The world's first lamp
The primitive human fear of the dark causes our eternal desire to "tame" the light, make it its ally and other. For this, a person, barely learned to extract the fire, invented compact lighting devices. It, B. First of all, a torch, which is a wooden stick, lubricated at the end of a resin or any other combustible composition. Ease of use and simplicity of construction allowed the Torch to survive the millennium - in Europe they were actively used in the Middle Ages of the New Era. Modern mankind of Solna gave tribute to a torch, making it a symbol of the most large-scale international event - the Olympic Games.
Evolution of the lamp
Creative inspiration was not alien to our ancestors, so over time all new forms of lighting devices of different shapes made from different materials appeared. On rocky pictures you can see not only torches, but also plate lamps of stone, a variety of clay vessels. They were filled with hot coals, adjusted twig, fat, butter, and light from them allowed not only to continue activity in the dark, sew, handicraft, but also scare wild animals. Curious variants of lamps-vessels with impregnated with fat wooded chips mentioned in his works Another Homer. Later appeared lamps with phytylene, wax candles, kerosene lamps and, finally, electrical devices.
Temptation of stone
In the modern world, living among plastics, synthetic tissues and a variety of artificial materials, a person has become much attention to pay natural raw materials for the manufacture of interior items. No exception and lighting devices. In recent years, lamps from marble and other natural stones and minerals have entered the fashion. Perhaps this was facilitated by the charm of the stone, his pristine beauty, never repeating patterns, and maybe the desire to feel in the urban apartment as natural as in the natural environment. One way or another, but the fact remains the fact that the lamps of the stone were in the 21st century more in demand than their counterparts from metal and glass.
Lamps in habitat
If some time intently examine the lamps from onyx or marble, it is easy to make sure that no other material reflects so brightly all the wealth of forms and shades invented by nature itself. The widest variety of stone textures, the abundance of colors and shades, various degree of transparency, allow you to make lamps of the widest stylistic spectrum and destination. For the inner space of the fireplace rooms, living rooms and bedrooms today, amazing collections of stone lamps are made, right up to the Tiffany technique, which are decoration and at the same time give comfort. With their help, you can not only beware of neighbors and friends, but also to radically change the aesthetic atmosphere of the dwelling.
Increasingly on the facades of elegant homes, in gardens and mini-courtyards, along the alley and garden tracks can be found street lights from Onyx in the form of lamps of different eras. No less demanded lamps of stone during the design of flower beds and flower beds, arbors and patio, columns and rothond, reservoirs and alpine slides. Harmoniously fitting into the architectural decor and landscape, giving an additional variety of familiar objects, natural lamps create an impression of a holistic composition of the house and its surrounding territory. Collections of stone lamps may include devices of various sizes, shapes and designs, perfect simplicity and underlined conciseness of which produces a bright artistic impression.
Manufacturability and form
Nonsense is mainly mentioned in the article, stone lamps from marble and onyx are mentioned, because these noble stone rocks are best suited for processing. Advanced technologies allow you to create lamps from a stone of different forms with an impeccable smooth surface without micropores. Due to this, dirt and dust are assembled on the surface of such lamps, but even if they are hit, it is easily washed off with the help of a sponge and an ordinary soap solution. The relative "softness" of these stones makes it possible to produce lighting devices not only to straight geometric shapes, but also with concave or curved surfaces of different radius.
Onyx lamps: Beauty from nature
Decorative lamps and onyx lights are perfectly suitable for almost any interior, since it is characterized by elegance and naturalness. Made of onyx lamps and ceiling misses the muffled light flux of the lamp, delicately dispelled it, "showing" every vehicle of a natural mineral. Simultaneous lightness and monumentality of products from this stone made it one of the favorite materials among interior artists and designers who prefer to experiment with light and color. By nature, onyx is a semi-precious variety of chalcedone and a close relative of Agata. Greenish or pale yellowish, with alternating stripes in parallel, he makes lamps with magnificent decorative decorations worthy of the best houses.
Marble lamps: from antiquity to modernity
Unusually popular in ancient times brilliant sparkling marble is experiencing another birth in the form of original lamps. This material is not limited to the time and changeable fashion, it contributes to its exquisite and expensive appearance, as well as the widest color palette. Today there are lamps from marble tens of shades, including white, red, blue, turquoise, emerald, etc. Through marble light passes, overflowing and sparkling, because it is a crystalline rock. This wonderful stone at all times is loved by sculptors and architects, and today there are also designers of lamps, as well as their fans.
Main types of modern stones lamps
The most common types of lamps from stone today includes:
- Suspended lights with metal finish
- Desktop lamps with plastic and lampshades or in the form of monolithic products
- Wall lamps - shed in the form of classic "buds" or balls, as well as various stylization
- Decorative lamps in the form of geometric shapes.
- Large floor lamps for interior design or use in landscape compositions
In conclusion, we just remains to wish you to pick up the "your" lamp from the stone to taste and soul.
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