The weekend has finally arrived! Woo Hoo!!!
I thought I would share a few lamps that I made last fall. There is something funky about Industrial and Steampunk that I am drawn to and I just start making things.
Most of the lamps are made from old, vintage or antique items that I repurposed as lamps.
The first lamp is an old Atwater Kent speaker that I picked up from an Estate Sale that only had the fabric intact. I removed the fabric and sanded the rusty thing down (sorry I cannot find the before pictures) and hand painted the entire thing with metallic paints.
The neat thing about this lamp is the 4 light bulbs.
This lamp has all new wires and lamp sockets.
The entire finished speaker lamp from the front. I kept the original name plate in the front and reattached when I was finished painting.
The back of the speaker lamp with the original number plate attached.
I painted the entire piece by brush. I like the look of the metallic paint brushed on.
This is metallic silver.
The base of the lamp and the front of the lamp I used a metallic copper paint. Again, I brushed it on and it has a different texture/look then the silver.
FOR SALE $125 includes the bulbs
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This little lamp is just recycling of some copper pipe that once was used for plumbing. The light socket is also recycled from an old lamp.
SOLD
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This lamp was an old heater. I kept the green flakey paint as I found it as well as the patina on the copper. I added new wires and socket and a bulb cover.
Bulb cover closed up around light bulb.
Bulb cover opened up.
Back of the housing.
FOR SALE $68
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This lamp was another of my favorites. I used galvanized pipes, old valves and a timing chain gear. Not sure why this picture is so darn small!!! UGH! (still learning).
SOLD
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Thank you very much for visiting with me on this Flash Back Friday!!
