He likes vintage lamps and sitting on comfy ledges. He’s also very soft and pet-able, but do not squish him, or he might try to curse you with 100 years of bad luck.
This lamp belonged to my grandparents. I don’t know a whole lot about it other than that they bought it in the 1970’s and it was very expensive.
One of our cats knocked it over and broke it into about a million pieces.
My grandma was a neat lady. And she never would have thrown in the towel, or thrown away such a nice lamp over such a minor detail as it shattering into thousands of tiny bits of sharp pottery.
Grandma was an admirer of the concept of Kintsugi, and she passed that appreciation down to me.
The idea that the things we go through and the scars we collect are part of the story and beauty of it all is comforting - especially in an ever-more airbrushed world.
I am not skilled in traditional Kintsugi. But I’m happy with my personal interpretation, and I think Grandma would be too.
I kind of want to make it an ornate fringed lampshade, too … what shape though? 👀
Beautiful handmade Victorian lampshade commission by Crystal Hayes at www.elegancelamps.com. Come see what is possible to match your interior design and home decor dreams!