Sean C.'s Page

Thanks for the warm welcome. My interest in lava lamps stems from a childhood memory of my grandfather's office. He had a gold-base lamp with a red/yellow globe. I think it was either an Aristocrat or a Century. I can't remember if it had the starlight holes in the base. In any case, that, to me, is the ideal of a lava lamp, and recently I decided it would be nice to have one. Much to my dismay, this model hasn't been made in years, and surviving examples are costly collectibles. But I found a neat lamp on Craigslist (the Enchantress planter) and decided to buy a brand new 52oz lamp too, so I'm enjoying the ooze.

I'm a tinkerer by nature, so I'm afraid I'll wind up duplicating my grandfather's lamp. The current model still has an aluminum base which is easily anodized or painted, and thanks to this site I can choose my globe colors with a Gookit. We'll see!