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etude I Tea/Reading Lamp

etude IPosted by Lukas Birk Thursday, March 01 2007 18:51:57

Your name

Lukas Birk

Your Pathway Combination
Digital Arts and Photography

The title of your etude
Tea/Reading Lamp

A short statement of intentions
I wanted to create a lamp that praises the combination of drinking tea while reading. Tea helps me a lot to focus on the written word and its deeper meaning. Different teas help for different things. Jasmine teas help me to focus and its soft texture stimulates me to sit down and drop all other distractions.

What you initially wanted the piece to be about / for - its conceptions How you initially intend to create the etude
It is all about the right atmosphere for reading. Something that has not much use except for the intended purpose. I put my tea cup onto the lamp (the light goes on)

Conceptualisation of the work

Creating not necessarily for the outcomes sake but for the process sake. Like a Buddhist sand painting. Even though I am not going to destroy my lamp. An object that is dedicated to one thing. To combine drinking tea and reading. The strange appearance of the actual lamp draws attention to what it was intended to be and hopefully inspires me to read while drinking tea. The light of the lamp is just about strong enough to read.

Write about:

I hope that it turns out to be an object of inspiration. Its strange appearance should remind me to take time for reading. Just reading. Not being multiple. But simple in the moment and dedicate this moment to one thing.
These were my intentions when I created the lamp. But I cannot tell yet if this idea will work.

Documentation of Technical and Artistic Process

Technical Analysis

Image 1: First sketch with Idea

Image 2: Cup of tea before I start to work on it :O)

Image 3: I bought a hot glue pistole and a Cookie tin box (the cookies are rotting in my kitchen - they were awful)

Image 4: I tested how many LEDs I can plug to 2 1.5V batteries - my final desition was to use a transformer that uses main power (had a 3V one which seamed to be in order) I tested it and used this one instead of battery power. - As I am using about 45 LEDs the batteries would have only lasted for 2 or 3 hours.

Image 5 & 6: I cut a hole in the tin box and glued the switch onto it - I connected the power supply to the switch. I used a slide switch .. so that I can slide my cup of tea into the lamp and the light will go on .

Image 7 & 8: I used plastic icicles (I found them) to create these weird pointy bulbs. Inside each icicle are 7 LEDs

Image 9: I cut four holes into the tin box and glued the icicles onto the box

Image 10: I connected the wires with each other - and than with the power supply from the switch

Image 11: first test if I connected everything correctly! WORKS !

Image 12: Cut little wholes on the edge of the tin box. As tin conducts electricity - I had to be careful that the metal of the LED wouldn't touch the box. So I filled the wholes with hot glue. and stuck the LEDs through the hot glue. I connected (soldered) all the wires together.

Image 13. Test if everything was done correctly... YIP

Image 14: ANd finally - black paint! voila... it great... the strangest lamp I have ever seen!!!!

Write about:

Technically it is not difficult to create this object. Wire, LEDs, hot glue, Tin Box, switches, a transformer (main to 3 V), soldering equipment and paint. I used objects that do not have any connection with each other to create an absolute new object. Step by step I soldered and glued the parts together.

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How successful is the etude?

The projects intentions are very simple. Create an object that reminds you of something and combine two things. TEA and READING. As for creating an object that attracts my attention because of its strange look.. I think that is successful. I definitely created a new object. One I have never seen before. And it combines tea and reading... there is a space for my tea cup in the middle of the lamp and the light to read........


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