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
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