Materials: Utensil holder used as lampshade, reclaimed tree stump
Description:
My friend Nick Lombardo and I have started a company called Evolving Habitat. Our philosophy is "Reclaim. Reuse. Relive" designing and creating furniture and housewares made from reclaimed goods,wood and found treasures. Right now we are working on our '' Elements of Nature" collection, where our main ingredient is reclaimed trees. We have contacted a tree cutting service so we can recreate pieces from cut down or rotted trees instead of them being copped for firewood. We are reincarnating these trees in a way and giving them a new life form to last a lifetime. Trying to spread the awareness of a the importance of a green future, and how important trees are for our species and planet. And also using nature to have fun and get creative! There's nothing more inspiring to me than trees.
Here's is just one of many lamps we have created from our this collection. The lampshade is a repurposed utensil holder that gives this lamp a dreamy feel, and the bulb holder is made from electrical piping.We had to drill a hole to insert the piping and run the electrical chord through the tree stump and electrical piping. And Wah-lah! I hope you like them.
~ Meri Vallo and Nick Lombardo, NY
Hack looks great, and quite well-photographed; however, it's "voila." Not "wah-lah."
ReplyDeleteAmong the best re-purposing of Ikea products I've come across to date. And for what it's worth, I'm fully down with wah-lah...
ReplyDelete- Nikki
It's wah-lah if you're American ;) Nice hack by the way.
ReplyDelete"Made from electrical piping", is not quite accurate.
ReplyDeleteThe pipe shown in the pictures is "threaded" pipe, which "electrical piping", is not. (actually, "it's also "electrical TUBING", not "pipe").
What is pictured, appears to be what's called "black,threaded joint, gas line piping".This type of piping would also be much stronger than electrical tubing, thus more durable and longer lasting, too.
BEAUTIFUL lights!
i love these tree lamps!
ReplyDeleteall these lamps seem to have had their 'lamp shades' made with re_used METAL untensil holders.....!? am i the only one to realise how unbelievably hot these would get after the lamp is switched on and the bulb heats the metal? serious health hazard and completely thoughtless product...?
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