latycodon or Japanese Bellflower, a campanula and relative of vinca, is noted for the purity of outline of its flowers.   But to me the buds are the facinating part.  Similar to a fuscia, they look inflated and lantern-like with their defined corners and geometric shape.

Lamps function not just as lighting elements in a room.  When beautifully conceived, they become one of a room's focal points of interest, sharing the stage, for example, with sculpture and pottery.   These lamps will invite attention, whether they are turned on or off.  And with their   unique design and botanical subjects rendered meticulously  in bas relief, they will be among your key elements that make a house a home;  intimate, comforting, and always a source of pleasure to come back to.

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         scene at the edge of a              garden path where campanulas sport blooms and heavy drooping buds, and the trailing branch of a japanese maple bends down from above.
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The base architecture of this lamp with its flat panel, posts,  feet and mortise and tenon joinery was inspired by the many wooden sign structures on the grounds in Kiyomizudera.   This Buddhist temple which my son and I visited while in Kyoto has architecture going back to 1633 and was an experience of the finest craftsmanship in woodwork, stonework and landscaping.
 
With shade dimensions of 16 1/4" wide by 14" deep and a thin base, when seen from the side, it displays well when shown off against a wall or behind a sofa where it can be seen from the front. 
Dimensions:
- Overall Height: 23 1/2"       Shade: 14"  x  16 1/4 "
-Distance from table top to bottom of shade: 18 1/4"
-Width of base 8 1/4" 
Spotlight on the Lamp
Keeping with the theme of the overhead Japanese Maple, real acer palmatum leaves have been laminated into the shade paper.
Included below are other views of the shade
Reverse side of the shade.
A narrow profile makes this lamp a perfect choice for where display space is limited.
The  shades upper rim is trimmed out to give the top a molded edge.
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The upper portion of the  stiles terminate in t-shaped shade supports
Lighting is via a 4-socket cluster and a night light.  Shown below the horizontal light rail are the two brass switches one on either side of the acorn socket cluster nut.  The light rail is the hollowed out upper rail that contains all the electrical connections and is double through-mortised into the vertical stiles.
The challenge with this design was how to discreetly deal with the wiring.  A clean design free of an exposed chord was called for and required that the chord be hidden somehow within the construction.   However, the base parts were so thin that they posed an early challenge as to where the chord should go.  And to make matters more interesting, it was determined from the start that the wiring must be accessible for replacement should the chord ever be damaged.

The solution lay in a knock-down design.  The chord was run through a hole in the foot and over to the stile and from there up another hole all the way to the switch rail.  To later access the chord, the mortise and tennon joints on the left side of the lamp were not glued together but rather pinned with dowels; two at the foot and one at each rail.  Should it ever be necessary to remove and replace the chord, the pins may be punched out and the joints separated.
        look at one of the  bottom corners of the shade's frame reveals it's construction.  Using a total of 48 strips of cherry, with three per side, the composition involves a lamination of lapped joints at the edges and corners.
The resulting construction is remarkably light, stiff and strong.
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Reverse side of the base and the monogram lightly done in “ukibori” in the lower right portion of the panel. 
Please note: THIS LAMP HAS BEEN SOLD.