Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Lightings : Tord Boontje Garland [Installed]

Happy new year people!
This will be the first post of the year!

This lamp, probably the first lighting feature post about cool designs, had arrive via air from a ebay seller in US a while back. Featured in the previous post, you can find more details of Tord Boontje & the Garland for Artecnica

Its also the first thing we D-I-Yed in our place, apart from the lighting cord done by the Electrician, this GARLAND all done by myself.

Its actually a continuous strand of brass cut outs leaves & flowers just like a long vine.


Above is the lamp lighted up 
So what I did was to wrap it around this bulb over and over again trying my best to shade the direct light emitted from the bulb.

The bulb chosen is a 20 watts IKEA bulb which is rather not very bright. Also, this bulb have a rubbery coat on the glass which turns out to be really good as its not so slippery.

Lastly, we "sculpt" this by twisting out the leaves & flowers to form the structure, a bit like hair styling, pushing in to create volume & pinching out to create definitions.

Really fun, interactive & definitely 100% ownership!!

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