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The ceramic part of the lamp base is poured by hand using a plaster mold
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Strapping the mold together
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Pouring slip in the mold
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Viola! A molded lamp base
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Cleaning the lamp before it dries
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Finished lamp base
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Lamps bases fresh from kiln
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Lamp bases ready to be fitted with wooden neck
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Black walnut on the lathe
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Turning wood for lamp neck
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Turning spindle of black walnut for lamp neck
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Turning at the lathe
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Shavings from turning
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Black walnut spindle
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Tapering the top of the neck
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Sealing neck with Danish Oil
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Finished black walnut neck
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Lamp fitted with wooden neck
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Lamp ready to be fitted with wooden base
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At the woodshop of Jerry Harris • Block of walnut ready to lathe
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Jerry Harris testing the blank for smoothness
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Creating a hole for the cord
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Jerry Harris at work on the lathe
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Jerry smoothing out the rough edges of the base
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Walnut base on lathe
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Lamp with finished base, ready to be fitted with shade
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Lamp prototypes- finished at last!
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Walnut neck of lamp
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Close up of walnut base and cord outlet
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Completed lamp prototypes
