This lamp was started in 2022. I made the light head first. It waited three years for the for the final inspiration to finish the lamp. Over those years I tried several other ideas but this is the one that seemed to sing to me.

The head shell is fabricated by soldering together a somewhat spidery looking copper frame. Five 3/16" thick slats that were cut from a 3" walnut block I had been saving for just the right project. A thin copper strip, holding three short threaded studs, was epoxied to the back side of each slat. A piece of bronze screen was hemmed and folded to fit between the frame and the wood strips. The screen helps create a thin, diffused, light leak between the slats. Brass acorn nuts, inside the frame, were used to hold it all together. The head features a lamp socket with a custom dimmer knob. The head can be swiveled left or right. It can also be turned back to wall for a soft ambient room light. There is a custom locking system to secure the chosen swivel direction.

A thin copper back was soldered to the frame for attachment to the 1" copper tubing neck. The tubing has a hand painted, mottled, dark patina that has been waxed. All the other copper and brass parts have a dark bronze patina. Some are lacquered and some are waxed. The base is a piece of 1" walnut cut narrower in the back to avoid that “block of wood” look. All the walnut was sanded to a 1,000 grit finish, then oiled and waxed. Exiting the back of the base is a six foot, oval, brown fabric cord.