Project description
I want a decorative lighthouse lamp for the corner of my living room, and I am writing as the person who will live with it every evening rather than as a collector. Height should be about half a metre, a couple of centimetres more if that makes the proportions sit better. The silhouette I have in mind is the classic one: a tower tapering upwards, a narrow walkway gallery near the top with a railing you can actually see through, and above it a glazed lantern drum with the light inside. It will stand on a low cabinet by the window, so it gets looked at both from arm's length and from the sofa four metres away. Up close the joints should not fall apart into rough seams, and from across the room the outline should read instantly.
The light matters to me more than fine detailing. I would like the beam to turn slowly, either on a genuinely quiet motor that cannot be heard in a silent room, or, if silence is not achievable mechanically, as an imitation of flashes with an LED that fades up and down on a simple timer. Warm and diffused, no cold blue, and a dimmer is a must, so the lamp can be taken down to a level that does not keep anyone awake in the next room. Power must be low voltage from a safe external supply plugged into the wall. I do not want a mains cable reworked inside the body of the model, and that condition is not open for discussion.
The base should be shaped like a piece of rock, uneven stone rather than a round plinth, so the whole thing reads as a small headland. Paint with a patina of sea salt: light streaks, a sun-bleached side, a little bloom near the foot, but no dirt for the sake of dirt. My socket sits behind the cabinet, so I need roughly a metre and a half to two metres of cable brought out neatly at the back, with an inline switch. One point of honesty about what this is: it is a decorative lamp for a room. It is not a navigational aid, it should not copy the light character of any real station, and nothing about it should suggest it can be used as a signal on the water.
What I expect from the work:
— a sketch of the silhouette and proportions before assembly, with heights for tower, gallery and lantern drum;
— the body, the gallery with its railing and the glazed drum, with joints that hold up at close range;
— either a quiet rotating mechanism or an LED flash imitation, your choice with a short explanation of why;
— warm diffused light with a dimmer, low voltage from an external supply;
— rock base, salt patina paint finish, cable of the length above with an inline switch;
— photos at the intermediate stages and a short note on changing the lamp and cleaning the body.
The light matters to me more than fine detailing. I would like the beam to turn slowly, either on a genuinely quiet motor that cannot be heard in a silent room, or, if silence is not achievable mechanically, as an imitation of flashes with an LED that fades up and down on a simple timer. Warm and diffused, no cold blue, and a dimmer is a must, so the lamp can be taken down to a level that does not keep anyone awake in the next room. Power must be low voltage from a safe external supply plugged into the wall. I do not want a mains cable reworked inside the body of the model, and that condition is not open for discussion.
The base should be shaped like a piece of rock, uneven stone rather than a round plinth, so the whole thing reads as a small headland. Paint with a patina of sea salt: light streaks, a sun-bleached side, a little bloom near the foot, but no dirt for the sake of dirt. My socket sits behind the cabinet, so I need roughly a metre and a half to two metres of cable brought out neatly at the back, with an inline switch. One point of honesty about what this is: it is a decorative lamp for a room. It is not a navigational aid, it should not copy the light character of any real station, and nothing about it should suggest it can be used as a signal on the water.
What I expect from the work:
— a sketch of the silhouette and proportions before assembly, with heights for tower, gallery and lantern drum;
— the body, the gallery with its railing and the glazed drum, with joints that hold up at close range;
— either a quiet rotating mechanism or an LED flash imitation, your choice with a short explanation of why;
— warm diffused light with a dimmer, low voltage from an external supply;
— rock base, salt patina paint finish, cable of the length above with an inline switch;
— photos at the intermediate stages and a short note on changing the lamp and cleaning the body.
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