In de Knoop Lights by Ka-Lai Chan
Young Designer Ka-Lai Chan, a 2009 graduate from the School of Arts in Utrecht, The Netherlands, has sent us photos of her ‘In de knoop’ lights.
Ka-Lai says:
The idea is brought up by designing a lamp with the basic materials of a bulb connector and an electric cable. This lamp has been created by using a single electric cable, the lamp shade itself is created by incorporating a combined crochet and knitting techniques. Each lamp is unique and handmade.
Kate on 30 Dec 2009 at 8:44 pm #
wow. fantastic!
sporobolus on 30 Dec 2009 at 11:57 pm #
wonderful but wasteful; such long runs of cable will cause significant energy losses due to the current warming the cable; plus the cables are a highly engineered product containing copper and chemical coatings that are unnecessary to make a nice crochet; it’s like buying lots of nice dinnerware so you can crush it and make interesting-looking gravel, or stacking 20 mirrors just to look at yourself in the top one
Jimw on 31 Dec 2009 at 7:47 am #
Ughhh! No beauty in here….it doesn’t celebrate the art of light, this is just a overwrought shroud. My grandmother could crochet a more beautiful cover than this.
F-J on 02 Jan 2010 at 2:20 am #
Ka-Lai’s inspiration and diet consists of a lot of instant noodles.
jack douglas on 02 Jan 2010 at 12:45 pm #
yikes — some people certainly work up a lot of passion (or anger) about a light fixture. Once I looked twice and realized that it was hanging in a shop window across the street from a two floored building, and not on the street outside of a two floored building, I liked it much more.
would it be a jot cooler if it were crocheted from recycled yarn and used a CFL bulb? Probably. Is it a novel craft, even as is? yes.