Glowing Wood Sculptures

I went to a craft show yesterday against my better judgment. Usually, these type of local shows are crushingly disappointing in terms of their content. They aren't juried, they're kind of small, and the wares are not the best or hippest on the planet. Just when I thought that this show was no exception, I spotted Billy Hall's glowing wood sculptures, shining like a beacon of awesome from the corner of the room. Hall has been turning these beauties for twenty years and has perfected a lathe technique that allows him to hollow out his lampshades to paper thin perfection. Believe me when I tell you, the pictures don't do them justice.

When I asked Hall how many of these things he ruined in pursuit of his technique, he replied: "Let's just say that the first ten years we're a little rough."

Awesome.