Looking to hire the right woodworker w/in 2hrs of Washington DC

Nice designs! I’m retired and not looking for more than I already have to do, and I also live on the west coast. Good luck with your enterprise! Someone here should be able to help you out.

-- Steven.......Random Orbital Nailer

yeah some pretty cool unique designs,hopefully you can find someone with the skill to execute your creations,good luck.

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.

Best of luck to you.

-- Desert_Woodworker

Interesting lamps. Best of luck with it.

-- Think safe, be safe

Thanks for the encouragement everyone. Now if I could only find someone to build these! Surprised it has been this difficult. I have reached out to people I have found online also but no luck yet.

I wish I had the flexibility to take this on. If you are still looking in 9 years when I retire :)

Are you concerned that you put your designs out there for people to copy?

-- Don, Pittsburgh

Don, I definitely considered that. Once these are lamps are made and out in the world, someone could copy them. The risk w/putting the 3D models out there now is that someone could copy them and sell them before I can. But in order to do that, they have to go through all the effort of finding a willing glassblower to make all the molds (also very expensive) go through prototyping etc. Not to mention I continually scour the net for wood lamps and if my designs were copied as shown and sold commercially, I wouldn’t hesitate to litigate. Also, having everyone sign an NDA before taking a look was impractical, so I weighed several factors.

All that said, if someone sees some element of one of my lamps that they like and want to implement in one of their own pieces, I have no issue with that. I have been a designer for over 20years and recognize that we all learn from one another and designs are assemblies of elements drawn from a number of influences.

On another note, I have decided to build all the prototypes myself and once those are complete, I will look again for someone to produce them. I am guessing it is the prototyping that noone wants to deal with, and I get that. I probably should have approached it that way to begin with.

Did you make these? Are you concerned that you would have too much volume to do them yourself?

-- Andy - Seattle USA

Could be interested, PM me
Prototype dont bother me in the least
I’m 2 hours south
PM me if interested

Could be interested, PM me
Prototype dont bother me in the least
I m 2 hours south
PM me if interested

- CharlesNeil

Holy cow! Can’t ask for any better than the man himself!

-- Andy - Seattle USA

Could be interested, PM me
Prototype dont bother me in the least
I m 2 hours south
PM me if interested

- CharlesNeil

Holy cow! Can t ask for any better than the man himself!

- Andybb

-- working with my hands is a joy,it gives me a sense of fulfillment,somthing so many seek and so few find.-SAM MALOOF.