www.hippielight.com | Presents: Mini Selection of Fantasia Fiber Optic & Glitter Lamps, Beautiful designs from the past.

Fantasia was a USA based manufacturer of some of the very finest fiber optic lamps. Fantasia created and offered models such as: Lovebug, Rainbow Bug, Comet, Fiesta, Tempo, Alpha, Galaxy, Star Lite, Firefly, Love Story, Trophy, Regency, Champagne, Celestial, Sprite, New Star, Omni, to name just a random few. Some of the more popular designs include: Firefly, Ecstasy & Centurion.

Key staff include George Stadnik, the amazing industrial designer and lumia artist behind products such as the Glitter Graphics and the Cosmic Window. Enjoy the images below, courtesy of Bob Chudy.

www.hippielight.com | Fantasia Cosmic Window | A Unique Glitter Lamp Design

Cosmic Window by Fantasia, is a stunning vintage lamp designed by Fantasia to be one of the most beautiful glitter lamps ever created. Unlike other glitter lamps, Fantasia's Cosmic Window utilises the body of the lamp to accentuate the shimmering effect. Designed by Fantasia, this lamp takes, the wonderful concept of a glitter lamp to a whole new level.

Cosmic Window by Fantasia, is a stunning vintage lamp designed by Fantasia to be one of the most beautiful glitter lamps ever created. Below one can see bulb changing instructions. Image scan is kind courtesy of James Reiche and the product illustrations were created by George Stadnik, Fantasia's industrial designer.

www.hippielight.com | Fantasia Glitter Graphics | Glittering Visually

Glitter Graphics by Fantasia is a stunning Fantasia glitter lamp series that featured beautiful artwork on the front of the lamp. When illuminated, the front would come alive with the glitter shimmering behind the image. Glitter Graphics just like the Cosmic Window, shows how Fantasia re-thought the way glitter lamps could be visualised. Which one is your favourite? We love the Unicorn and the Rainbow ... With special thanks to Anna Santana for imagery of her Aquarium Glitter Graphics model.

www.hippielight.com | Presents the Auras Glow lava lamps designed in Canada by Ravi Shah ...

Auras Glow lava lamps are great candle powered lava lamps. They were first designed with a metal design holder which is put together via three metal parts connected via circular rings and complete with a solid chunky glass candle tea-light holder. The second edition features a radically new design that features the bottle held at the top, via a clear polymer holder the allows the bottle to levitate above the tea-light candle. Auras Glow was invented by Ravi Shah in Canada.

www.hippielight.com | Australian Made Carramar Volcano Lava Lamps ...

Carramar was an Australian business who designed, manufactured and imported a wide range of lighting in Australia. Based in Mount Gambier in Australia, they also created their own lava lamp design named Volcano, which can be described as a collage of a Mathmos Astro lamp with a rocket. This lava lamp was manufactured in Australia, and below one can see some images of the bottle filling facility in their factory.

Early versions feature a three legged base and later models feature a cone shaped base. The bottle used in this design featured a groove in the base to accommodate the bulb inside! We really love these lamps. Enjoy the images below. With special thanks to George and Joel, for imagery.

www.hippielight.com | Presenting a mini selection of Vintage Boiler lamps below ...

We at www.hippielight.com love vintage boiler lamps that were notably (but not only) manufactured in France in the vintage years. There are countless variations of these unique liquid lamps, that are normally fashioned from glass. These intriguing lights work on light bulbs to create stunning effects within, using interesting liquids that react to the heat from the light bulb. Very little is actually known about these mysterious intriguing lamps however one can see a mini gallery of vintage boiler lamps and styles below. Known manufacturers of these wonderful lights include F. Vaudan Paris, S. Vera of Clermont-Ferrand and Creations Artisanales M.U.C Paris.

There are multiple types of boiler lamps: Boilers, Boilers featuring Glitter, Fountain Styled Boilers, Bubblers, Lava Bubblers & Lava Fountains. There are also non-electric versions which are powered by hand. Most boilers are entire glass pieces manufactured delicately with scientific skill to create these stunning pieces, filled and then sealed at the top.

Most feature the bulbs which fit into the glass piece, however some feature specifically manufactured bases like lava lamps featuring light fittings. Some feature more exotic bases which give the lamp stability and character. Boilers often feature intricate glass designs such as spirals or indentations to the glass to fashion the liquid to move in a certain manner, however some have been seen which are purely cylindrical.

We would like to thank Alain-Noêl Dureysseit for kindly photographing his collection of vintage boiler lamps for www.hippielight.com.

www.hippielight.com | Below: Presenting The Elegant Beauty of Rain Lamps | Johnson Industries | Hippie's Mini Lamp Corner ...

Hippielight.com is dedicated to the history of the lava lamp and other amazing lights, however often in vintage Sears and Wards catalogs, rain lamps are featured next to vintage lava lamps and other beautiful fiber optic lighting. We had a small amount of old vintage adverts and brochure scans that we thought it would be cool to make a small section dedicated to them. Welcome to our mini rain lamp corner. Rain lamps were often seen in swag form and table top form and Johnson Industries really knew how to create some very beautiful editions.

The image below shows a scan from a vintage Johnson Industries Catalog. Thank you kindly to Scott for the images below. If you have one of these wonderful rain lamps, they are so beautiful.

As you can see below. Johnson Industries manufactured a wide range of rain lamps and are credited as the inventor of the rain lamps. I hope the images below are helpful to people who wish to identify their rain lamp. However these scans just originate from one brochure and there are many more styles out there. Also Johnson Industries were not the only people who produced these wonderful rain lamps, however they are credited as the inventors of this style of lamp and the invention. So the real question if you could have one, would you choose swag or table top? I am on the fence ... These rain lamps are very ornate in style and often very classical with their goddess statues in the middle of the lamp.

The front cover below shows four rain lamps that play homage to the elegant beauty of rain lamps. There is an impressive swag edition Model: 890. One of my favourites is Model T970 which features praying hands, perfect to pray next to. There is also a model which supports a shade and a beautiful Rain Picture. 

Rain Picture featured two kinds of frame finishes: weathered brass or the highly polished chrome version. Rain Picture from Johnson Industries combines the beauty of rain lamp with decorator prints. Prints included: Autumn Forest, Running Horses, Seascape Sunset, Mountain Lake, Stormy Sea, City Skyline and Gondola. However if you want something more personal, you can remove the print and pop in your own. So funky.

If you need any help with your rain lamp, we can help you, simply pop an email to the friendly folks at hippielight@googlemail.com

www.hippielight.com | Below: Presenting The Elegant Beauty of Rain Lamps | Shower-Lites by Creators Inc ...

Another iconic manufacturer of rain lamps was Chicago based Creators Inc, which held the same ownership as other Chicago companies such as The Florence Art Co, which manufactured glitter lamps and other ornamental products.

Creators Inc referenced their rain lamps as Shower-Lites and produced a wide array of models.

Below one can see a happy selection of models in beautiful finishes such as bronze and antique white & gold.

1. Three Graces Table lamp. Bronze finished Graces face three corners of the room. Light in the top of the lamp adds sparkle to the moving droplets that encircle these charmingly antique-looking figurines. Lamp is bronze finished and stands at 33 inches tall.

2. Diana Table Lamp. Displayed in all her maidenly modesty and artfully portrayed in antique white and gold finished. She stands in a garden while raindrops appear to fall around her, illuminated by a light above. Stands at 27 inches tall.

3. "Dancing in the rain" Swag Lamp. The exuberance of playing in swiftly flowing raindrops captured for your home in this antique white and gold gazebo surrounded by greenery. A conversation piece.

4. Diana Hanging Rain Lamp. Rainfall appears to surround this delicate maiden in antique white and gold as she stands in her garden greenery. Lamp hangs from decorative chain. 11 inches diameter and 29 inches tall.

5. "Old Mill" Swag Lamp. Old country charm interpreted with a dash of class. Old country water mill has a turning wheel and falling "raindrops" illuminated from above. Maintenance free pump. 33 inches tall and 14 inches wide.

6. Three Graces Swag Lamp. Each daintily sculptured figurine is as beautiful as their name. Rainfall lamp especially designed to add grace and charm to your home. Light in top section illuminates drops to give the appearance of rain. 33 inches tall.

7. "Venus" Swag Lamp. The goddess of Love has come to brighten and beautify your home. Displayed in her little garden with the appearance of a gentle spring rain falling around her, she is bronze finished. The lamp stands at 22 inches tall, 7 inches in diameter. Oil and bulbs are included.

www.hippielight.com | Presenting Hippie's Swag Grape Lamp Corner | We love them all!

We at www.hippielight.com love vintage grape lamps (sometimes known as swag grape vine lamps), with their translucent bubble grapes that glow in light, these are very beautiful lights. One of the coolest items from the vintage years, are swag grape lamps, hanging from the ceiling or placed on a porch, where people have so many memories of them.

Many were sold as a Deluxe Grape Lamp Kit and some were sold ready made but they are all fun and really beautiful when one uses them. They also come in very beautiful colours and some even with metallic foil pieces on the inside which adds to the reflective optical effect within them, as seen an example below. Vintage swag grape lamps came in all different colours and sizes.

www.hippielight.com | Presenting the fantastic On-A-Lite Revolving Color Ball Light ...

We at www.hippielight.com love vintage decorative lights, whether they be lava lamps, glitter lamps, fiber optic designs to even the odd Christmas Design. We particularly love the next design below, the On-A-Lite revolving colour ball which was manufactured in Peoria, Illinois, the state with the best decorative lighting.

When powered up, this light contains a motor which rotates a selection of different colour lenses, creating a beautiful never ending colour-changing projection of light. On-A-Lite manufactured beautiful Christmas tree lights. Whilst these were orginally designed to project onto an aluminum Christmas tree, we think they look fantastic all year round. Full rainbow of blended colour in all its glory!