The Allium Floor Lamp in Walnut and Zebrawood
The Allium - Full View
Most of my designs begin as a general shape in my mind and as I develop the concept I start to think about color, texture and materials. My initial concept was the Allium in Green, but as I began working on that piece I considered a variation that used complimentary woods for the two distinct sections.
This lamp is made by laminating thin strips of walnut in a bending form then joining them with solid lengths of zebrawood which form the neck of the lamp. Once together, each piece was carefully hand shaped to create the smooth curves and miters necessary for assembly.
The Allium is 63” tall and 18” in diameter at the widest part of the base. It is shows here with a natural linen shade that is 19” in diameter and 9.5” tall.
I wrote a blog series that chronicled the development of this piece from initial concept through completeion on my blogs.
http://rocketagelighting.com/2011/06/the-prototype-introduction-design/
As always, thanks for looking.
-Michael
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The Allium - Full View
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The Allium - Base Detail
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The Allium - Neck Detail
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The Allium - View from Above
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The Allium - Hardware
Comments
Very nice Michael. I love the shape and i love working with Walnut too.
How long did it take you to build it?
Cheers
Rich
Hi RIch,
That's a tough question because most of the time was spent waiting for glue and finish to dry. I only made one bending form, which was able to produce two of the four main parts per day... The first half day was spent re-sawing and sanding then it was two days to laminate the parts, one day to shape them all and glue them up, one day for finishing (the merits of using water base) and then a few hours to fit the hardware. But again, those are not full 8 hour days... so total actual work time to build is maybe 16-20 hours, but really that's a guess.
None of this includes design time, making the forms, etc... But, most of my lamps are production pieces so the forms will be used repeatedly, etc...
Cheers,
-Michael
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