Lamps made from sheep's stomachs: Ruminant Bloom

Posted by Cory Doctorow, March 14, 2008 12:31 PM | permalink

Artist Julia Lohmann created these beautiful grisly lamp sculptures, called Ruminant Bloom that turns stretched sheep's stomachs into lamps.

Ruminant Bloom are beautiful, blossom-like lamps that are made from preserved sheep stomachs, each with a unique structure.

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#1 posted by shannonpatrick17 , March 14, 2008 12:40 PM

Those are wicked cool, looks like something H.R. Giger would have in his parlor.
kinda reminds me of this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brucesterling/2052482398/
but more organic and creepy.

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#2 posted by Takuan , March 14, 2008 12:44 PM

is there a haggis filled version?

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#3 posted by geo the moose , March 14, 2008 12:57 PM

yikes,
maybe we can make 2 nitelites from my testicles...

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#4 posted by neasneap , March 14, 2008 1:06 PM

These people are crazy. How can they find these ideas.

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#5 posted by Nelson.C , March 14, 2008 1:20 PM

Tripe! Or is that only cows' stomachs...?

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#6 posted by David Carroll , March 14, 2008 1:33 PM

Neasneap #4: Yes. Most artists are crazy or at least different. But I would not want to live in a world without them.

I really like this piece, but I feel a lot more comfortable if I imagine it made of nylon or paper. Anything but sheep.

Oh well, a piece of art made me uncomfortable and made me think. Mission accomplished.

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#7 posted by noen , March 14, 2008 1:38 PM

Sure David but the sheep are going to get slaughtered anyway so we might as well not waste them. It is, I guess, one way to honor them.

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#8 posted by Takuan , March 14, 2008 1:40 PM

how is this different than puffer fish lamps?

Bloody mammalocentrics....

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#9 posted by Antinous , March 14, 2008 3:03 PM

We had a camel bladder lamp in the 70s. They've probably been making them since antiquity. These are way cooler. They look like armadillos. And dare I say - ovigastric lucernifacture?

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#10 posted by Enochrewt , March 14, 2008 3:46 PM

The only picture on the linked website of one not lit up (or it's lighter in the room than in the lamp) is pretty darn darn disgusting. I can only imagine what a member of the opposite sex would think the first time they saw your dwelling with a lump of flesh sitting on an end table.

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#11 posted by cha0tic