A turned birch lamp I gave to my aunt Eve for Christmas. So I call it the Christmas Eve Lamp, aren’t I clever. I’m really happy with how the grain came out.
The birch came from the Pennsylvania Poconos.
Dimensions: 21″ H 6″ Diam
Finish: Tung oil and wax
My family has a tradition of making our gifts for the holidays (see previous here and here). This can cause a lot of extra stress on the ol’ peace on earth thing. Basically, if you haven’t started making by Thanksgiving, you’re going to be in the weeds all December. I decided to keep it kind of simple for at least some of the gifts this year. I call them Jar Lamps, mainly because they are made with jars (see how cleaver I am). I like the idea that a majority of the piece is made from an off-the-shelf item.
In the spirit of Lindsey Adelman’s You Make It series, here is the parts list:
Jar - Michaels, can’t find it on the site though
Porcelain Keyless Socket - Grand Brass
Braided Fabric Cord - Grand Brass
Cord Dimmer - Grand Brass
Threaded Nipple - Grand Brass
Turned Base - made it myself
It’s a pretty straight forward build — wired up wooden base, jar shade, and a cool Edison bulb.
Ok, so not as detailed as Ms. Adelman’s, but you get the idea.
The latest Lake Log Lamp. Similar to the previous ones, but this one has a wicked split up the side and was much more rotted than the original logs. It almost didn’t make it.
Core77 has a fun holiday challenge going on called Cardboard Christmas. I entered Star Light Minis.
We had a little hand-made holiday card exchange at the office. This is what I made, a simple Santa head with an open-able beard.
The inside reads, “So that’s why Santa has a beard.”
Apartment Therapy just posted the recap of last week’s Meetup. It was a great event, and everyone at AT is a real class act. Thanks again Maxwell and Herma.
If you haven’t checked out one of these Offline events yet, I highly recommend it.
This image is from an article in a Swiss newspaper. I have no idea what the article actually says, but it is about Tina Roth Eisenberg (better know as swissmiss). So I can all but guarantee, that it is a gushing article filled with nothing but incredible things to say about an amazing person. For those of you who don’t already know (all two of you probably), Tina is a blogger extraordinaire, a fantastic designer, and a bringer together-er of people.
If you can read Swiss, here is the full article.
Oh and what’s that in the top right corner? I’m just saying.
I really do.
I know almost no one in the city with a working fireplace (but quite a few with non-working fireplaces, weird), but I see firewood for sale at bodegas and super markets all over.
Instead of lugging wood back from the burbs, I figured I’d shell out the $8.99 and see if the deli wood is an good. I think it’s ash. Figure I can make something interesting out of the fire wood.
Next Wednesday (the 10th) I will be giving a short talk about Lake Log Lamps and my experience with this year’s Apartment Therapy Designer Showcase. AT holds these fantastic monthly Meetups, there are typically two or three short talks (about 5 minutes) by new/student designers and then a headlining established designer. There is wine and cheese and all of that.
The other two opening speakers are designers who were in the Showcase as well, Charles Constantine (Life Goes on Until it Doesn’t) and Jeremy Pickett (Brann Pendant Lights). The main event will be Kevin Sharkey, Senior Vice President and Executive Editorial Director, Decorating, and Executive Creative Director, Merchandising for Martha Stewart Living Omninedia, Inc. (that’s some title).
If you can make it, please come on by.
