Project Information
This year's annual Works of Heart donation is a corner lamp made from a cut off section of a maple tree. As soon as I saw this chunk of wood, I saw the heart shape in it.
I use an angle grinder and just started grinding off the wood to build the shape. I cored out a spot for the bulb and used and 18" bit to bore a hole up the wood so i could convert it into a lamp.
The base is alder and i used hand chisels to build a platform to nestle the heart into the base. The back is chiseled too to fit the cover over the light bulb and the cover is held in place by 2 pieces of wenge wood. I cut a heart shape into the light cover in hopes for it to project a soft heart shaped light. It worked out well!
As always, the front and back are sanded to 2,000 grit so it feels like glass.
I use an angle grinder and just started grinding off the wood to build the shape. I cored out a spot for the bulb and used and 18" bit to bore a hole up the wood so i could convert it into a lamp.
The base is alder and i used hand chisels to build a platform to nestle the heart into the base. The back is chiseled too to fit the cover over the light bulb and the cover is held in place by 2 pieces of wenge wood. I cut a heart shape into the light cover in hopes for it to project a soft heart shaped light. It worked out well!
As always, the front and back are sanded to 2,000 grit so it feels like glass.