Balancing Light
4”x6”x12”
2024


I was gifted a small wooden bowl that would wobble whenever touched. It seemed to be the perfect shell for a light so I propped it up on a ball with a segmented dowels emphasize its unstable, top-heavy quirks. To balance, it rests on a sheet of metal that also acts as the touch switch for the light. Because of a screw that connects the metal sheet to the ball the light wobbles whenever touched, just like the bowl used to.

e. wiring  —  light bulb  —  linen  —   sheet metal  —   wood: 7/16 dowel  —   wood: misc (credit to Jon)