{"id":612,"date":"2015-04-11T19:59:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T18:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/?p=612"},"modified":"2017-10-09T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T17:04:18","slug":"bubble-lamp-factory-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/bubble-lamp-factory-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Bubble Lamp Factory Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-613\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson1.jpg\" alt=\"George Nelson Lighting\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Since their introduction in 1952, the iconic <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/designer\/george-nelson.html\">George Nelson Bubble Lamps<\/a><\/span> have been made by hand in rural Michigan.\u00a0 The original jigs are still used to bend the wires that make up the intricate frame for the lamps.\u00a0From the forming of the wire frame to the spraying of the vinyl form, one by one, each <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Bubble Lamp<\/span> is hand crafted with care to bring light into your homes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson3.jpg\" alt=\"George Nelson Bubble Lamps\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson3-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson2.jpg\" alt=\"George Nelson Bubble Lamps\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.heals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/georgenelson2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Discover Heal&#8217;s complete range of <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.heals.com\/lighting.html\">modern lighting<\/a><\/span> today on our online store.\u00a0<span id=\"more-1513\"><\/span>Images and tour courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/modernica.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Modernica<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since their introduction in 1952, the iconic George Nelson Bubble Lamps have been made by hand in rural Michigan.\u00a0 The original jigs are still used to bend the wires that make up the intricate frame for the lamps.\u00a0From the forming of the wire frame to the spraying of the vinyl form, one by one, each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-behind-the-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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