Category Archives: Lamp

Brass Lamp

I haven’t properly built anything with my hands in a while, so it’s time.   I mocked up a few lamp ideas, and this one seemed fun. Really, really rough mock-ups.   That was neat looking, so I fleshed out the hinge section, which I expected would be the hardest part to figure out and… Read More: Brass Lamp »

I don’t lamp well

  That was a long “next month”. A recap is in order. This post chronicles the long descent into complete and utter apathy.   In September 2014, I made some sketches for a lamp I wanted to build. The intent was to use the glass plate from a desktop scanner as the light diffuser, and laser… Read More: I don’t lamp well »

This is a test

Quite a while ago, I did some experimenting with laser etching on glass. The intention was to backlight it and make a large lamp with some LEDs behind a large sheet of laser patterned and frosted glass. Material costs pushed me towards scaling it way down and designing around a small glass tile that I… Read More: This is a test »