Floral Lightbulb

thekittygirl (72)in Ladies of Hive • 2 days ago

Several years ago, a friend of mine came for a visit. Her mother had recently passed, and she had been spending time going through her mother's possessions and taking care of the estate. She needed some time to decompress and unwind, so that was the reason for her visit.

After we had talked for a while and caught-up on all the latest happenings, she reached into her bag and pulled out an item that was carefully wrapped for protection and handed it to me. It was a light bulb with little metallic-looking flowers inside! It was so cute!

Then she told me to put it in a lamp and turn it on. I did, and everything inside came to life with a burst of color! 😮 It was amazing! I don't recall ever having seen an artistic light bulb like this before that day, but I have seen a few others since. Two or three other friends were present, too, and all were equally enchanted by the spectacle.

It was so lovely, but I felt a little saddened that she was giving something of her mother's possessions to me rather than keeping it and enjoying it, herself. But, she assured me that she held no sentimental attachment to it, knew that I would like it, and wanted me to keep it. She said her mother had kept quite a few oddities over the years and needed to find good homes for them all.

𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘌: 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘣 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯-𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯, 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘱, 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 "𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵" 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭-𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦!

I have no clue whether this was handmade by an artist as a one-of-a-kind, unique piece, or whether a company might have made several with an assembly line operation. Online searches for "art light bulb" and "decorative light bulb" provides several sources for them, including commercial as well as individual manufacture. But, I was unable to find anything quite as beautiful and wonderfully made as this one! So, that makes me think it might be a one-of-a-kind, or perhaps a relatively old, vintage piece.

Some listings that I saw in my searches offer customized items, where the buyer can specify a name and a simple image (heart, crown, etc.) to be included inside the bulb! Imagine your name in lights! 😁
→ see this example on Etsy.com ← _{^{ᴄʟɪᴄᴋ}}

How do they even make these things...?!?!? The only possible explanation that makes sense to me is perhaps the wires to which the leaves are attached are flexible. That would allow them to be temporarily bent inwards (medially) towards the central axis of the design during the process of gently inserting the design into the bulb, then the leaves spring back (laterally) into their original positions. But, how do they get those pretty colors...?!?!? 😂

Knowing how these are made would not make them any less delightful, though. I remember something an online friend said, years ago, which was quite memorable:

"𝕁𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝕓𝕖𝕔𝕒𝕦𝕤𝕖 𝕤𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕚𝕟 𝕙𝕠𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕓𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕤 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕞 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕕𝕠𝕖𝕤𝕟'𝕥 𝕞𝕒𝕜𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕪 𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝."
–wisdom from July Hummingbird, an online friend

🔸 Have you ever seen an art bulb similar to this?
🔸 Do you also like alternative lighting?

"𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠" 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠:

^{Floral Lightbulb}

^{Blue Moon Neon Lamp}

^{Salt Lamp}

^{Tulip Lamp}

^{Pyramid Lamp}

^{Pink Kitty Lamp}

😊

𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗈𝗌 𝖻𝗒 𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖲𝖺𝗆𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗀® 𝖭𝗈𝗍𝖾𝟤𝟢™ 𝗎𝗇𝗅𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗐𝗂𝗌𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽.

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