades.

20" Windswept Daffodil Shade

Let's start the new year out by adding a new pattern to our lamp offerings! The 20" Windswept Daffodil shade (see photo below, right) is a naturalistic companion to the linear 20" Daffodil shade (see photo to the left). In this exciting Tiffany Studio's design, the flowers are still clustered towards the lower edge of the shade which makes it a perfect choice for a chandelier fixture.

Rather than being rendered in a tight, formal vertical format, the daffodils are being scattered by a strong wind and dance across the surface of the shade. The example shown was completed in December for an out of state client. The lamp base shown in the photo is a Grueby reproduction, Kendrick design pottery base created in conjunction with Ephraim Faience Pottery.