Sunday, December 11, 2011

Handcrafted Rustic Outdoor Lighting

By Alex Blaken


Traditional Values with Handcrafted Rustic Outdoor Lighting

Almost all popular lighting designs are actually modeled after more traditional designs which have proven to be very useful and appealing.

Several dealers of antiques and vintage stores cater specially to the wishes of their customers for genuine Rustic outdoor lighting designs.

Many original desgns are chosen from buildings rich in history, many of which have been restored as well as a variety of museums.

The new popular types of outdoor lighting include chandeliers, sconces for walls, lanterns and floor and table lamps.

Reproductions of vintage patterns are sometimes produced using the identical materials and resources used in the past.

Though handcrafted lighting fixtures are founded on the antique originals, they meet modern standards of life style and provide a choice of finishes like burnished brass, copper, pewter, tern, gunmetal, verdigris or rubbed bronze.

Trees native to America are utilized to re-create the patterns and styles seen in the originals. The original rustic light fixtures are normally painted, stained or lightly antiqued, reproducing the soft, paginated appearance necessary.

Some manufacturers maintain the old tradition of handcrafting their products for outdoor lighting fixtures while offering a choice of electrical or gasfitting or even candles.

The handcrafted rustic outdoor lighting produced by craftsmen is very similar to the recurring motifs that can be seen in the original outdoor lights.

The chandelier can consist of sockets for electrical bulbs or electrical candles, but frequently in the traditional models wax candles can be seen providing the source of illumination.

Natural items and patriotic symbols are frequently used for decoration on replicas of old-fashioned chandelier.

The authenticity of rustic lanterns is normally kept by suspending them from metal chains above wooden posts which are fitted to walls by hardwood or metal accessories.

Lots of animal themes, featuring different kinds of fish, moose, buffalo and bears, were featured in the decorative artwork of recent decades.

Rustic outdoor lighting is created by artisans who hand-beat the metal to give them the appearance of traditional colonial lights.

A theme you see frequently in rustic lighting for outdoors is Antlers. It's fairly normal to find hand-cast replicas of antlers, but some artisans will at times use natural antlers in order to handcraft a rustic sconce, lamp or chandelier.

The authentic quality of the past and the atmosphere of the warm glow can only come from handcrafted rustic lighting for the exteriors.




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