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Ad de Crom
9th May 2009, 04:54 AM
Table lamp for atmospheric lighting, tall 350mm, perforated shade with 120 holes 12mm, wallthickness 7mm, greatest diameter 280mm.
All made of alder.
11watt electricity saving lamp, equivalent with a 60 watt bulb.
The shade rest on three 8mm sticks, drilled into the lamp foot.
Finished as usual with three layers blanc transparent lacquer.
Cheers. Ad

wheelinround
9th May 2009, 10:39 AM
AD thats certainly different :2tsup::2tsup: .......your not a Dr Who fan are you

timber looks like Jacaranda here

Ed Reiss
9th May 2009, 12:07 PM
Ad, you've got this lamp making down pat....looks great !!! :2tsup:

prozac
9th May 2009, 12:11 PM
Excellent Ad. May the force be with you.

munruben
9th May 2009, 12:45 PM
Very nice. :2tsup:

new_guy90
9th May 2009, 05:25 PM
i like it opens up some more thought about what can be done with such an idea thanks for showing it looks great :2tsup:

Ad de Crom
9th May 2009, 07:24 PM
Thanks guys for the nice comments.
Ray, I'm certainly not a fan of Dr, Who. I like more Ellis, you know that song of Smokey about Ellis. I guess I'm growing old :D
Cheers. Ad

Skew ChiDAMN!!
9th May 2009, 07:58 PM
Well... I've been hanging back on commenting. :-

It does look damned nice when lit up!

But during the day... frankly, I think it looks ugly. To me it looks like a colander that someone hasn't bothered putting back in the cupboard after use.

I'm sorta wondering how it'd look if you'd left 1 or 2" timber bands around the top & bottom, and then wrapped a fine cloth around it... between the bands but covering the obvious holes?

(I prefer light shining through paper-thin woods, but some woods don't let light through until the tool tip itself makes a surprise appearance. [sigh] )




BTW, no criticism intended. :wink: I'm just hoping someone else will come up with "the improvement." :)

joe greiner
9th May 2009, 11:16 PM
Well, with a cloth shade, or a paper-thin wood shade, it would be an entirely different lamp.:rolleyes:

The regularity of the holes seems to fight against the grain, though. Possible "improvements" could be more random placement of the holes, or following the grain (randomly), or different size holes; thus setting up another "fight." On this particular piece, maybe it just needs more holes, in a still regular pattern, perhaps offset.

Very nice lamp, Ad.:2tsup:

Cheers,
Joe

Tim the Timber Turner
9th May 2009, 11:42 PM
Maybe a nice dome shape with lots (500?) of smaller holes in a random pattern?

Farnk
10th May 2009, 12:25 AM
Maybe a spiral pattern for the holes instead of them in parallel with the axis of the lamp stem? Smaller holes in between larger ones?

Ad de Crom
10th May 2009, 04:27 AM
Thank you all very much for your comments about the hole pattern, highly appreciated.
Oh yes, there are many possibility's, like I read in the comments.
All of you are right, I made in the past a lot of lamps, each time different, with another hole pattern, or if the woodspieces allows me translucent.
Alder is not the right woodspieces for turning it very thin, that's why I choose for this solution, one like it, but others have other thoughts, and I think it's very good to get the so needed feedback.
Show you some of my other lamps I made in the past, with an other hole pattern or translucent.
Thanks again for the feedback.
Cheers. Ad

Wayne Blanch
10th May 2009, 10:53 AM
Well done Ad:2tsup:

To tell the truth I showed it to my wife who said "WoW" but then said she was not taken with the shape. Me, I like it. This just goes to show that beauty is really in the eye of the beholder.

Some of the suggestions that were made were I think valid but in the end if you are happy with the result, well thats all that really matters.

I am impressed with your ideas and skill. Of all the ones you showed, my particular favorite is the ceiling lamp.

Calm
10th May 2009, 11:07 AM
I dont mind the hole pattern or the shape - without being turned on i think it is too plain or large - i think a insert or something in the shade (different coloured peice) would change the "plain/overbearing" look, similar to the second one in your other photos. something like a band or even 3 or 4 vertical peices would break the "large " look. Just a thought

Cheers

echnidna
10th May 2009, 11:58 AM
Ignore all the armchair experts Ad

They are very nice lamps

dai sensei
10th May 2009, 01:27 PM
Ignore all the armchair experts Ad

They are very nice lamps

:whs:

NeilS
11th May 2009, 11:24 AM
Ad - to my eye, some of the last examples of your lamps are work better aesthetically than the first one you posted.

Looks like you are becoming our lamp specialist!

Neil

Farnk
11th May 2009, 11:33 AM
Ad - to my eye, some of the last examples of your lamps are work better aesthetically than the first one you posted.

Looks like you are becoming our lamp specialist!

Neil



:iagree:
The first image in the second group works very well and is of a similar form.
The hole pattern lends some extra visual appeal to the gentle lines of the form.
I think that it's a similar thing to balancing the complexity of a form to the visual complexity of the timber in general turning.

In this case, the shade is a very simple shape in lightly figured wood.
Just my opinion tho mate, I reckon you've made some excellent pieces there and you've got me started on a lamp myself!

Skew ChiDAMN!!
11th May 2009, 05:05 PM
Very nice pieces, Ad. (Although the first one you posted still doesn't look "right" to me. :p) I particularly like the translucent ones,I've always had a soft spot for that sort of work.

So Alder doesn't take nicely to turning that thin? A bit like our redgum, eh? You're just beginning to get a shimmer of light shining through, when... BANG! The tool is poking through the other side. :sigh: I keep trying though. :-