He says, "I saw the Gestalta at Ikea a few weeks ago and wanted to get one, but the wife said 'There's no use for it!' So I came up with a 'use' for it. Got a couple of 3W Luxeon LEDs, took the Gestalta apart and wired it up through the limps. I used a Basisk table lamp base, left over from a friend's other project, to hide the electronic stuff."
Very clever, looks wonderful! I've always considered that figurine thing a frivolous item and wondered who'd buy it - this idea is great and something that actually looks sort of cool and unusual~
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ReplyDeleteActually, these figurines do have a use as they are. They are used by artists to make it easier to draw a human figure in different poses.
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This is way cool!!! I bought one of the figures for my son who's an artist...now I'm going to have to make this light for him!
ReplyDeleteThis is really cool, I'd like to make one for my husband, he does lighting!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Brilliant.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, such creativity!
ReplyDeletewould also be neat as the base for a table lamp.
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that's fantastic. if electricity and i got along at all, i'd be so on top of this project.
ReplyDeleteYou certainly go a long way to prove your wife wrong! :P
ReplyDeleteSince when do you need a use for a Gestalta?
ReplyDeleteLove it, art and functionality all in one.
ReplyDeleteGenius!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I've had some ideas on way to use the Gestalta as well, but nothing like this. Great idea.
ReplyDeletecould you make a couple for me please?
ReplyDeleteSo sweet!!
ReplyDeleteCan you still move around the arms? I would make a couple of them, painted in different colors, standing in different positions. Thanks for the inspiration, really great!
I LOVE this! You could sell them and I would buy a couple!
ReplyDeleteWOOO!!!!!! That's awesome!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway you could post instructions for this?
ReplyDeletethis is so cool !!!
ReplyDeletei have one like this becuse i used to drow... and now its standing...
i went one two so i will try to make one ptobobly kill it
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Oi. Parabéns pelo excelente blog. Gostaria de lhe convidar para visitar meu blog e conhecer alguma coisas sobre o Brasil. Abração
ReplyDeleteThe figure still retains full mobility. Have a look at my flicker page http://www.flickr.com/photos/25058609@N02/
ReplyDeleteIt's not hard to make, just a pain ha ha.
Glad people like it :)