The effect of the river's action has been to sandblast the glass. When illuminated the lamp gives a lovely diffused light with lots of subtle shades of green. Fitted with a 130 watt energy saving bulb.
NOTE:
Johannes Itten, the definitive colour theorist
of the 20th Century, spent his life exploring the visual, psychological and
aesthetic mysteries of colour. I designed this piece to use
yellow and red and followed Itten's observation that yellow,
having a stronger light value should occupy a smaller area than red. Harmonious
area ratio approx. 1 to 2.
I fixed the ratio at 1 to 1.8 on this piece.
My own observation is that texture and illumination
affect this relationship.
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