Light of Relaxation

The materials used were a frosted tissue box holder frame, plexiglass, floral glass pebbles, blue plastic film, and 40 watt compact fluorescent lightbulb.

In the final luminarie, I added more pebbles for the fullness of the color that I wanted to achieve. I had glued them in the inside on to the glass, but was critiqued that they wished that the pebbles were placed between the two pieces of glass instead of glued because you could mostly see the glue used. Instead of using the patterned frosted paper, in order to diffuse the lightbulb and to give off more color, I used blue covered plastic film that gave a blue glow to the luminarie. I also added pebbles to the top and instead of placing them inside, I turned them on the outside to give it more texture and the effect of re-flexing the light to give a glow of the pebbles. It was also critiqued to me that it seems like the top of the luminarie seemed like the pebbles needed to continue on the top side like a "cap." Instead of adding the film on the bottom to give off color, I played around with pebbles and decided to place some around the opening where the lightbulb is inserted. It gave off an interesting pattern on the surface. The platform that the holder sits on is four pieces of plexiglass because I did not want the light to be so close inside of the luminarie.

I had to switch from a 60 to 40 watt in order to not give off more of the light from the bulb but from the film and pebbles. I will continue to mess around with layers of film and try types of paper to get the bluish color effect that I like.