Wiring up a light and 10 green bottles...
I want to make a chandelier after David Bachelor so I gathered together the materials to start and make one light as per my drawing....
Amazingly I wired up the pendant and the plug correctly and lo! there was light! It is not without problems though - although I have used only a 5 watt bulb (low energy) it still gets warm, if not hot. I need to make sure it doesn't come into contact with the plastic bottle. Also it is pretty uninspiring on its own - sheer volume can change that, as David Bachelor used 500 different plastic bottles in various colours - but it has to be worthwhile, and I'm not sure it is.
I'm considering using CDs above the lamp to reflect more light, or spray painting the whole thing - bulb, pendant and wire - with some heat resistant paint. A job for tomorrow I think...
posted by Lynda Cornwell @ 10:41 pm
4 Comments:
Hi Lynda, that really is uncanny!!
Please can you phone me at home as my KU email is not working and I need to talk re Ireland.
Thanks,Maria.x
You look very busy, conjuring up some new invention. Can't wait to see it in the Studio. Sunil
I've just seen two interesting images on the web – http://www.missing-pages.net
Made me think of you.
Sue
Thanks Sue
The words looked as thought they could have been drawn with a sparkler except that I know it's too difficult to do that!
I guess they were superimposed by computer - that's something I might try..
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