Description
This Table Light has the bold colours of summer solstice. The images show the light on and off. It looks cracking when its lit up. A cheery reminder that summer will return.
I made this using clear glass, cut to size, cleaned and sanded around its edges, and kiln-fired three times with high and low fire enamels.
With each firing the depth of colour, detail and texture is finessed.
The base is hand made from oak in Deerness. ( not too far along the road from my studio) Dave and I have collaborated for a few years now. He has developed the light bases to what we see now. A clever and slick designed base which you can slot the light source into. You trap the light bulb in the unit and assemble the glass on top of the base securing it with the grips.
The grips incorporate a screw which you tighten to hold the glass but don’t over-tighten. The light source has a cable and wall plug.
The complete unit measures approximately 15 x 26 cm.
Here’s what Orkney.com have to say,
The spellbinding stone circle – the Ring of Brodgar – is arguably the most iconic symbol of Orkney’s prehistoric past. It is a site of ritual and ceremony, and hauntingly beautiful.
The Ring of Brodgar is an archaeological treasure and without doubt one of the islands’ most visited attractions. It can be found in a magical landscape that is the Heart of Neolithic Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site and is one of the most photographed attractions in Orkney – particularly at sunset. The ring was built around 2500-2000BC and covering an area of almost 8,500 square metres it is the third largest stone circle in the British Isles – just pipped by Avebury and Stanton Drew.
Sitting within a natural amphitheatre of hills and surrounded by a ditch, 27 of the original 60 stones survive today. According to legend, it was a religious shrine and possibly a place of ritual, while others believe the ring was built for the astronomical observation of the equinox and solstice. The truth is, we don’t know for sure which only adds to the mystique.
Nearby, the solitary Comet Stone keeps a watchful eye, while just one mile from the site the Standing Stones of Stenness cast their spell. Four giant megaliths, at a towering six metres, date back to 3100BC making it one of the oldest stones circles in Britain. Close by, the Barnhouse settlement reveals an excavated group of house dwellings dating from 3300-2600BC.
