Steampunk lamps

Posted by Cory Doctorow, May 22, 2008 2:30 PM |

Steampunk maker Art Donovan has just finished a whole whack of fantastic steampunk lamp designs. These are illuminating in the extreme. Link (Thanks, Art!)
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#1 posted by Tenn , May 22, 2008 3:05 PM

The clock is gorgeous.

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#3 posted by Stefan Jones Author Profile Page, May 22, 2008 4:37 PM

I demand gears!

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#4 posted by Neuron , May 22, 2008 6:34 PM

Is this the same Art Donovan who was an NFL lineman in the 1960s and occasionally appeared on Letterman?

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#5 posted by Neuron , May 22, 2008 6:39 PM

steampunk \steem*punk\ adj : contains brass

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#6 posted by stratojoe , May 23, 2008 12:51 AM

Very good looking lamp, but major fails on the plastic cord. To work in a genre so strictly defined by materials and to stop short (after all the other work) is just bizarre.

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#7 posted by JFlex , May 23, 2008 4:37 AM

STRATOJOE:

Nay, nay! That cord is not encased in plastic; it's a live, rusted wire pumping 660 volts. This lamp is so punk it'll electrocute anyone silly enough to unplug it.

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#8 posted by error404 , May 23, 2008 5:39 AM

the central part of the lamp I know what it is but can't quite remember.

It's driving me nuts.

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#9 posted by dwt13 , May 23, 2008 6:06 AM

It's a Christmas tree stand, in cast iron.
Normally those flipped-out prongs are beneath
the threaded ring, which is what forces them into
the trunk of the tree.

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#10 posted by Art , May 23, 2008 7:26 AM

@DWT!#:

You got it Slick....

It IS a Christams Tree stand! An antique, that I picked up at a junk store and painted black & gold.

The Glass globe was a close-out item at William Sonoma ( I don't know what the hell it was intended for.)

I put a clear, tube bulb inside, but the glass envelope disappeared. So I added a light satin finish on it so as not to obscure the filament.

The cord is antique bronze, not plastic.

Thnaks to all for the input.

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#11 posted by hellhead , May 23, 2008 9:34 AM

Must...have...steam...

Very cool lamp.

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#12 posted by peeque , May 30, 2008 8:49 PM

cry, stmpnk s dd. lt t g.

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#13 posted by Tenn , May 30, 2008 8:52 PM

Since it's still being produced, I imagine it isn't dead. I like it.

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#14 posted by Art , June 3, 2008 6:43 PM

@#12.PEEQUE- Close your eyes. Quick!

@#13. Thank you, Tenn.

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