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Dan is an artist-engineer who crafts unique, sculptural, and functional art pieces, blending influences from engineering, architecture, and nature. His creations embody a playful and characterful aesthetic. He has been hand-engineering his designs from his workshop in the hills above Manchester since 2014.
GALLERY OF WORK
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Balance lamp - C-Type :
Sculptural desk lamps that play with gravity. Can be extended or retracted by gently rolling them forward or backward. Repositioning the big brass weight on the rocker re-balances the lamp to a new equilibrium. Angle adjustments are made by sliding the upper brass counterweight along the horizontal bar.<br />
Aluminium, brass, stainless steel, beechwood, birch ply, cast iron. 670mm tall, 100mm wide.
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Balance lamp - A-Type :
Sculptural desk lamps that play with gravity. Can be extended or retracted by gently rolling them forward or backward. Repositioning the big brass weight on the rocker re-balances the lamp to a new equilibrium. Angle adjustments are made by sliding the upper brass counterweight along the horizontal bar.<br />
Aluminium, brass, stainless steel, beechwood, birch ply, cast iron. 670mm tall, 100mm wide.
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Stack lamp - ash :
Stack is a configurable multi-layered sculptural lamp comprising layers connected and separated by three columns of magnets. Ash wood, neodymium magnets, stainless steel badges. 120mm x 120mm x multiple vertical layers.
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Stack lamp - oak, showing three rings :
Stack is a configurable multi-layered sculptural lamp comprising layers connected and separated by three columns of magnets. Ash wood, neodymium magnets, stainless steel badges. 120mm x 120mm x multiple vertical layers.
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Stack lamp - oak - showing two layers :
Stack is a configurable multi-layered sculptural lamp comprising layers connected and separated by three columns of magnets. Ash wood, neodymium magnets, stainless steel badges. 120mm x 120mm x multiple vertical layers.
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Beacon floor lamp :
This floor lamp has two positions allowing it to function as both a standard lamp and an uplighter. When closed it casts light patterns on its surroundings. When open it bounces light off the ceiling for a more ambient effect. The shade is made from oak, with a brushed aluminium pole, and a stainless steel base. The lights are dimmable via a brass knob mounted at waist height.
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Jodrell grandfather Nixie clock :
Jodrell grandfather clock. The clockface is an engraved brass plate with embedded Nixie tubes that display the time with glowing filaments. The main structure is aluminium, with a sculptured solid oak block base. Jodrell is 1.6m tall.
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Balance lamps - leather shades :
Similar to the original C-Type Balance lamps but with Walpier Buttero veg tan leather shades in Olive Green, Imperial Purple and Crimson Red. Aluminium, brass, stainless steel, leather, cast iron. 670mm tall, 100mm wide.
