18" high
A lamp of art-glass and wood. The case is crafted of the spectacular wood
from an Austrailian Red Cedar in the artist's Hilo backyard.
The color intensity and translucency of the glass changes depending on the ambient light
in the room, closely resembling hot, flowing pahoehoe lava in similar natural light.
The lava is seen flowing in an intense river, originating from a pool carved into the top panel.
The flow runs through a field of hot lava, with small patches of forest in the distance.
A patch such as this, spared from the flows, is called a
Kipuka
.
The support of the lamp is a branch from the same tree as the brilliantly- grained
top and base. The dark trim is African Wenge.
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The opposite side of the lamp shows another lava flow, with a third flow that continues around to the
end panel. The "lava pool" opening in the top was carved to align with the flow of the grain of the wood.
Another
kipuka
and the evening sky are seen in the distance.
A closer look at the lava pool in the top.
The large tree at the left is the 40-foot-tall Australian Red Cedar
(
Toona ciliata
) in the artist's backyard. The wood in this lamp came
from a large branch that was removed from this tree.
The rest of the tall trees are mahogany.
For information regarding these works, please contact:
Skip Thomsen
P.O. Box 4091
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
808.934.7737
808.443.6208 cell
skip-thomsen@hawaii.rr.com
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