Desk Lantern

“Desk Lantern” is my first creation using a bottle. Now, there are many lamp designs using beautiful bottles, but which just have a lamp holder plonked on top, with a shade. I wanted any creations that I make, using bottles, to be different, and wanted to make the bottle the “lamp shade”. So with this Greenall’s gin bottle, I cut the base off and added black trim to match the cap and neck collar. An old and vintage garden/agricultural tool made a gorgeous “hanging post” and a shaped and varnished oak offcut makes the base. To create a patterned, diffused type affect, I covered the G9 lamp with a muffler from a motorbike! Black braided flex enhances the effect and this is a lovely, rustic piece.