Website:
www.lucyshappyplace.com
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@lucyfarfort
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Working as a freelance illustrator and
designer I often find myself slaving into the night to get a project finished.
Thankfully so far that’s never been past 10pm and as I love my job (for the
most part) it doesn’t feel like a chore. Although working this late
particularly in winter months causes a problem – light, or rather lack of it.
I decided sometime ago that I really needed
to invest in a decent lamp to work by. So the timing was exceptional when I was
asked if I would like to try out one of the daylight lamps. YES PLEASE!!
I’ve actually had my eye on the daylight products for a while now so I couldn’t believe my luck. Even more so when I was sent a MAGnificent lamp (great name!) as it’s built in magnifying glass would fit perfectly with my current project which i’m hoping will turn into a long term thing, so the lamp is going to be well used.
I couldn’t wait to test it out.
The reason why this is such a perfect match
is because not only do I often work on a fairly small scale, mostly around A4
size, much of the work I do is quite detailed. This generally means I have to
get really close up to the thing I’m working on in order to properly see what
I’m doing – especially if the light is bad.
Above all I really wanted to use it in the
making of some brooches I’m producing.
Here they are in their unpainted state:
The lamp was really helpful for the
painting process as the details on the brooches are tiny so using the magnifier
was great.
A major bonus of this product is that it
can be used as a floor lamp as well as a table lamp. So if like me your desk is
covered with your latest creative adventures and looking much like a bomb has
gone off leaving little space for anything else, never fear just set it up as a
floor lamp – et voila!
I’m so chuffed with this light as not only
is it functional it looks pretty slick too, and genuinely feels like a high
quality product well worth the money.
The MAGnificent is a great idea and
especially beneficial for artists and designers who work traditionally on a
small scale. I would definitely recommend it to people - it did wonders in
helping me create my finished brooches which will soon be available from my
website www.lucyshappyplace.com
