Woodvetch's Friends

View All

Woodvetch's Discussions

Still around and still love my lava
2 Replies

Started this discussion. Last reply by ☆VixenGypsy☆ Jan 17, 2010.

Top 25 "It" products of all time: #19 -- The Lava Lite
2 Replies

Started this discussion. Last reply by Kelly Flaskerud Jun 21, 2009.

LOUIE GOO IS NOT LL OR LW GOO, IT WILL START UP DIFFERENTLY = PICS
5 Replies

Started this discussion. Last reply by Woodvetch Dec 31, 2013.

View All

I view lava as an art form as opposed to lava as a lamp collection.

Profile Information

Something Interesting About Me:: Live and Love in the Valley on the banks of the Shenandoah River VA USA.

Where I Live:: Virginia, USA

My First Lava Lamp was:: I fell in love with lava at a friend's house in 1967, I was 15. My friend had just gotten a lamp for her birthday. It was a sleepover. I stayed up all night watching the lamp.
I never got one but never forgot.

2008 I decided it was time to get myself a lava lamp. I got a midnight clear/red. I was hooked.

Now I have a bunch and want more. The plan is to house the midnights in black bookcases for A Moving Wall of Color.

Woodvetch's Photos

Woodvetch's Blog

COLLECTING COLOR

I don't collect lamps I collect the moving color lava globes that go in lamp bases. The majority of my over 50 lamps are 32oz Lava Lite Midnights simply because at night the base and cap fade into the background and the moving colors take center stage. 9 of my lamps have silver bases to cluster around the silver base Grande.

When I started my moving color collection 2/2008 my original plan was to acquire 25 midnight clear/colored wax lamps to put in black bookcases making The Wall o… Continue

Posted on August 9, 2008 at 10:30am — 5 Comments

Painting with lava lamps and a camera

I officially now have a giant pile of 32z midnights in lotso colors and am able to specifically position and heat lamps to layer, and blend colors with lava movement on a scale with real depth. Previously I was just lumping lamps together and taking opportunity pics.

I'm setting the lamps up then heating them until they spike and turning them off. I can easily move the globes without causing cloudiness and have an easy to see palette of colors to consider when positioning the lamps… Continue

Posted on May 24, 2008 at 12:00pm — 6 Comments

Comment Wall (59 comments)

You need to be a member of Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate to add comments!

Join Oozing Goo - The Lava Lamp Syndicate

At 12:50pm on September 7, 2011, kiramarie said…: You still around.... ?? Your lamps as well as your photos are simply perfection... would sure love to hear from you again here..

At 4:28pm on February 5, 2009, Kris said…: How is your collecting going? You still bidding or have you taken a break?

At 5:40pm on January 24, 2009, Kris said…: Still amazed by the photos every time I see them. Never realized you are in VA too!

At 12:32pm on January 2, 2009, Mark Goo said…: My in-laws moved to Williamsburg a few years ago and I've been able to visit each summer. It is so beautiful there. I love all the water and trees - two things we don't have a lot of here in the desert.

At 12:25pm on January 2, 2009, Mark Goo said…: Hi K,
Just dropping by to say Happy New Year.
MG

At 10:30pm on November 26, 2008, OSOLAVA said…: Your photos are absolutely phenomonal, truly artistic.!

At 11:29am on November 5, 2008, Keith said…: Now even as a conservative, THAT is FUNNY! LOL

At 10:08am on November 5, 2008, Mark Goo said…

At 8:29am on November 4, 2008, Mark Goo said…: Good luck at the voting booth. I took care of that about 2 weeks ago! Tonight, I think I'll enjoy a bottle a beer on the couch with the clicker. At least, I hope I enjoy it!
MG