Jellyfish Art... Glow- in-the dark lamps

• NeverSayGoodBye

  15 Mar 12, 22:39

  In Tennesee, ‘The Amazing Jellyfish (theamazingjellyfish.com)’ take the bioluminescent bodies of creatures that have died of natural causes and encase them in resin, thus preserving not just their bodies, but also their incredible glow-in-the-dark properties.

   

  Thanks to the phosphur proteins in their bodies – part of the defence mechanism that they use to frighten predators – jellyfish absorb light naturally, and emit it with an ethereal blueish glow when under darkened conditions.

  

   

  

   

  How it works;

  After a jellyfish dies, the firm freeze its body using liquid nitrogen, which they then set in crystalline resin – a special sort of epoxy that can withstand working at ultra low temperatures – creating a cast of the body, which is set in an ovoid mould shaped like the resulting lamp.

  

  No extra light is needed – the natural radiance the jellyfish emit in a darkened room has been absorbed during the daylight hours.

  However, some of the lamps come with a special base that can add an eerie glow to the jellyfish so that it can also be used as a more traditional light.

  For the squeamish, it is worth pointing out that the transparent resin, crystalline epoxy, is strong and shatterproof, so will not break if dropped.

• the Bear

  15 Mar 12, 22:40

  i think they're on sale in Raffles City

• CityMains

  15 Mar 12, 22:46

  wow

• I.imba

  15 Mar 12, 23:12

  Thats so freaking cool! But they just do look cool only, its not really a lamp.....not that bright
• CityMains

  15 Mar 12, 23:16

  it's more of just for display kinda lamp

• NeverSayGoodBye

  15 Mar 12, 23:25

  Originally posted by CityMains:

  it's more of just for display kinda lamp

  
  .....that's right, for decoration only. Put on top of a small dressing table besides the bed or coffee table in the living room would be great. Stare at the jellyfish while doing meditation is cool too..

   

• CityMains

  15 Mar 12, 23:28

  

• Lokey

  16 Mar 12, 08:27

  Do you really believe that they are preserved after they are dead?

  Most likely they were caught on the fishing boats and were frozen alive. Then, they  were ornamented for human's pitiful viewing pleasures.

  Dont buy this sort of stuffs to promote sins, please!

   

• ditzy

  16 Mar 12, 08:51

  I am gonna buy one when I get home! Make that 3.