Obelisk Table Lamp in the making

Creativity doesn’t always come at once and the Obelisk lamp is a good example of something taking its sweet time. This is why I like having more than one project going at a given time. Exploring other regions can have a great impact on one’s design ideas. For me, a boat tour of Chicago’s amazing architecture and the city’s legendary history would inspire and further define my mission as an industrial lighting artist. Shortly after returning home from that trip I began sorting through thoughts of what could be. While cutting metal, I thought how cool it would be to have a sharp angled cut at its peak. This square tubular piece of steel with a 45 degree angled cut would be stored for another time and not until a few years later during a global pandemic would I be ready to finish what was