CASE STUDIES Coldur-A® Chandelier candle holders The use of Coldur-A® for chandelier candle holders at a world famous theatre is one of the more creative applications for this versatile alloy. The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, the candlelit indoor theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe in London, approached Columbia Metals when searching for a suitable material for exactly this purpose. “Coldur-A® silicon bronze forges well, has a lovely colour and tarnishes down very nicely,” explains Penny Spedding, the heritage metalsmith commissioned to create the props for the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. “The indoor candlelit theatre is the ?rst of its kind and the alloy re?ects the candles when it’s polished, creating even more light in the theatre. ” Coldur-A® sheet was selected for the forged cups and candle holde

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