Iron Genie evokes the proud steel structures of Victorian engineering, which pervaded every aspect of the design and fabrication, from the hand-rendered technical drawings to the choice of steel, solid brass and hand-craftsmanship for its fabrication.  

 

#The original technical drawings were made using nineteenth-century draughtsman's instruments.

#The central column is finished top and bottom with hand-machined solid brass finials.

#The mirror is framed in a hand-beaten brass bezel.

#The mirror itself is made with palladium leaf using a gilder's technique called verre eglomise.

#All the working parts, such as the fulcrum-pins, the gimbal and the arm-pivots, are hand-machined then heat-hardened in a forge.

#The table-top and mirror-backing are etched zinc plates.

 

A small number of prints were taken from the table-top plates before their installation into the structure - these can be seen under ETCHINGS in the menu.

 

DIMENSIONS: Height to tabletop: 98.5 cm.

Overall height: 200 cm. Footprint: 100 cm. diameter.