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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. |
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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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." |
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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