Magma Floor Lamp
Inspiration / Process
I spent six weeks in Telluride, surrounded by slot canyons, sandstone boulders, and arroyos. I was immersed in the red of Colorado. I wanted to make a lamp inspired by these landscapes.
Right after, I was playing around with expanding foam, and a lightbulb went off. This was largely a material / process driven design.
The Final Product
16” x 13” x 52”
Polyurethane Foam, Chicken Wire, Resin, Crushed Colorado Red Sandstone.
The surface is opaque. It is rocky and mottled, with flashes of sheen and pockets of matte finish. A shaped sandstone. But then you plug in the lamp and a surprising, vibrant light erupts.
It feels imminently comforting and ancestrally familiar, but foreign and alien all the same – like flames licking the walls of prehistoric caves, or a Moroccan surf lounge you’ve visited in a disorganized dream.
