Bobbie Coles was unlucky with transporting fragile goods. She came in with two objects, both glass or ceramics that had broken even before she managed to get them home, and in both cases the accidents had been caused by someone else. The large blue vase was my choice for further development, mostly because of is simple and appealing look. The vase had been broken by the taxi driver Bobbie had used to get it home from the shop, despite her having asked him to be careful with it. Imagine how disappointing! Usually when we ask someone to be careful when they obviously should, they get slightly annoyed by this, but when someone then despite this still manages to break what we asked them to take special care with, one has to wonder…

I hope Ms Coles will see the accident in a brighter light now though, as without it I wouldn’t have had any reason for improving it into a lamp. The build is simple enough, as anyone can see, but the small details are the most important as always. The previously sharp edge has been carefully sanded down so that it is nice and soft to the touch. And I picked a bulb that reflects the light downwards, to make sure it all got coloured blue, and wouldn’t split in one yellow shaft upwards surrounded by a blue ring around it.