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Pylon
11Lamps

2026
Three glowing pylon-shaped lamps made from masking tape and craft wire, linked by taped cables

Shaped by limitations in materials, tools and workshop access. Rather than relying on specialist equipment or learning to weld, I worked with craft wire, masking tape, wire snips and a glue gun to create these pylon-shaped lamps.

Inspired by the beaconing transmission tower pylons that can be seen far and wide across the land, the towering figures are transformed for the home in this playful take.

Materials
Masking tape, craft wire
Year
2026
Transmission tower pylon against an evening sky, cables fanning out
Transmission tower pylons
Tall pylon with insulators rising above bare winter trees
Looking up through the steel lattice of a pylon, birds perched on its beams

Full Range

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  • Pylon Lamp with three arms glowing in a white corner
  • Tallest Pylon Lamp with three arms glowing, its cable trailing across the floor
  • Small two-armed Pylon Lamp glowing in a dim corner
  • Three Pylon Lamps of different heights lit together, cables and switches across the floor

In Scene

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  • Two Pylon Lamps glowing on a cherry wood bench in front of a rust-orange fabric wall
  • The Pylon Lamps on a low bench in an exhibition room, seen through a doorway