water + electricity = light?

October 8th, 2006 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

Somehow the idea of placing electrodes into a water-filled orb to seems like a bad idea. However, artist Scott J. Franklin has designed a series of glass lighting fixtures that do just that.

WET Lamp by Scott J. Franklin

The WET Lamp from NON Design is a glass orb with a 10-watt xenon light bulb in the center, then filled with water. You gently place a thin silver rod into the H2O, and the bulb illuminates. As an added bonus, bulb is dimmed depending on how far the rod is inserted into the water.

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The lamp is available from Highlights Lighting in small, medium and large sizes ranging in price from $210 to $340 USD.

[via ozoux via notcot]

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comments (2):

  1. diego says:

    how do you make it

  2. zahra homayoun says:

    some pic about lighting wet place tank u

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