Arizona Floor Lamp

I always listen to shapes. When I walk in the desert, wood, stones and bones seem to be asking for attention. My favorite materials are sun bleached and time-harboring remains or trees, animals and rocks.

This piece of wood was all texture and fine lines. I immediately thought it can illuminate a corner of my art studio and do so with character.

So, here is the initial shape. I added a piece of wood for stability at the base.

I needed to keep the outdoor feel to the lamp. So covered an old glass lampshade with hare skin, but left enough open area to notice the edges of the glass shade. The shade needed a platform to hang down straight so used more wood to harbor and hide the electrical socket.

Finally, the hare’s tail broke the monotony of wood stem.

This lamp has character but also a story to tell. So, I decided to surround it with a red fox and the skull of a javelina.

I wonder how this arrangement would look in the desert, at midnight under a sky lit with a billion stars.

March 10, 2018

© Vahé A. Kazandjian, 2018