Oriental illumination...new pic added

[woodbloke]

I've just completed this floor standing Japanese lamp in English Oak with ebony detailing on the feet:

...and in it's spot in the lounge it looks thus:

I can't take any pics of the lamp lit up, as they come out all dark In order to have the minimum amount of shadows cast by the lamps, the innards are made out of 6mm acrylic plastic, suitably bent and shaped:

The top part of the lamp contains the handle, which consists of a pair of cross rails:

m/t into the sides, with the handle halved and doweled in place. The shoji panels were made from 12mm stuff bridle jointed at the corners, with the centre sections m/t'd in place with 10x3mm tenons. Applying the mulberry paper was a breeze and much easier than I expected and each of the screens is stuck in place in the rebates with a few blobs of Blu-tack. This means that they're relatively easy to remove if one of the screens gets damaged and needs to be replaced. Finish is a couple of coats of matt Osmo-PolyX with Alna teak wax over the top. As the lamps were wired in parallel, the little box on the bottom rail (fixed there with a strip of d/s tape) contains a little bit of terminal block for the cabling
Comments as ever muchly appreciated - Rob

 

[monkeybiter]

Very classy and artistic, nice understated contrasting foot detail.

How long lasting will blu-tack be? I know it won't be seen but considering the high standards I would have thought you would have used simple mechanical retension.

 

[woodbloke]

Very classy and artistic, nice understated contrasting foot detail.

How long lasting will blu-tack be? I know it won't be seen but considering the high standards I would have thought you would have used simple mechanical retension.

I was going to use some tiny rare earth magnets but that would just be making a simple holding job a lot more complicated than it need be...and why make it complicated? If the Blu-tack ever gets untacky (unlikely) it's quick and easy to replace - Rob

 

[Paul Chapman]

Very nice, Rob.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[Waka]

Nice onr Rob, up to your usual standard, although I'm not 100% sure on the blue tack

 

[Sportique]

Very fine Rob, =D> =D>

What did you use for the "glazing"?

Dave

Edit: doh - now I've actually read your article I have the answer ... I'll get me coat ...

 

[Paul Chapman]

I'm not 100% sure on the blue tack

I must admit I was a bit surprised at your use of Blu-tack. I'd be interested to hear how it fares over the longer term. As you say, it can always be replaced - although my main worry would be the panel falling off and getting damaged if the Blu-tack were to lose its stickiness (which I think it might after the panel has been removed a few times to change bulbs).

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[woodbloke]

I'll see how the Blu-tack goes, so far it seems to be holding the panels in place quite well. There isn't any weight to them worth speaking about, but if I find that there's not enough 'ickiness' to hold them there for any length of time I'll use some small brass screws fixed from inside into the frames to hold them. Bulbs shouldn't need changing for a very long time as they're the new everlasting sort of thingies, beloved of RogS :lol:

Edit: on the suggestion from a member on Tom's site, I've taken a pic of the lamp:

...when lit, and I'm going to play around tomorrow with some very thin restickable tabs instead of the Blu-tack - Rob