Ceramic Art Lamps
I have extended my sculptural ideas to include Lamp forms. I collaborated with my brother Sam to create these lamps. Sam was a leading engineer on printing technology at HP for over 30 years. When he recently retired he asked me if I would like to design some lamps. So he did all the electro-mechanical work for the lamps.
I had specific design needs that he had to deal with. For example, I wanted a twin light bulb set up so the front and back of the piece could be lit better. Off-the-shelf parts just didn’t look clean enough and fulfill our needs because of the shallow space under the glass shades. The parts had to look right and be compact. So he designed and 3d printed the housing for the light bulb sockets. (place image) He also had to cut and paint metal tubing to conceal the threaded lamp rod. The unconventional lamp forms created multiple problems for him to solve, but he did a beautiful job seamlessly allowing my designs to be unhampered by the necessary hardware.
We used all UL labeled components such as light sockets, power cord, etc., and Sam performed thermal tests, a wire strain test, electrical continuity tests, and stability tests to determine UL compliance of the lamp designs. (UL 153 Portable Electric Luminaries)
The lamps have a maximum wattage label ( based on acceptable temperature rise) from 40 - 60 Watts for each bulb. However most bulbs in use these days are LED and only use a fraction of that wattage.
