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Carved Pumice

From top left to right & down.

Cowrie Shell pair, view 2.  Each 200mm L the burn time is around 15 minutes.

Cowrie Shell pair, view 1.  Kinetic effect of vapourising fuel has to be imagined in still photography...

Face lamp.  Experimenting with mixture of meths and Kerosene produces a yellow and smokey flame which discolors the pumice.

Bowl of fire, used to hold pebbles soaked in flammable liquid and set fire for atmospheric effect. 400mm x 400mm.

Hungry Fish, view 2.  Once the initial excess fuel is burned off, the flame will run around the design cut into the stone...

Hungry Fish, view 1.   Burning Methylated Spirits, this lamp was inspired by  Lombok craft-art.  300 mm L.

Labial lamp. under construction.  500mm x 400mm.

Moon-Man and the Thinking Horse, hanging out in the backyard, each 1m tall.  More sculptures than lamp forms.

Man-made.  On fire... but the flaming meths is invisible in this flash-shot.

Moon-Man detail.  Particularly large pumice lake-stone with even texture, every pumice source is unique in its composition.

Patio lamp view 2.  500mm L x 300mm W this is a large lake "pebble" which will be re burnable countless times.

Patio lamp view 1.  Flaring off the excess fuel shortly after lighting, this large lamp will burn 50 minutes if sheltered.

Toko Ehoa.  View 2. Chopped out of Ignimbrite at the lake edge one summer, too heavy to lift until dry.

Toko Ehoa.  In his dappled forest home at Tree Tops Lodge.1.5m

Trident lamp.  300mm L. Unlit.


 

 
 
This volcanic pumice stone has carved by Tom Muir, into a 'Snail Deity'. This particular example doesn't feature the highest quality pumice, much larger grained than his other work but still has a great effect when set alight. Just add methylated spirits and burn! This video shows the early stages of the burning, with a huge flame - it evens out after a while and gets more interesting as the flammable gasses slowly leak out of the stone.