Lighting – yesiwood.be

Light and Shiny

Jo — Wed, 30 Dec 2020 16:46:52 +0000

This Elm is EnOrme

Jo — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:27:06 +0000

I had my doubts. A tree trunk that we recovered in an action of volunteers along the roads from our village had longtime disguised itself as apple. But the expert eyes of Jean and Yvan rendered the final verdict. It is elm, or “orme” in French. And thanks to their good advice I could turn this.

Birch Candles

Jo — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 08:50:20 +0000

What to offer as a Christmas present ? These birch candle holders were easy, fast and fun to make, yet years later (some) people tell me with unconcealed pleasure that they use them almost daily. If that’s not a sales pitch, then I don’t know what will be one.

Take birch branches, ideally 2 inch diameter wide. Cut the branch on the miter saw in 1-inch chunks, try to keep the cuts as parallel as possible. Number the chunks in sequence, so that you can re-stack them later for presentation purposes.

Drill a hole in one of the sides with a 40mm ( 1 1/2 inch) Fostner bit on the drill press. Block the birch chunks properly before drilling. This is definitely NOT a freehand job, and I speak from experience (” Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment”). Depth is about 15 mm or 5/8 inch, check with your model of tealight candles.

Note the chunk reference number in the candle cavity. I sanded the chunks up to 400, this gives a sensuelle smooth surface, but that depends on your personal taste and diligence.

I wrapped 4-5 chunks in the proper order in translucent cellophane paper, candles included. Success guaranteed.

Table (C)Lamp

Jo — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 12:12:44 +0000

An idea I stole from the Frozen Fountain in Amsterdam. Something like ” I can make that too!”.

The advantage is that you can light your workspace up to the next millimeter!

Light is beautiful

Jo — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 13:09:22 +0000

The design is inspired from French 1920’s Art Deco lighting fixtures.

The tubing is reclaimed central heating copper tube, and the porcelain dishes are family heirlooms.

Candles in the Wind

Jo — Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:47:30 +0000

I found some cut cork oak on a hiking trip in the Pyrénées in Southern France.

I could see some far better uses than the wood stove where it was heading,so I gave it an alternative destination.

Amazing to find out how hard the core of such a tree is when compared to the softness of cork…