Many, if not most, of our fibre optic star kits end up in bedrooms and bathrooms, where the fibres have been installed from the attic above, with the light source sitting in the attic above the centre of the star field. However, this isn’t always possible: in a ground floor room, in a block of …
Customer project 32 – Star ceiling below solid concrete ceiling Read More »
Here’s an example of a simple concept that has been well executed. As part of a project for Glasgow’s Bunker Bar restaurant Robin Fox Planning and Design devised an enhanced lighting scheme for a below street level external passageway. This included fibre optic star points in the granite setts of the paved passageway. More often than …
Customer project 31 – Fibre optics in granite setts Read More »
It’s always very rewarding to see our fibre optic products used imaginatively and to very good effect, so we are particularly pleased to have been associated with a project by Parc Signs of St. Austell in Cornwall. The company had been commissioned to produce an interactive model to illustrate aspects of Cornwall’s mining heritage, and believed that …
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When artist Michael Bucknell was commissioned to design a chandelier themed on artefacts associated with Sherlock Holmes, he decided that the best way of creating a glow in the bowls of a number of pipes at the end of arms in the chandelier was to use optical fibre. An obvious advantage was that the eight pipes could …
Customer project 29 – Optical fibres in Sherlock Holmes-themed chandelier Read More »
A repeat order from one of our customers prompted us to ask for photos of what had been done with the initial batch of fibres that we had sold them, and they were kind enough to respond with this selection of Images. Antenociti’s Workshop specialises in creating high quality scenery for wargaming enthusiasts. Science fiction …
Customer project 28 – Optical fibres in wargaming diorama Read More »
Here is a report from some customers who bought some of our fibre optic components to take out to their house in Thailand. This is one of those projects which is actually fairly easy to do, but which results in a very interesting look, if done correctly. It takes advantage of two of the chief …
Customer project 27 – Fibre optic “stars” in tiled splashback Read More »
This was an effective, yet very affordable project to add lighting to a staircase. It was possible to locate the light source centrally below the stairs, which meant that the fibre runs were relatively short, and our customer Paul G opted to use inexpensive 0.75mm and 1mm fibre with a 75 watt light source. So, …
Customer project 26 – Fibre optic stair lighting Read More »
Here’s an interesting project by a student at Dublin’s National College of Art and Design. Sharon Butler was inspired by the shapes and colours of medusoid jellyfish, with their intricate structures and bio-luminescent properties, and decided to try to capture this form in a novel table lamp. To simulate the bio-luminscent filaments within the jellyfish …
Customer project 25 Fibre optic sideglow effect in a designer lamp Read More »
This is a project that demonstrates two of the real benefits that fibre optic lighting can offer – the ability to seal the lighting in during construction with no worries about access to replace failed bulbs/LEDs, and the ability to have safe, electricity-free illumination in a wet area. Our customer DH wanted to introduce some …
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This was a neatly-executed project by our customer, Stephen H, in which he added a fibre optic star ceiling to the canopy above his outdoor hot tub. The project is best described in his own words: “160 fibres were spread over the entire surface of the roof and, as you see, spread out in clusters. …
Customer project 22 – Fibre optic star ceiling above a hot tub Read More »
