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2012-11-18

Punkbulb

Steampunk lightbulb. That just makes no sense. But I made one for my son.



A picture of the necklace he made:


8 comments:

hiswiserangel said...

Glad to see you back, and I love the light bulb. Just because is always the best reason for art.

Grand said...

Thank you!

LC Aggie Sith said...

Hey! Awesome! You're back!!!

And, I *heart* the lightbulb. The necklace is cool, too. My daughter likes it. I think that is a hint for me.

Maura said...

That lightbulb is pretty fantastic. ;-)

Grand said...

Thank you! The light bulb wasn't difficult, just time consuming.

The bulb was an unexpected gift and surprised him. I think it will challenge him to make something on his own.

jambaloney said...

i always thought that the steampunk projects were most impressive - a LOT of time and energy for something stylish yet geeky, have you done others?

the necklace is way cool too - you are talented folk!

cheers!

Grand said...

Thanks, Jambaloney!

Actually way back when I was about 12 I did it with vacuum tubes. I'm quite serious about that. I read it in an old magazine that you can remove the glass envelope of a vacuum tube with hot wire. I opened up several tubes and put my own wire creations in there along with small 6V flashlight bulbs running on less voltage (to glow orange).

Ed Skinner said...

Micro-Tesla coil that'd fit inside a light bulb and powered just by screwing it in?

Hmmmmmmmm!