Sunday 22 March 2020

Crazy Times...


Is there any other subject lately anywhere? The Coronavirus has been on the news for weeks but as it is spreading and thousands of new cases are coming in every day, life is drastically changing for everyone.


The world never felt this united, everyone is affected by it, everywhere people are talking about staying at home, social distancing and quarantine. The numbers are now growing at a very scary speed, while China seems to have it under control, Italy, the USA, Spain, and Germany are now in such growing numbers that health care systems might very possibly collapse.


Staying at home is just the only way to try to straighten the curve so that the health care system can manage the sick.  Being stuck at home for weeks especially in cities is kind of a jail experience, but it is a small sacrifice compared to what some people are selflessly enduring right now.


In that sense, we are very lucky. We are usually a lot at home as we work from home. We have a garden so if rules get stricter we still can go outside without seeing anyone. The doggies are great companion, and we create create create to keep our minds sane.


As our ateliers are in our new home but our home itself hasn't moved yet we are not in a perfect state. Money has run out and things are too crazy to finish our move now so we will just have to wait for things to calm down.


With even less time outside than usual, I made this lamp that took me an entire day till midnight and then some more hours the next day.


It originally was a crystal lamp but it was missing pieces. The crystals will come handy in other projects. I used vintage lucite leaves for this lamp. We bought these many years ago and who knows what we were planning with them because we bought tons of them and hardly used them.


I'm never alone at home :)


p.s. the mirror used to be a clock, a (plastic) copy of an old French type, it was a curb find in Amsterdam many years ago, I turned it into a mirror, always love to turn 'trash' into treasure. The clock part I used for another project.


So after many hours I absolutely love how this lamp turned out.


While the world is upside down it is good to put energy into positivity, creativity, and (fur) family to keep us sane.


I'd like to hear how you are spending your days during these crazy times? How are you feeling about what is happening?




Stay safe and healthy everyone, we are all in this together, the world is smaller than we thought after all.


The lamp is available at StarHomeStudio.

3 comments:

  1. i like this lamp
    we also have quarantine. in my city there are only 16 cases of the disease. the streets are noticeably empty
    Let everyone get well soon

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  2. weird times indeed, but as we discussed, I've never been as hopeful.
    Germany is not a good one in your list, their death number is very low, so I'm guessing they massively test people. Unlike in France where we are only tested if there is a serious reason to think we are infected.
    Anyway! Lovely lamp :)

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