Recent Projects

Snow still covers the ground, but Century Studios has Spring in the air! The Studio has been hopping with many projects for clients near and far.

We created a 14" Turtleback lamp for a local client. The deep emerald green turtleback tiles are set against a geometric border of cream & green colored glass that makes a dramatic shift in color from top to bottom. The Leaf & Bud Pottery base is the perfect compliment for this shade. The pottery portion of the base was created to our specifications by Ephraim Faience Pottery and we created the reproduction metalwork.

A brilliantly colored 16" Poppy shade was created for a San Francisco couple. The warm golden background glass sets off lush poppy flowers in jewel tones of red, orange and fuchsia. The shade is shown on the Grooved base.



A local client commissioned a pair of water themed windows for his stairwell. The gently rippling pond is home to fish, frog, dragonfly and flowers. The dragonfly and fish feature filigree overlays.

Three Small Lamps

Small lamps will provide mood lighting and color accents to any room. These petite stained glass lamps brighten the decor without dominating a room.

The 7" Violet shade is a Century Studios' original lamp design by Bill Campbell. This petite lamp has jewel like presence due to its many tiny individual pieces of glass. The beautiful purple flowers are rendered in "gold purple" glasses. The most highly sought after purple and pink glasses are made by adding gold to the batch glass, which results in an intensely beautiful color tone. The shade is shown on a Duffner & Kimberly style base. This lamp is in our showroom and is currently available for purchase.

Also available in our showroom is this 7" Geometric on the Piano Lamp base. The heavily weighted base allows the shade to cantilever over the edge of an upright piano or book case, illuminating the area below.

Gently shading from off white to green, this 10" Geometric shade was commissioned by a West Coast client. The shade is shown on the 3 Armed Ruffle base.

20" Lily Pad

During the Winter months Tiffany lamps are a glowing reminder of the coming of Spring and the long hot days of Summer. There are several water-themed shade designs that evoke tranquil Summer days. The 20" Lily Pad captures this feel in a unique way.

This is possibly the only Tiffany Studios lamp shade design that is drawn in deep perspective. The lily pads on the shade are large at the bottom and become smaller towards the top. Because of the shallow cone shape, the eye is tricked into viewing this as a shift in perspective rather than in just being smaller pieces. Even though the shade has many individual pieces of glass, the effect of the design is that of being very simple.

We are showing the Lily Pad on the Grooved base.

16" Snowball Shade

Just completed, this 16" Snowball shade is a tabletop version of the large 24" Snowball lamp. The unusually deep shape of this shade is accentuated by the irregular lower edge representing the cascading blossoms of the snowball bush. We are showing the shade on our new Grooved base. The tall, slender profile of the base is a perfect compliment for this shade.

Snowball shades lend themselves to creatively mixing a variety of glasses. Ring Mottle, Streaky, Fracture/Streamer and Ripple glass all coexist harmoniously in this shade. The upper background glass was cut from an old piece of Schlitz Fracture/Streamer. This light airy glass at the top of the shade sets the tone for the entire lamp. The flower glasses are a mixture of whites and off whites, tempered with green and blush colors, while the leaves provide the deeper greens that give the shade depth.

Below is a short video showing Irwin removing the Snowball shade from the form. This is always an exciting step in the process for us because it is the first time we get to see what the shade looks like when soldered together. After the soldering is complete on the outside of the shade, the form and glass are heated, the wax holding the glass to the form softens and the form is removed from inside the shade.

Two Recent Projects

We recently completed two commission projects for out of town clients.

The first was a 12" Acorn shade which was made for an East Coast client. We are showing the shade on a wall sconce in our showroom, but the shade was created to be used on an original Tiffany Studios harp floor lamp in the client's collection.

The next project went to the West Coast. This Trumpet Vine with Cat window was commissioned by a California client. The completed window was framed in wood and will provide a colorful screen in a seating area.

Blooming vines playfully entwine the trellis while the cat in the lower left hand corner is at full attention, captivated by the hovering dragonfly (see detail at the top of the post).

2013 Dragonfly Vase

 THIS IS THE FINAL WEEK TO PRE-ORDER YOUR 2013 LIMITED EDITION DRAGONFLY VASE!

CENTURY STUDIOS

LIMITED EDITION DRAGONFLY VASE #15
PRE-ORDER PRICE $228.00

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 15th in our ongoing series, and is approximately 8.5” tall and 3.25” wide. The vase is glazed in Rainstorm, and features two purple winged  dragonflies. This is a signed, numbered, limited edition vase which  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 FEBRUARY 22, 2013 

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  weeks and should arrive at Century Studios by late April 2013. We will then either ship the piece to you or contact you for pickup.

Century Studios
651-699-4838
centurystudios@visi.com

Grooved Base

This week, we introduce the Grooved Base to our list of reproduction Tiffany Studios lamp bases. Cast in bronze using molds taken off an original example, this tall slender base is 26" tall and  works with most 18" or 20" shades. The base can also be used for 16" shades to create a lamp with a unique profile. The bottom of the base features a nicely detailed, abstract petal or leaf motif.

We are showing the Grooved base with our recently completed 16" Persian with Chain Mail shade.  This perfect combination of shade and base lets the delicate chain mail float in the air between the shade and the table top. This complete lamp was commissioned by a Southern client.