Bryan Unger

pipe lamp [Cick on image for high resolution view...]

pipe lamp
pipe lamp

Stainless steel, Baltic-birch, Polyethelene, 100w Flourescent coil bulb

pipelamp(view1lit)
pipelamp(view1lit)

pipelamp(view2)
pipelamp(view2)

pipelamp(view2lit)
pipelamp(view2lit)

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Statement

This piece was basicly a "ready made". The tube itself is 12 ga. stainless steel that was donated to the school (MCAD) by a local sculptor. I built a switch assembly to resemble an actual shut-off valve. Turning the valve wheel a couple of turns left or right flips a toggle switch on and off. The window for the light was cut out of the side of the tube with an angle grinder, & a polyethelene sheet was fitted to help diffuse the light. Ebonized Baltic-Birch was used to make the "gaskets" capping the ends of the pipe.