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 Contemporary Oil Lamps by Artlamp,
Kentucky Crafted.
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Artlamp's contemporary oil lamps  are often  referred  to as unique and  unusual works of functional art.  This site includes all Artlamp's oil lamps  that have been designed from concept to completion by David G. Schneider, architect since 1995.   

If you enjoy beautifully hand made contemporary  art, that can serve as both a work of art and a utility lamp, you have found the right place.  Artlamp's newest contemporary oil lamps are constructed to allow for adjustments of it's parts or elements.  Each element can be moved and adjusted to your preference. 

Born out of  a  desire to  study  the  wicking  capability  of a  wick to create a tall
sculptural oil lamp,  the apparatus  to test  the wicks became one of Artlamp's first oil lamps.  This lamp is the U12, made up of glass, steel, oil resistant tubing, aluminum, brass and a fiberglass wick.  The U12 is displayed in Gallery and in Sales of this web site.  

From this study, the best wicks were found, the optimum length of wick for the use of burning pure lamp oil as a fuel is an attribute of Artlamp contemporary oil lamps.  The best fuel (Ultra Pure) made by Lamplight Farms. 

A  major  influence  for  this  work  has  been  the   New  England  Shakers,  the 
Kentucky Shakers,  the DeStijl  movement and  the Bauhaus  Institution.  Design has been a major part of Artlamp's contemporary oil lamp construction.
 
Artlamp's   new  oil   lamps  are   designed  with   the  criteria  of  being  energy efficient.  The newest oil lamps have a capacity of 45ml of fuel and will  burn continuously for 8 hours.  They will  provide you with  an  emergency light when needed, at  the  same   time   being  a  work  of   art.   Artlamp's contemporary oil  lamps  are  durable, easy to use, energy efficient and provides all the amenities of  a  traditional  oil  lamp. The Exposed Wick contemporary oil lamp contains only one glass element, the shade or sometimes referred to as a chimney.  This shade is strong, heat  resistant and exceeds  the glass  thickness of other  traditional oil lamp shades. Replacement shades can be ordered as an  accessory in Artlamp Accessories. 




 Artlamp's Schneider Contemporary Oil Lamp
                                        by: David G. Schneider

The above contemporary oil lamp prior to being named after the artist, David G. Schneider was named after the DeStijl painter Wassily  Kandinsky.  Kandinsky was a Russian painter associated with DeStijl and the Bauhaus.  It was Theo van Doesburg who introduced the diagonal element and justified it in theoretical statements, as the diagonal being dynamic and not static.  The theory was not a betrayal of the earlier principles of the horizontal- vertical , as seen in Mondrian's paintings, but an intelligent development of it which was already foreshadowed in 1918  in Rietveld's red blue chair.  Mondrian left DeStijl when van Doesburg introduced the diagonal element.  DeStijl was a loosely formed organization of artist and architects.

The diagonal violates the horizontal and vertical, it is dynamic as it violates the ground plane and it becomes a major element in its composition.  Artlamp's theory is to search for relationships in the composition of materials in Artlamp's oil lamps.  These relationships are visible in Artlamp's  work.  There was a constant insistence in the writings of the DeStijl artists on relations rather than things.  Although the work of Kandinsky was beyond abstraction it was Theo van Doesburg who utilized the diagonal in his paintings.  


For Artlamp's unusual and unique works of functional contemporary art.

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  Gallery,  Gallery 2  and Sales
               

    
Contemporary Oil Lamps by Artlamp, Kentucky Crafted
  have been juried and received the Kentucky Crafted Certificate
 given by the Kentucky Craft Marketing Program.

Artlamp.org donates half its profits to the Kentucky Fund for the Arts.  The purpose of this web site is to promote the Arts in Kentucky and to  visually  inspire others  to reach  a  higher quality  of  work and trigger thoughts or ideas from the  subconscious to a conscious verbal and or  a  conscious  visual  level.  

"It is this work that I am hoping you will enjoy as pleasing to the eye, showing a sense of balance,
harmony and beauty that is not portrayed in other contemporary oil lamps.  The perception of beauty is subconsciously and visually seen in the relationships  that are built into Artlamp's contemporary oil lamps.  Since Artlamp's oil lamps are a hybrid of materials, one element does not stand out above the others but stands freely in space as a whole."                    
                                                                                                                                         by: David G. Schneider

  Specifications and instructions for the use of Artlamp's Contemporary
  Oil Lamps can be viewed by going to Instructions.
 

  The following Contemporary Oil Lamps can be viewed in Gallery
  and prices for each lamp are listed in Sales.

  1. Steel Small Handle Contemporary Oil Lamp w/ Handle
  2. U12 Steel Painted Contemporary Oil Lamp
  3. U12 Brass Contemporary Oil Lamp
  4. Aluminum Shade w/ Flame Adjustment Handle Contemporary Oil Lamp (Sold)
  5. Aluminum Shade Red Blue Painted w/ Flame Adjustment Handle Contemporary Oil Lamp
  6. Brass Shade w/ Flame Adjustment Handle Contemporary Oil Lamp
  7. Pair of Rose Contemporary Oil Lamps
  8. Aluminum Shade2 Contemporary Oil Lamp
  9. Brass Exposed Wick with Handle Contemporary Oil Lamps
10. Aluminum Exposed Wick with Handle Contemporary Oil Lamp
11. Aluminum Exposed Wick Contemporary Oil Lamp
12. Aluminum Pyramid Exposed Wick Contemporary Oil Lamp

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