Some flowers for the midnight planter

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Comment by wizard of ooze on September 22, 2011 at 10:47pm

Mines nearly finished. Just need to drill the holes for the fiber optic flowers. The lava will be pink/clear.

Comment by Jonas Clark-Elliott on July 21, 2011 at 8:06pm

I'm flattered that my idea took off. I had the plan floating around for a few years before I did anything with it. Ask if you need any advice, though the procedure was pretty simple. I sanded ALL the brass before spraying, used two fiber optic lamps' flowers for fullness (used many different types of flowers, some of these have a few different flowers in one lamp), and didn't use the flat leaves or the big pink rose. The leaves that are bundled into a cable work. The flower stems curl forward at the top; use that to your advantage, so the flowers point more upward and the stems go almost horizontally into the cone. Drill your holes just about the same size or the flowers will wiggle, and use a q-tip to smear some black silicone caulking around where the stem goes into the base. I also colored the tips of the cables a bit.

 

I suggest removing the music boxes (unscrew the key, and save the key and screws) and sending them to Chow for his music-less music box lamp. The light/motor/color wheel inside those fiber optic lamps is also worth saving for other nifty projects. I can't wait to see more of these!

Comment by Autumn on July 17, 2011 at 2:51pm

Its not exactly the same but very close. Yours is also in much better condition. Mine has nothing but pink shades of flowers so I need to find some more flower boxes.

Comment by wizard of ooze on July 17, 2011 at 2:27pm

Yeah, I could probably have mine done by 4 months. I already found the same music box at a thrift shop, just need the humidity to go down to do the spraying.

Comment by Autumn on July 17, 2011 at 2:15pm

Not really, maybe 3 or 4 months?

Comment by wizard of ooze on July 17, 2011 at 2:15pm

Is there a deadline for the competition? Cuz I don't know if I'll have mine ready anytime soon (too hot outside for spray painting)

Comment by Autumn on July 17, 2011 at 1:32pm

Me, Erin, and Blind Faith are having a competition to see who can make the best midnight planter. Do you want to join in?

Comment by wizard of ooze on July 17, 2011 at 1:31pm

I've been planning on making one too ever since I saw the one Jonas made some years back.