Lamp

Absolutely beautiful…bet the wife loved it. The design is amazing…WELL DONE !!!!

-- Don S.E. OK

Awsome job, catches the eye and creates an instant calm feeling.

-- If at first you don't succeed...Buy another tool !!

Incredible lamp! Love the mulberry paper for the lamp shade, it just adds that much more to the whole thing.

-- a little bit of stupid goes a long way

Very well done! This lamp design will be imitated, which is the purest form of compliment.

-- "That Government is Best that Governs The Least."-Jefferson

Great Looking Lamp! Thanks for posting.

-- Dennis Zongker

Aaron,
Love the design and execution!
Nice to see some really unusual pieces here!
Ellen

-- Ellen on Cape Cod

Way cool. I dig the design as well as the execution. Nicely done.

always,
J.C.

-- "Imagination is more important than knowledge" -- Albert Einstein

Isn’t this called Haiku. It is beautiful. Todd Clippinger made some hanging from the ceiling that were large and beautiful like yours somewhat.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

Yo Yo Aaron, that is just stunning. Good Job!
You have some very handsome design ideas in there.
You have inspired me, I really like it.

Steve

P.S. Isn’t walnut fun to work with?

-- Stevethepeeve -- I'm no rocket surgeon

Very cool lamp very nice

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon

WOW ! Now that is one gorgeous lamp ! Congratulations on your project and making the little woman happy at the same time : )

-- You know you're getting old when you know the difference between you're (you are) and your (belonging to you) AND how to use them in a sentence .

Very nice lamp, it has a very soothing look to it.

-- Dan Wiggins

The smell of walnut and accepting or fixing your unnoticeable mistakes;
Sounds like working with and learning from my Grandpa!

Beautiful and clean lamp. THANKS FOR SHARING!

-- Miles

Great detail. Thanks for the pictures. You did a fantastic job.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

It is a great lamp and design and like Christopher said I am sure it will be imitated. What was your source for the paper in the lamp?

-- Ben Kahmann Dayton, OH

very nice job, and grats on no sandpaper! Nothing matches the finish from a sharp object.

-- "That which has in itself the greatest use, possesses the greatest beauty." - Unknown Shaker

thanks all for the very nice comments.

i wish somehow that the finished piece could retain the aroma of the freshly milled walnut. i thought i loved the smell of pine, but this stuff was something else.

anyway, the source for the paper was linked to above. although the website is great and gives a wonderful idea of the look, scale, texture, and weight of the paper, i’d never built a lamp/shade before so i wasnt sure of the best stuff to get. one of the main concerns was the size and distribution of the plant pieces over the paper surface – i wanted them to fit the scale of the lamp… neither too big nor too small. I ordered the 0600295, 0600307, and 06_00322 paper and when they arrived held them each up to 60W lightbulbs (what’s in the lamp) in light and dark rooms and about the right distance away to see how they blocked, reflected, and diffused the light. I ended up picking the middle weight – 00307 – since it had optimum properties.

Dude: You realy do good woork, i would like to see more. Most engineers i know are very precise on what they do. The 2 projects you have posted look very good. Keep up the good work.

-- Monty Q, Columbia, South Carolina.

Your lamp is stunning!

-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor

Your lamp is stunning! Love the detailed shots.

-- 'Humility is a duty in great ones, as well as in idiots'--Jeremy Taylor