The ambient light was designed as a bespoke piece. Below shows the final product leading down reversing through the construction process to the initial preproduction render. I carried out the entire process manually over several weeks. The main complexity and time consuming part of the piece was the ends which required creating a wooden mould ready for sand casting with aluminium, then tidying up the pieces on a metal lathe before finishing and spraying.

The framework was shaped using a specially made bending jig; the pieces were subsequently brazed together before similar finishing to the end pieces. The tube of the frame also allows wiring to be embedded and the form was derived from balancing ease of manufacture with robustness, stability and aesthetic.

The centre was intended to be manufactured from glass; however the contracting of this to a specialist was too costly. Instead as an alternative I created the piece from acrylic; the cut-out allows excess heat to escape from the bulbs as well as the replacement of them.

This lamp was shortlisted to the last 5 in a design contest held by Microsoft.