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Nelson bubble lamps
Just out of curiosity, if anyone can answer, how are these made? I get the soldered wire bit, what is the shade made from? It looks like a tube of swimming cap type rubber stretched over the frame, coming from complete ignorance though...
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Heath
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It's a
sprayed on plastic material that is quite fragile and can tear easily, which makes cleaning very difficult. Still, it's a classic iconic and affordable example of great lighting....I have the large cigar shape.
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barrympls (USA)
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bubble lamp production
It's a sprayed on webbing, originally developed for mothballing military ships. It looks, quite literally, like cobwebs as it's sprayed onto the wire frame. As the webs layer, they meld into a film.
The carrier for the web material is extremely high in VOCs. It's a very environmentally unfriendly method, which is why Howard Miller abandoned the process.
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Weird
I always thought it was silly string.
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interesting...
i had always read that HM had discontinued them due to a lack of demand. The VOC's would make sense though - considering I have a Cigar and Saucer and they still smell after several years (not strong, but I can smell them)! Thanks for the info.
My question is how do the Flo's Castiglioni ones differ from the Bubble Lamps? I know they are more webby looking, but I was under the impression they used the same process, same material.
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reactcreative
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I saw a video of
I saw a video of the FLos ones being made and it appeared the same process. Kind of creepy in a halloween/spiderweb kind of way.
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