Menorah & Channukia, An Inovative Design

We have finally completed our channukia. When we began this project, we originally planned to make a seven branch menorah. As I noted in my previous post we were asked to take a channukia to a Channukah celebration. A congregation had seen the pictures and thought we were working on a channukia. We didn't want to mess with the original design and decided to come up with an idea to keep the menorah as we first intended. My other post has pictures of the menorah as it was before finished. After thinking it over a bit, we came up with this new design. Here I'm sharing some pictures I took throughout the process and with the finished product. Count the branches on the menorah and notice the difference. The last two branches are removable but in the pictures are just swiveled to show the difference.

              Have a HAPPY CHANNUKAH!

Menorah Channukia Project

It's amazing seeing a project take shape. Usually my husband and I work together on different projects throughout the year. Having a knack for crafting designs and ideas in general, I love to watch my husband work out ways to put them together. The way it usually works out is, I come up with a design and he makes it happen. We work well together, although at times it can be challenging to agree due to our different opinions on how to carry out our ideas. A few years back, we decided to make a five foot iron menorah. We were both pleased with the design, and ended up donating it to Zion, our congregation.
This year we worked on another menorah, using a very different material. We shared some pictures with another congregation, and they became interested in it. Yesterday my husband received a call from the congregation asking us to take the menorah for their Channukah celebration. The thing is, the menorah we made, unlike a channukia, only had seven branches. Once something of that magnitude is made, one can't just go and change the design in an easy manner. To add two branches like the rest was out of the question, so we bounced some ideas off of each other, and came up with a solution to the problem.
A shortened version of the arms was put together, which can also be removed. Here is a picture, with the original design.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 As  can be seen from the pictures, the menorah is quite large. The solution we opted for is pretty much practical. It took some tinkering, but worked out in the end. Here is a picture of the new adjustments. 

                                                     new part to be slipped over fixed arm

                                                                    new part in place

                                                                                                

It's not quite finished yet, it still needs to be completed. The next segment of the arm, needs to be attached, and a good base needs to be added.  We only have a short time to complete it, but I think it will be ready in time. I'll try to do a follow up post from the celebration, since we have also been invited to attend.    

Photography, My Hobby

So, one thing I enjoy to do is take photographs. For this I'm thankful to my dear Hubby since he bought me a new camera this past Hannukah. Here I'm posting some pictures I've taken.