B.Light Design

I’m lucky enough that Lake Log Lamps made it into Apartment Therapy’s Design Showcase. AT can explain it better than I can:

We launched Design Showcase, with the intention of giving a bunch of independent designers a really good soapbox from which to pitch their work. For the lucky finalists, we also wanted to give them even more exposure and see if we could help to boost their careers to a whole new level.

This is really an incredible (and generous) opportunity for independent designers. They are going to be posting 30 different designs from August 30 - September 17.

Why not vote for Lake Log Lamps while you’re checking out all of the other great designs. You’ll need to register with the site to vote, so if you’re uncomfortable with that, I understand.

So I had a very interesting morning. I went to swissmiss’s CreativeMorning. CreativeMornings are basically Tina’s personal TED Talks, only these are free and there are Danishes served. If you fancy yourself a creative and haven’t been to one of these yet, you’re really doing yourself a disservice. Hell, even if you don’t have a creative bone in your body, you’ll find these speakers interesting.

Today’s speaker was Rachel Sussman, a photographer who is photographing the oldest living things in the world. We’re talking 2,000 plus years here. Really interesting stuff. The Discovery Channel or National Geographic should be jumping through hoops to make this a show.

And then on my way from the talk to the subway, I passed Gleason’s Gym. Gleason’s is one of the stops on the Key to the City art project, a cool summer event. I had to pass some tough looking people to get to the locker. Those boxers are no joke.

All in all, a full morning.

I just got myself a new 1″ Packard Round Nose Scraper. I got to use a chisel just like this at MAD and fell in love.

I’m such a lathe nerd.

Yesterday’s lathe demo at MAD was incredible, what a place. It was so interesting to meet all the museum staff and visitors. Sorry to all of the people who can’t speak English that I had full conversations with before realizing that you didn’t understand a word I said. In the first two pictures below, you can see Columbus (from “Circle” fame) in the window.

Thanks to everybody who made it out, I had a blast and hope you did too. I also got to use my favorite Simpsons line on the viewers, “I want to see goggles people!”

Last Laser Monster Mirror post, I swear. Finally finished the Laser Monster Mirror, and overall I’m very happy with the results (granted I already have a bunch of tweaks I want to make to the design).

Thanks again Design Glut, NYDesigns, and Length Width Height.

Reminder, this Thursday I will be doing some live lathe demo’s at the Museum of Arts and Design, 11-1:30 PM, 2:30-5:00 PM, and 6:00-8 PM. General admission is $15, but Thursday from 6-9 PM is Pay-What-You-Wish.

If you’re in the neighborhood, stop on by.

Glued Up

Sanded

The laser burns the wood when it cuts it, and I was worried that it would be difficult to sand away the blackened edges. But I was pleasantly surprised how easily it came off.

I only worked on the inside cuts, easier to sand now before I glue the three piece sandwich together.

Next step: glue up and sand outer edges

After seeing Inception, I had to make my own totem. Two turned wooden tops (one oak, one ???), finished with tung oil and wax.

The Laser Party was fantastic. The ladies of Design Glut and the fine folks at Length Width Height (a fabrication lab in the “incubation” center at NY Designs) hosted a great event. Met some great people and saw some very interesting designs.

They have a 51″ x 51″ laser cutter, the biggest I’ve ever seen. The thing opens up like a DeLorean and when the roof deck door is open, you can see the Empire State Building (my streak of using tools with some killer views continues). She’s a real beauty.

After a little trouble with my CAD file (I was the only one to give them a bum file, awesome), we cut a Monster Mirror. It turned out great. I still need to glue it up, sand it, and finish it, but this beats cutting them out by hand.

The other designs were incredible, check them out here. If you are in the NYC area and in need of a 51″ laser cutter, I know a guy.

And FYI, laser cut food does not taste good.