Umbre Lamp
2024

Manually turned/milled aluminium base, pipe, and knob. Large FDM 3D printed shade in clear PETG filament. Thank you to Zane Roshe for helping me with 3D printing and assembly.

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For my Metals II final, I turned and milled the three pieces needed to create this lamp. I wanted to create a lamp that was simple yet had an element of interest. In many other lamps I had researched, there was a small knob at the top that only functioned as a way to secure the shade onto the base.  I decided that by giving this knob on/off function, the lamp could become nearly monolithic with no obvious buttons or switches. As for the shade, I initially wanted to use vacuum forming to create a smooth plastic shape. But I changed my mind when I began looking into large scale 3D printing. I modeled a shade inspired by my initial concept of a smooth dome silhouette, but added wall thickness variations and grooves to take advantage of the printing capabilities.