The Box Lamp

This Lamp is now FOR SALE in the Etsy store!

Here's a link to the Awesomeness ---> click here!! Yay!!!

The "Box Lamp" is one of my more recent projects. Done for an assignment at college, the goal was to make a functional piece of sculpture for home use. I started sketching out ideas after seeing some of the interesting Lamps that my Dad and previous classes had completed. The idea for the cutouts in the sides came from sketching through idea after idea and finally trying to just do something simple. The lid (unfortunately I forgot to snap a pic of it...) is completely square and has "L" shape cutouts in the corners to mimic the light passing through the sides, or the shadows where the brackets block the light. I thought it would be a little bit of light coming through around each of the squares, with the majority coming out through the "window" cutout in the center, turns out it's just bright, and I mean BRIGHT lol.

The light shows through the sides and top pretty clearly and casts nice shapes and shadows onto the surrounding walls. The idea of casting the light/shadow shapes originally popped into my head after seeing some other student examples and remembering back to shadow puppets from elementary school :)

Another view from Front and Center...

But how do the squares "float" within one another? How are they recessed into one another? Well, that was easy to figure out, not quite as easy to accomplish. Aluminum strips were hammered into 90 degree, zig-zag style bends to fasten to the back of each square, recess 1/2 inch, and repeat. Four brackets were used per side, and then fastened to each square with brass hardware. There is also brass hardware on the lid, including two cabinet door style hinges, one pull/handle, and two brass hasps (jewelry box closures). To stick with the handmade / industrial / look what I can do theme, an Edison style 60 watt bulb is used to not only provide the light, but also to look super sexy when lit :)