I made this one after returning from being out of town for two months. My first lamp using Douglas fir.

This first one was made on commission for a fellow who found my site and emailed me to order a lamp.

The turn switch knob came from a wooden knob I found at a secondhand shop and painted the face red.

The dowel for the lamp stem came from a pair of homemade nunchucks I found at an estate sale. The seller said they were made by his teenage brother in the 70s out of a broomstick.

This was the second lamp I’d ever had to ship. I devised this too-complicated system of packaging with string and cardboard suspending the lamp in place in the center of the box. It arrived safely.