| Project by Terry Ferguson | posted 785 days ago | 1634 views | 6 times favorited | 12 comments |  |
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This is the eighth lamp that I have made and I wanted this one to be whimsical. It started with an old, split, piece of pine firewood that had interesting texture under the loose bark created by beetles. Next I built a humorous, near impossible, access to the top with ladders and platforms. On top is a timber framed house with siding made from small strips of barn wood, windows of translucent white acrylic with colored trim, and sheet metal painted to look like rusty corrugated roof panels. After finishing and turning the lamp on, it was missing one thing – occupants, so I cut sheet metal for eight little people and installed them inside to create the shadows in the windows. 27” tall.
-- Terry Ferguson, Bend Oregon
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Druid
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#1 posted 785 days ago
Very whimsical. I like it. You could start a whole village of these.
-- John, British Columbia, Canada
Moron
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#2 posted 785 days ago
I just love it…........might have to mimic it and make one for myself
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso
MasterSergeant
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#3 posted 785 days ago
Made me smile thanks!!
-- Kelly, woodworker under construction
RexMcKinnon
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#4 posted 785 days ago
Ver nice, lots of detail. Shadows are a nice touch.
-- If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail!
Lee Barker
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#5 posted 785 days ago
How big a bulb would it take to move enough air to spin slowly a little fan that was attached to a little disk that had the little people attached….so they’d move from window to window?
This is a great piece, Terry. Pay no attention to me. Just keep buildin’.
Kindly,
Lee
-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"
Terry Ferguson
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#6 posted 785 days ago
Lee –
good Idea – I’m filing that one for future use
and I’m gonna’ pay attention to you out of respect
for your design and craftsmanship abilities.
-- Terry Ferguson, Bend Oregon
deucefour
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#7 posted 785 days ago
that is great, love it
-- "I gotta have more cowbell"--------Bruce Dickinson
NicoJose
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#8 posted 785 days ago
Very cool! I want a life size!
-- Nico Jose; Sculptor, Painter, Furniture Maker, www.nicojose.com
Roger
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#9 posted 784 days ago
very nifty, very different. very nice
-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net
B13
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#10 posted 783 days ago
That’s cool!
Moron
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#11 posted 783 days ago
whimsical in design
touching the crayon within all of us
original
you get points from me
eh grasshopper
keep pushing the envelope
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal”…..Picasso
bfergie
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#12 posted 262 days ago
You have a great imagination. Thanks for sharing!
-- Fergie in CO
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