Post #772549 by Prikli Pear on Mon, Jan 30, 2017 5:16 PM

Very cool lamp work, tikiskip! About a decade ago, The Wife and I ordered one of those Eames Era grape swag lamps off eBay that was, according to the seller, "In perfect condition." Well, when it arrived it reeked of cigarette smoke, was coated with so much grease it must've spent the past 40 years hanging in a McDonald's kitchen, and when we plugged it in, it blew out sparks, caught fire and tripped a breaker. I ended up taking the whole thing apart and rebuilding completely, not entirely unlike the work you show in your post. It's happily shining away as I type this. I'll be checking out all your lamp work for inspiration--my tiki space is sadly almost entirely devoid of tiki-appropriate lighting, so that's something I need to rectify in the future.

I'll have to see if I can dig up any of that root. The ground's steep and rocky, so I don't know how viable that is, but I'll give it a shot. We're thinking about getting a couple types of clumping bamboo, but that's not coming until we're a bit farther along with the grand design.

Thanks for sharing the wisdom of your experience!