I chose to replicate my desk lamp for this project because it is such an important part of my work space. My light source when I am working on art projects after dark, which is quite often.

I first addressed the problem of creating a lamp out of wire in a very mechanical sense. Trying to focus on proper proportions and scale. I then took the project in a more representative direction. I used the thinner gauge wire to add variety and emphasize certain contours of the form.

The final intentions of this sculpture was to reflect how I miss being among nature. Quarantine in winter tends to feel almost claustrophobic and I find myself dreaming of the warmth of spring and summer. In order to reflect this I turned my lamp into a flower bed with the light from up top symbolizing the sun. I considered filling in the shapes with tissue paper or something of the like but decided to leave the shapes empty as a way to make the form feel more like an impression or a memory.