Gallery Eleven - 4 - Pyramid Lamp

Philip Dawes Fine Art Gallery

Gallery Eleven - Artisan - 4

Pyramid Lamp

Conceptual Design

In the mid to late 1980's had made many different kinds and sizes of pyramids, in different materials. From small ones of 6" (15.2cm) base measure in brass rod, up to 8ft (244cm) base measure in copper tube. I also made some in bamboo, the largest of which was 7ft (213.4cm) base measure. In my heightened period of design activity of 1988 to 1991 I designed the first Pyramid Lamp. None others were marketed at that time. And I started the process of patent application for the Pyramid Lamp, going to stage two, having first made the application. I had already made some prototypes. The most important part of the Pyramid Lamp was its base. It had to be aesthetically pleasing and balanced to the eye. It was, after all, just the base. It had to be the grounding aspect. So I made working the drawings for the base to be manufactured in sheet steel. The manufacture of it was a saga, not to be told here for the sake of time. Suffice to say that they were done to my satisfaction, and finished in white powder coating.
I only ever took one photograph of a completed base, even though I made many over the years. That particular photo is sadly missing. The one to the right has been extracted from the photograph below of the Pyramid Light Console. I have done a little digital retouching to give it a stand-alone appearance.
		The Pyramid Light Console is covered under the Stained Glass section. It is included here to show the eleven colours plus opalised white, shown in the above out of focus shot. The light source was a golf ball lamp of 40 watt. The Colour Pyramid Lamp was designed primarily for colour healing purposes.

The lamp bulb cannot be seen through the opalised white glass. When any one of the other colour pyramid covers is placed over the opalised white cover the full benefit of a clear colour is obtained, without the lamp being visible.