Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

lostinrates

I think if i can get these things made, then we should do a webpage like they do in magazines, designer and 'cheap copy'. Ruin any pretention i might aspire too, but be inspirational.

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Back to similar to your other 'likes', these are $189 each: http://www.ballarddesigns.com/addie-pendant/lighting/pendant-lights/14196

Nice shape, undeniably lighter and thus more practical...but.....not dark and slimey and mermaidy enough.:D


I am getting excited about glass blowers, i might have them made too.:D

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Woah, surely not that cheap?

It's bronze. RRP for a 15cm x 15cm sheet's about £7-8. Turning it into a liquid for pouring is just a matter of knowing at which temperature it melts.

So, it's:
- materials
- somebody to create the first one, from about £2-3 of bronze, from your design. So that's time to: cut it out, fold/bend/shape, file down.
- somebody to turn that into a lost wax cast (bit of wax, heated up, poured over it.
- liquid bronze poured into the cast 100x
- spot of rubbing down as you get 'spurs' from that process
- final polishing (bung in a machine for half an hour)
- box and send

PasturesNew

Another random, not really that great, DIY solution: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/diy-how-to-cut-glass-bottles-f-49526

PasturesNew

Posh and bright .... and I bet d4mned pricey: http://hearthomemag.co.uk/blog/lee-broom-public-house-milan/

Checked... £189 per complete fitting: http://www.leebroom.com/products/crystal-bulb/

zagubov

chewmylegoff wrote: »

we've got halogen spotlights everywhere. they constantly blow. i used to wait until about 10 were out around the house and then replace them all at once. at least one more would go within 10 minutes of that so i stopped. currently our kitchen and bedroom are both operating on the "one halogen spotlight somewhere in the corner of the room" principle.

you can't see a thing which is going on, but our electricity bills have fallen off a cliff.

My kitchen relies on halogen bulbs that go out at a rate that seems similar to chewie. Can't see my hand in front of my face and one day I'll die from undercooking something I shouldn't.

And I just let more of them fail until I'm tripping over chairs and tables then fit loads of new ones just in time to watch them start their self-destruct sequence all over again.

Wheezy wrote: »

I must admit a corrected version never appeared because of the non-interactive nature of the map.

I dunno, Wheezy, it seems a very special map.

Is it a new-fangled experimental electric light-controlling map with the ability to remotely snuff out lights at NPs houses (hence explaining lir's need for lights and the fact that my and chewie's halogen bulbs go dead at a rate that sounds suspiciously similar ).

michaels

Zag, do we have a plan?

zagubov

michaels wrote: »

Zag, do we have a plan?

Just got back from walking the dog- have cleared my inbox and PMed you.

misskool

why is Kylie at the Proms?

Did I miss a plan?

lostinrates

What plan, what plan?