CrazyLacy

Lace is Great.
As far as lighting goes, its a really interesting material...it has a.......history about it, and also physically it has the ability to create some incredible shadows when combined with the medium of light (in a certain way..)
Here are some of the lace pieces i've done. The first pic is real..from the Rose St Markets.
Some of the others are virtual.

It can be a bit challenging in so far as how you work the material...epoxys and resins are pretty toxic.
I nned more space in my meagre shed to work this stuff too.

mine not mine

This is my first piece at ISM - called the Big Mouth. It's mine, but not really. I designed it at ISM. So technically its theirs?? It uses a laser cut AluminIum extrusion and a internal reflector.
I think it was way too complicated for my first light , but I was playing with idea of exploring the boundary of the 3D laser cutter.
http://www.newtouchlaser.com.au/3d_cutting.htm
It's quite complicated internally and has some pretty tight tolerances, but it worked..after lots of work!!
Originally it was going to be done from a square profile, but somehow it got roundeded.
Its a good light coz it uses only a compact fluro lamp..energy conscious like.
Gloss white finish only..other colours available on request.
Get them from www.ismobjects.com.au
Wall light version coming soon.

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Pendant R1.6

This is my latest offering.
I've been playing with the concept of a radial pendant for a bit. This is my 6th version, but the 1st one I've actually produced.
Hence the name 1.6
Material -Opal Acrylic
Height - 360mm x 300mm.
It looks really nice in a cluster. I've designed it to catrch and radiate as much light as possible from the lamp. Works well with a compact fluro lamp.
Available through designloop North Melbourne.

good 4 kids

Kids like them (apparently)and so do I......
Lightboxes are favoured by parents in a chill'uns... bedroom situation.
They are dim and have a pretty picture...
Here are some of the ones I have . made. be 4
they're all one-off's, with the image that comes from
...the ether.
NEW BATCH ON THE BAKE....
GET EM
WHILE THEY'RE WARM!!

Lightcycle

Last year a lighting design consultancy put on a competition as part of the Melbourne design festival.
It was called lightcycle, and you had to make a light, starting off with just a lampholder/cord assembly and a compact fluro lamp. This was my entry, the FforR lamp.
It works by recycling old acrylic from signs and old recessed fluorescent fittings. From there the material if applied to a simple framework. Its simplicity lets it be manufactured in a sheltered workshop. Alas I didn't win, but I had fun, and actually sold the light I entered on the night. Not a bad consolation.
Here are the rest of the entries.
http://www.electrolight.com.au/lightcycle-competition/lightcycle-entries
I hope they put the comp on again.

Re-animations

I've often looked for the other, lighting-based opportunities withing everyday and unconventional objects. I like scavenging through junkyards etc..
This is an internally lit table lamp I made back in 2001. I found an old, massive set of platform scales, maybe from a butchers, in aback block of unused land in North Perth. I salvaged some parts from it, and combined it with some other bits I had lying around. I put a light inside with a cord etc...
To change the lamp you unscrew the top and lift the glass off.

One day my then girlfriend and I were looking through an old medical warehouse in Northbridge. There was some pretty scary and very random stuff around, including some very unsafe wooden floors. But I did manage to find an old hospital/medicine trolley, which I painted and made a drop-in light box for. A little shelf below for books.
It was a great accessory around the house - with a dimmer attached; and I'd put coloured globes in it as well...great for parties/late nights..

Material rave 01 - Acrylic

I love acrylic. From day dot I have used this material. Its transmits, bends, reflects, colours the light, and so much more.
It comes in many thicknesses, colours, textures...and on and on.
It can be cut, bent, formed, routed, sanded, flamed, polished, heated. I've got to say it is without a doubt the most versatile and useful material I have worked with as a lighting designer.
My workspace is full of the stuff - i can't throw it away...i hang onto those offcuts, hoping that I will one day use them. sometimes I do.
The majority of my work involves acrylic in some form.
It's virtually unbreakable.