JDL's Wonderful, Horrible, Light
Lines of bright color spread into larger fields along the winding surface at the base of JDL’s Wonderful, Horrible, Light, whose folded shade casts a soft glow.
Reincarnated skateboards form the base and pull, below a steel stem and folded polypropylene lampshade, held in place with a 3d-printed resin fitting. The shade is a piece of complex origami, scored and folded from flat sheets.
The base is intricately carved to reveal the brightly colored maple plies within a given stack of skateboards, making each lamp completely unique. Their action-packed former lives have marked these boards with evidence of loving use - including occasional small chips - which are filled to leave a smooth final surface. Wood is sealed with a food-safe and solvent-free hardwax finish.
6 1/2” x 6 1/2” x 1’-2 3/4”h
JDL’s Wonderful, Horrible, Light is part of the Useless Wooden Joys series of objects, focused on found and post-extractive materials, exhibited in 2024 at the KMAC Contemporary Art Museum. It is named in reference to the 2002 Coliseum skate video, which you should watch here.
Lines of bright color spread into larger fields along the winding surface at the base of JDL’s Wonderful, Horrible, Light, whose folded shade casts a soft glow.
Reincarnated skateboards form the base and pull, below a steel stem and folded polypropylene lampshade, held in place with a 3d-printed resin fitting. The shade is a piece of complex origami, scored and folded from flat sheets.
The base is intricately carved to reveal the brightly colored maple plies within a given stack of skateboards, making each lamp completely unique. Their action-packed former lives have marked these boards with evidence of loving use - including occasional small chips - which are filled to leave a smooth final surface. Wood is sealed with a food-safe and solvent-free hardwax finish.
6 1/2” x 6 1/2” x 1’-2 3/4”h
JDL’s Wonderful, Horrible, Light is part of the Useless Wooden Joys series of objects, focused on found and post-extractive materials, exhibited in 2024 at the KMAC Contemporary Art Museum. It is named in reference to the 2002 Coliseum skate video, which you should watch here.
Lines of bright color spread into larger fields along the winding surface at the base of JDL’s Wonderful, Horrible, Light, whose folded shade casts a soft glow.
Reincarnated skateboards form the base and pull, below a steel stem and folded polypropylene lampshade, held in place with a 3d-printed resin fitting. The shade is a piece of complex origami, scored and folded from flat sheets.
The base is intricately carved to reveal the brightly colored maple plies within a given stack of skateboards, making each lamp completely unique. Their action-packed former lives have marked these boards with evidence of loving use - including occasional small chips - which are filled to leave a smooth final surface. Wood is sealed with a food-safe and solvent-free hardwax finish.
6 1/2” x 6 1/2” x 1’-2 3/4”h
JDL’s Wonderful, Horrible, Light is part of the Useless Wooden Joys series of objects, focused on found and post-extractive materials, exhibited in 2024 at the KMAC Contemporary Art Museum. It is named in reference to the 2002 Coliseum skate video, which you should watch here.