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1995
was the beginning of a now fifteen year experiment with the question,
what should an oil lamp look like, or how should it function in 1995 and beyond the year
2020. Why? Because it was never pursued due to its
immediate necessity. The oil lamp was thought as a basic
utility
and often in polished brass or silver as the work of art at that time. It is this utility that has intrigued this exploration
of a new oil lamp. Starting right away with violating
the traditional oil lamp design to basically start from the beginning, not
having any preconceived idea of what would eventually be produced.
Common amongst other
oil lamps that have been produced have their oil reservoir directly under the flame.
Starting
with the idea that the reservoir did not have to be directly under the
flame, i.e. using the principle that water (oil) seeks its own level. Experiments began with Artlamps first Contemporary
Oil Lamp; the U12 , The purpose of this lamp was to test
the
wicking
capability of a wick or the
capillary attraction of the wick .
The fiberglass wicks where found to be the best for use with ultra pure
lamp oil. The U12 generated the idea for several other
Artlamp oil lamps
using oil resistant clear flexible tubing, including;
Schneider's
Contemporary Oil Lamp.
The design criteria for the Schneider Lamp was to create a tall
sculptural contemporary oil lamp. Freedom of design was important as
seen in the loop of the clear flexible tubing, the use of the diagonal
in its framework and the remote fuel reservoir.
Having a better understanding of the absorption of a wick, started a new
generation of
energy
efficient contemporary oil lamps such as;
Artlamp's
Pyramid. 
For more technical information and development of the Pyramid oil
lamp go to
The
Pyramid.
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