Ingcweti yase-Ireland yenza ibhokisi le-walnut elinomuthi we-oki onamabala osekungamakhulu eminyaka lisetshenziselwa umenzi wamawashi.
Eshabhu lakhe elisemakhaya aseCounty Mayo, uNeville O'Farrell udala ibhokisi le-walnut eline-veneer ye-oki enemibala yamawashi akhethekile.
Uphethe iNeville O'Farrell Designs, ayisungula ngo-2010 nomkakhe uTrish. Wakha amabhokisi enziwe ngezandla ngezinkuni zokhuni zasendaweni nezangaphandle, ngentengo esukela ku-€1,800 ($2,020), kanti umsebenzi wokuqeda kanye nemininingwane yebhizinisi kwenziwa nguNkz. O'Farrell.
Iningi lamakhasimende abo litholakala e-US naseMpumalanga Ephakathi. “Abantu baseNew York naseCalifornia ba-oda ubucwebe namabhokisi ewashi,” kusho uMnu. O'Farrell. “Abantu baseTexas ba-oda ama-humidor namabhokisi ezibhamu zabo,” wanezela, kanti amaSaudi a-oda ama-humidor ahlotshisiwe.
Ibhokisi le-walnut lalakhelwe iklayenti elilodwa kuphela likaMnu. O'Farrell lase-Ireland: uStephen McGonigle, umenzi wamawashi kanye nomnikazi wenkampani yaseSwitzerland iMcGonigle Watches.
UMnu. McGonigle wabathuma ngoMeyi ukuthi benze i-Ceol Minute Repeater yomqoqi waseSan Francisco (amanani aqala kuma-Swiss francs angu-280,000, noma u-$326,155 kanye nentela). I-Ceol, igama lesi-Irish lomculo, libhekisela ekushayweni kwewashi, ithuluzi elilinganisa amahora, ikota yamahora kanye nemizuzu uma kudingeka.
Umqoqi wayengeyena owozalo lwase-Ireland, kodwa wayethanda umhlobiso ojwayelekile wamaCeltic ewashini likaMnu. McGonigle futhi wakhetha umklamo wezinyoni ongabonakali owaqoshwa umenzi wamawashi eshayweni nasemabhulohweni ewashi. Leli gama lisetshenziselwa ukubhekisela epuletini elibamba indlela yangaphakathi. ngemuva kwebhokisi.
Iphethini yaklanywa nguFrances McGonigle, udadewabo omdala womdwebi nomklami wamawashi, owaphefumulelwa ubuciko obadalwa yizindela zesikhathi esiphakathi zezincwadi zikaKells noDarrow. “Imibhalo yasendulo igcwele izinyoni eziyinganekwane ezihlabelela 'ngeKeol' yamahora,” kusho yena. “Ngiyayithanda indlela ibhuloho lokubuka elilingisa ngayo umlomo omude wenyoni.”
Iklayenti lalifuna ibhokisi elinokuphakama okungu-111mm, ububanzi obungu-350mm kanye nokujula okungu-250mm (cishe amasentimitha angu-4.5 x 14 x 10) elenziwe nge-bog oak enombala omnyama etholakala emabhogweni ase-Ireland eminyakeni eyizinkulungwane edlule. , umuthi. . Kodwa uMnu. O'Farrell, oneminyaka engu-56, uthe ama-swamp oak “ayengaqinile” futhi engazinzile. Walishintsha nge-walnut kanye ne-bog oak veneer.
Ingcweti uCiaran McGill wesitolo esikhethekile i-Veneerist eDonegal wadala i-marquetry esebenzisa i-oki enemibala kanye nocezu lwe-sycamore olukhanyayo (oluvame ukusetshenziswa njenge-veneer yezinsimbi zomculo ezinezintambo). “Kufana nephazili ye-jigsaw,” esho.
Kwamthatha izinsuku ezimbili ukufaka uphawu lweMcGonigle esivalweni nokufaka imiklamo yezinyoni esivalweni nasemaceleni. Ngaphakathi, wabhala “McGonigle” onqenqemeni lwesobunxele kanye “ne-Ireland” onqenqemeni lwesokudla ngohlamvu lwezinhlamvu lwesi-Ogham, olwalusetshenziswa ukubhala izinhlobo zokuqala zolimi lwesi-Irish, kusukela ngekhulu lesine.
UMnu. O'Farrell uthe unethemba lokuthi ibhokisi seliqediwe ekupheleni kwale nyanga; ezimweni eziningi kuzothatha amasonto ayisithupha kuya kwayisishiyagalombili, kuye ngobukhulu.
Inselele enkulu, uthi, kwakuwukwenza i-polyester glaze yebhokisi ibe nokukhanya okukhazimulayo. UNkk O'Farrell wahlikihla izinsuku ezimbili wabe esegcoba nge-abrasive compound endwangwini yekotini imizuzu engama-90, ephinda le nqubo izikhathi ezingama-20.
Konke kungahamba kabi. “Uma uthuli lufika endwangwini,” kusho uMnu. O'Farrell, “lungaklwebha ukhuni.” Ngemuva kwalokho ibhokisi kumele lihlukaniswe futhi inqubo iphindwe. “Yilapho-ke uzwa khona ukuklabalasa nokuthuka!” – esho ehleka.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Novemba-11-2023
