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! ๐ฎ 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.
๐๐๐๐: ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฃ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ, ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด "๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต" ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ!
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! ๐
โ see this example on Etsy.com โ แดสษชแดแด
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...?!?!? ๐
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:
"๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐'๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ช ๐๐๐ค๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐."
–wisdom from July Hummingbird, an online friend
๐ธ Have you ever seen an art bulb similar to this?
๐ธ Do you also like alternative lighting?
"๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ " ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ :
Floral Lightbulb
๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐ ๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ยฎ ๐ญ๐๐๐พ๐ค๐ขโข ๐๐๐ ๐พ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ.
thekittygirl arrived on the blockchain in 2017 and has been involved in
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Kitty's blog features content on a wide variety of topics, ranging from her collection of pretty rocks/crystals, silver, photos of old barns, oddities, skywatching, flower photos, recipes, cats, and everything in-between.
On a personal level, she is a widow. She enjoys most types of food. most types of music (her favorites are Jazz, Blues, Deep House, & New Age), likes learning new things, and loves watching Mother Moon sail through the sky. She stands proud of the wild, untamed Goddess that she is.
20-Feb-2025