This is the final iteration of my project entitled Pine Lamp. The assignment called for us to analyze the structures of a natural specimen and through an iterative design process create a lamp inspired by it. My final lamp is loosely designed after the growth patterns of pine needles and the way that they grow in a spiral pattern all converging at one central point. The lamp consists of two triangles offset by 60 degrees with a woven shade. This lamp improves upon past versions by hiding the cord within the larger leg, further highlighting the metal work, and a more complex armature that allows the light to come through underneath the bulb (explained below).
PROCESS
The lamp frame is made from steel round bar. I used heat to bend the rod into all the different components, then polished them before welding all of the pieces together. I used yarn and wove it onto the frame for the lampshade. (I chose yarn as I found it very compelling how there are moments where the light shines though brighter and moments where it's more set back.)
This is the 2nd version, created right before my final draft. The major break though with this lamp was to highlight the steel frame which was definitely a strong aspect of all my lamps. I did this by adding diagonal bars on the outside of the shade between the points of both triangles.
This is a 3D rendering of the Lamp. In this rendering, you can see how the outer triangle on the bottom has 3 sections of threaded round bar that have been bent and are secured to a disk with nuts. The disk is laser-cut acrylic, it both holds the outer triangle on and holds the socket for the light while also letting light through to the bottom of the shade.
This is the first draft of the lamp. It had a star pattern that came down to a triangle. Some of the main takeaways from this lamp are that the yarn bunched up at the bottom, the legs were too close together, and the differences in shapes were a little too much.
