The Right Choice For Custom Made Lamps
We discuss a typical design process involved in the making of custom made lamps. The first step in the design of custom made lamps, is communicating to the designer what exactly you need to light up the room, whether it is floor lamps, table lamps or ceiling lighting. At the same time you need to ensure that the color, size and wattage complement the space and the function the custom made lamps need to perform. Next, a concept of the custom lamp is shown to you for approval. Once the concept is approved, shop drawings are done and after final approval the lamp is finally made.
Arie Designs, with an experience of over 25 years in the lighting industry, is one of the leading companies in the field of providing a custom made lamp – from ordering to delivery. The entire procedure is efficiently handled by Arie Designs’ team of competent staff, which takes care of the service, the quality and the design to ensure that your custom lamps reflect your choice and your status. At Arie Designs, we underscore that customers are getting a decorative custom made lighting fixture, rather than just a lamp. Our customers, who range from retail clients to lighting chain stores, restaurants, small and large companies, department stores and hotels, vouch for our commitment to cost and quality.
Get The Best Custom Made Light Fixtures
The creative process at Arie Designs follows the time honored tradition of customer is king. Arie Designs appreciates the need for customization of lighting fixtures based on individual tastes and preferences. We encourage retail clients and interior designers to consider lighting fixtures beyond the standard versions which are mass produced, imported and sold. We continuously work with clients to create unique designs, sizes and shapes matching clients’ specifications. Our custom light fixtures are made to an extremely high standard with an artist’s touch, with elegant finish.
We involve the client in every step of the creative process – from design to pattern creation, mold and sample creation, and, lastly, the production, dispatch and installation. Due to the level of continuous feedback required from the client, this process is necessarily iterative in nature. Once the final design is approved by all concerned, you are ready to receive an original lighting fixture, made especially for your space. Every custom made light fixtures from Arie Designs comes with the backing of 25 years of experience of the Louie Lighting group, and its quality is endorsed by the UL certification on each product.
Metal Oxidation for Custom Lighting Fixtures
When buying custom light fixtures for outdoor use, it is important to get to know the differences in the qualities of the various metals used. While aluminum and stainless steel may look good, they require daily maintenance and cleaning to keep them shiny and corrosion-free. Brass, made from combining copper and zinc, holds well in all environments and also lasts a long time. Brass turns darker when it is exposed to weather elements – it develops a patina – but does not corrode.
Custom lighting fixtures of brass are more expensive but also the most durable. Copper also develops a patina and lasts as long as brass, but with its higher price, the chances of copper custom light fixtures getting stolen are high. Other than brass and copper, the other metals that can be used in custom light fixtures include silver, bronze and nickel in different shades and finishes. Metal oxidation is the process whereby the metal on the custom light fixture reacts with the oxygen in the atmosphere to form the patina on its surface. While in case of some metals such as iron, steel or aluminum, this coating takes the form of unsightly rust and stains, in case of copper, brass, bronze, nickel, etc., the patina formed through metal oxidation gives an antique and classy feel to the surface of the light fixtures. Some customers insist that their metallic custom light fixtures come with a patina. This demand has helped develop the metal oxidation industry in custom lighting fixtures. For industrial use, special chemical solutions are used for treating the metal and helping it acquire a patina.
There are different chemicals used to get a patina of different colors on brass, bronze and copper. Some home-made treatment methods include scrubbing the metal surface with an abrasive pad and water or washing it in alcohol and treating it in ammonia solution. As mentioned earlier, forced oxidation of metal surfaces help prevent corrosion and increase the durability of the metal fixtures, apart from adding a classy and antique look to them.
A sample image of patina finish options:
A sample image of steel patina finish
