There once was a time when we inventoried 500+ lampbases and our entire east wall was covered in Worden lamp patterns and molds, with Odyssey lamp patterns and molds on our second floor retail area. We even held 8 week classes specially devoted to just making Tiffany style lamps.
But today?
No more.
It seems that the main attraction to making a Tiffany lamp is not only the self-satisfaction but also being able to make a lamp often with a final value in the thousands of dollars for a fraction of that.
Well, it seems that the Chinese convict is better suited to making these once worthy and expensive works of art for only a fraction given the high amount of labour and thereby the cost, prestige and value is lost. Where a Tiffany lamp brought envy and jealousy for its value, today it's an item sold before the Snuggy and after the Sham-Wow on the Shopping Channel. That's why we now carry only a shadow of what we once did.
This is the second reason (as seen at Lowes yesterday)...
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We get a constant parade of Chinese shades in for repair. I just say no. Say NO To Junk!
This industry was not built on fear of change if they take away my bone I will simply go dig another up if there is nothing to dig I will simply create… now that is semi-old time stained glass philosophy but has served me well.
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