A Light 1100 gram Light

Reflected light coming off the kiln.

 And a WIP.

Ok, ok. People nowdays have short attention spans. I'm going to trace that back to where MTV started to do that fucking trend of super short cuts, images flashing by like that scene in ClockWork Orange.

So last talk about hanging lamps until late December.

What do you want first?  Got it.  The WIP.

Annie's Kitchen Floor 

First of many laydowns

She paints with her fingerbrush.  Correction burnishes with her fingerbrush.

The first thing they teach you at the first day of art school is negative space.  Then after coffee break they tell you how important diagonals are.  How diagonals convey emotions and forward movement and stuff like that.  Seeing how important they are, I would incorporate that into this light.

   

As an aside, why is color theory is still a theory?  You'd think by now it could have been proven.

Onto the build.  The structure is made from 24 of these.  15 degree angle, 5.5" long, quarter inch slot in the end.

Starting to wrap the diagonal pieces of Doug Fir.  I've gotten my process dialed in that I can consistently shave off another ten thous off of each resaw.  Real close to .034".

And just for shits and giggles I pull out the Bridge City JMP to cut the pieces for my signature bottoms.

I decide to put an Islamic pattern on the bottom of the light and thought I would try to curve it.

Glued up four pieces and slept on it and decided to make it flat instead.  By the way, if you're looking for anything about Islamic design, any stuff by Eric Broug is highly recommended.

Looking at things while still on the bench.

The rest are from it's temporary hanging spot in the studio until it's given away, like all art should be. 

Wait a minute, you're demanding more bonus pics!

Woven wood, fall roses, and sawdust on cymbals

Weaver of Wood

 

Lamp #19 give or take

Good Existence

 

Make it exist

Make it good

Taylor's action item for the creative meeting.  The overriding arc

It was decided Tay and Nick needed a proper light on the stairs leading up.  There in the blue lit area.

Talked about it over beers and taking some measurements.  We sort of made the lamp exist right there and then.  Then all I had to do was make it good.  A half a page of sketches really to settle on the design.  The narrative on the design will come later.

It was my type of meeting,  just talking and stuff without forcing anything.  That's when the something happens.  Let it be.

Roughing out placement of rectangles, taping up for glue up and what design the WoodRat cut on the inside.

Glue up.

One of the best things from the meeting was the thought of  cutting out windows in the lamp and use a different form factor of the Douglas Fir.  So I cut out the rectangles after the glue up with a handsaw.

Popped it out.  From the outside looking in

Use magnets to glue in the thin D. Fir.

It was decided at the meeting that it would be suspended by a wall mount rather then a hanging from the ceiling. 

Used the WoodRat, along with a studio made bottom plate (to be able to work wider boards) and routed a long sliding dovetail.

Circle cut to allow access to electrical wires.  And the cover to cover the hole.

The suspension system

Install day.   Taylor hammering in plugs, me clean up sanding.

These first night photos courtesy of T. Kirchner

So....the narrative, the story, the reason for the design of everything.  

The lamp itself has three distinct zones.  From a universe standpoint, the universe is chaos, order and the hum of the constant.  Or it could be it's about two people joined by the strong bonds of love.  Took the idea of three and put in triangles at the bottom to reinforce the shape while looking into the lamp.  The suspension system, again a series of triangles.

The wall attachment system is rectangle like the cylinder of the lamp, the pounded copper plate covering the electrical mirrors the central square and circle of the lamp.

See how easy it is the back design something.

1+1+Love