Your map, your town
Send me a place or a scan of a map you own. I send a proof before anything is printed.
The collection
Lamps on the bench this month
Every lamp is made to order with the map you choose. Most ship in two to three weeks.
How a shade is made
Every map laminated by hand, one panel at a time
I print each chart on archival paper, back it with fire-retardant styrene and roll it onto the frame by hand. Slower than a factory, and the reason no two shades line up quite the same way.
Packed without plastic
Shades travel nested in their own box, bases in recycled paper. No foam peanuts, ever.
Repairs for life
If a switch, socket or cord ever fails, send the lamp back and I rewire it free.
What buyers say
4.7 average from 3 reviews
Perry matched the Caribbean chart to the photo I sent. It sits on my desk and everyone asks about it.
The map shade glows like old parchment at night. Packed beautifully, arrived in four days, and the walnut base is heavier than I expected in the best way.
Warm light and a beautiful map. The cord was a little short for our high ceiling, but Perry sent a longer one at no charge.
THE JOURNAL
Notes from the workshop
Maps, bulbs and the occasional disaster, written up between lamps.
Which Bulb Goes Behind a Map?
The question I get most after "how long does it take" is "what bulb should I use?" A map shade is paper, so the bulb is half the picture. Here is what I have learned from a few hundred lamps. Warm and low, almost always Old maps were printed on cream paper and have aged toward tea. A warm bulb, around 2700K, brings that colour forward and makes the blues of the sea look like evening water. A cool…
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How a Map Becomes a Lampshade
People ask how long a lamp takes. The honest answer is about two days, most of it spent waiting for glue. Here is what happens in between. 1. Choosing the map Every shade starts in the flat file drawer where I keep my maps. Some are originals I picked up at estate sales over the years; most are high-resolution scans of public domain maps from university and national libraries. I look for maps…
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