Post #811711 by swizzle on Sun, Dec 31, 2023 2:33 AM

As usual, life gets in the way so i haven't being doing too much on the art front. I've beaded up a few pendants, which i actually poured at the start of the year, and still have a handful to go. I'm just waiting on the beading wire to arrive.

Then i finished my version of this Oceanic Arts lamp. It's a lot smaller than the original and for something that is fairly basic looking, it was possibly the most time consuming lamp i've made, but i'm super happy with it. When i took this pic i didn't have a colour changing globe in it.....

.....but this is the colour i went with in its location in relation to the lamps around it.

Then i re-made this lamp. If you go back through my thread you'll see what it looked like originally, (page 9) and although i can't say i was super happy with it, it was the way it looked lit up i really didn't like. No matter what colour i had the globe set it, it just looked, well, shit!

I've only poured epoxy twice before. The first time it didn't set/cure properly (from memory it was a bad batch). The second pour worked and i still have those results which i'll use in a lamp someday. Besides a small leak, which i was able to seal and know why it happened, the only issue i had with this pour was some bubbles developing, which you can't really see, when i put it out into the sun to cure faster due to my impatience (it was actually looking ok when i woke up in the morning after it curing overnight and i'm sure would have been perfect if i had of left it). This pour taught me a lot for any epoxy pours i may do in the future.

I'm really happy with how this lamp looks now although i am yet to hang it as i'm not sure where to put it at the moment so i don't know what colour setting i'm going to go with, so what you see below is just me playing around with the various settings.

That's it at the moment. Summer is here again so i've been pouring mugs although there's nothing really new to show. I do have (several) new designs i've been working on but until they're done i won't be showing any preview pics.

Cheers swiz

P.S. Haha. After proof reading/checking this latest post i realized i didn't post the two other lamps i made that are in the same pic as the OA lamp.

Here's the first one.....

......and the other one. I actually started this one a long time ago but only had half an idea of what i was going to do with it. The 'ring' is actually part of a wine bottle rack i bought a long time ago, knowing i could use it for something Tiki'ish'.

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