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I like Frank Lloyd Wright lighting projects and wanted to make Taliesin floor lamp for a long time. Thanks for the help H Reynolds and his project Hillside lamp http://lumberjocks.com/projects/27536.
I decided to make shades and boxes are removable for the handy change lamps. I used 1/4 " plywood for the shades and then veener sapele (1 side) and ash ( 2 side). The base and boxes are made from sapele . I decided to add Greene and Greene accents for the boxes ( ebony plugs and traditional G&G joints). I used 10 LED lamps 3W and ceramic lamp-sockets.
Finishing is red mahagony gel stain, oil and beesewax.

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Beautiful Work! Mr. Wright would be Proud!

PS: Do you have a little River running Under Your Home? ;-}
 

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that is really cool, very unique, great work
 

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Very nice! That looks like a lot of repetative processing there. Way to stick with it.
 

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Great piece I love FLW inspired work. He was the bomb.
 

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Beautiful, will need to look into making one. Thanks for sharing
 

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I have never seen anything like it! Awesome lamp and incredible details.
 

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Very, very cool.
 

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Inspiring! Thanks for sharing!
 

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Fantastic work! Looks better than the original! You say you made the boxes and shades removable, are they a friction fit or is there some type of fastener used?
 

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Thanks everyone. Boxes and shades are friction fit. I tried to make permissible clearance 1/64"-1/32" max.
The depth of the grooves is 1/4". This sizes of the grooves and clearances ensure good fit for the boxes and shades.
To Rick. Thank you for the question about small river. It help me to know about the most uniqe home in the world - Falling Water House at Bear Run, Pennsilvania. Fantastic Frank Lloyd Wright project.
 

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My Pleasure Edward.

When I got My Degree in Architecture we had a choice of Projects to Study and do a Write up on.

That Amazing Piece Of Architecture was My Topic Of Choice.

Sorry About The Blueprint. I REALLY had to size it Down to get it on here. It's actually about 4' Long.
What a Beautiful Fall Picture of a Beautiful Home!

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Have A Great One!!

Rick
 

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I would like to see a blog of the build . Do you have a boat load of photos of the build Great piece
 

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Hey Rick is this the house that has the river running thru the house and the water fall bathroom sink??
 

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This is a beautiful piece, I think I might have to make a desk version for the desk I plan to build in the future.
 

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This is AMAZING!!!! I'm looking to build one of these for my dad for Christmas, he is a HUGE F.L.W. fan, I live in Oklahoma and we have a tower in Bartlesville by where I live and it's just stunning! My dad has visted the Falling Water house several times and called me each time to tell me about it! I was wondering where you got the plans and about how many hours guess-temation on how long it took. Any help would be VERY VERY MUCH appreciated!!!!!
 

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AWESOME!!!!! Thank you! I will check it out tomorrow and start getting my game plan ready for the build! My sisterm wants one as well so I guess I'm going to try and build 2 for christmas! I can work on it on the evenings and weeknds. Hopefully I can get it done and not have to push it to the last minute!
 
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